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[quote=Anonymous]Sorry, OP, no advise as I am also pondering this.  For what  it is worth, I would pick candidate 2.

I tend to favor experience over personality.  I am very critical in my assessment as to whether a person can actually do the job well and no AP has presented so badly during matching that I hated the personality but loved the experience.

However, this is my track record: First AP, mutual rematch after 5 weeks because she wanted to party, was immature and did not have a good work ethic. She, oth, did not feel comfortable with us.  We got a local rematch AP, whose sunny personality I loved from the moment we spoke on the phone.  I cried a bit when she left :(  She truly loved our kids, was fun and reliable.  However, she never spent any family time (none-working) time with us and was a terrible driver.

Next AP was a pathological liar and did not have the heart for child care.  We rematched after 7 months because she created a safety issue for our family.  Have to say, did not care for her work or personality once she got here.

We made due with interim childcare until our new AP arrived.  She was a hard worker, reliable, and wanted to be part of the family.  I was indifferent about her personality but never disliked her.

Current AP, hard worker, wants to be part of the family but is incredibly nosy, gossipy and also has tendency to lie about stupid stuff.  No trust, and if it was not for her good work, we would rematch.

Based on this, I am super gun shy about picking another AP.  My husband places more emphasis on personality than skill and I am starting to think that he is right.[/quote]

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