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[quote=Anonymous]We have tried to get a part time babysitter for our children for a month. But we have got only one applicant, who wanted to meet us and be interview. We have ads in Craigslist and cittercity.com and we have got about 20 replies. I have responded to all applicants and asked some common question, but have newer heard them. I don't understand why they apply our job, if they are not interested in it?

I have thought some reasons:
- We have low pay rate, but this is stated in original ad.
- We are foreign and it is not stated in ad, I just tell that when I respond to the applicants by email.
- I use an email instead a phone. My email address have a foreign suffix. Do Americans prefer to use a phone? Does they think that I am a suspicious guy?
- I'm a male, who contact to applicant. Is this unusual in the US? Should my wife do that?
- My written English is not fluent, but I think reader understand what I mean.

Could you tell what do you think about reason? My guess is that babysitters don't want to work for foreign families. What we should do, that we find a babysitter? We live in Portland metro area, in Oregon.

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