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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I agree that some of the best au pairs are not necessarily extraordinaires... and probably some "Extraordinaires" are lousy.

Our current au pair is a "regular" au pair.  She's wonderful.  (Although I think she could've met the requirements for the Extraordinaire program)

I like it as a search function, because it tends to give me a set of au pairs with "better" experience than the average au pair.

A lot of au pairs really have only limited experience as babysitters.  In some families, with certain types of needs, this may work out just fine.

In my family, the job is a really full-time job, and I think 18-year olds who only have babysat 4-5 hours a week are woefully unprepared for full-time childcare for 45 hours a week.  It doesn't mean they can't be successful, its just that I feel it is more of a risk (and one I am not willing to take, currently).

for me, its really about finding some applicants who have more significant childcare backgrounds.  Otherwise, I'm sifting through 400 applicants looking for a needle in a haystack.[/quote]

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