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[quote=Anonymous]So, I'm on yet another one of my nanny searches.

We've had several over the years.  None has quit.  We've had to let them go over various issues, including stealing, safety of the children issues, and so on.  Once, we and our long term (almost 4 years) full-time nanny agreed to part ways because we wanted to make the position part-time, so we went to bat for her and found her another job right in the neighborhood.  That is the only time I have not had to fire someone.

Every single nanny we have ever had has come from an agency, and not the same one.  We've used every major agency in the area.  We've done what I thought were thorough interviews and checked all the references every single time.  Twice, I let an agency bully me into someone, then it didn't work out within a few weeks or months.  The other times, the agency was just as shocked by what happened as I was.

This time, I'm trying to do it by word of mouth, care.com and sittercity.

I'm not sure why I seem to keep hiring the wrong person over and over and over.  We pay well and have really good benefits, too.  Yet, I feel like I will go through this exercise again with the same result, and this time I'm afraid of my own shadow and am second-guessing everything a reference says or the nanny candidate said.

What has helped others hire a really good nanny?  What processes have you used to ensure you are actually getting a good person?  Are there sepcific questions you ask the nanny or the references that you feel led to a great result?  Nannies, are there specific questions you have heard in interviews that you thought really helped the family know what you were really like?  How can I be sure the candidate won't say one thing then do another?  Other thoughts?

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