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[quote=Anonymous]  How do you nannies handle giving potential families references? Do you give every family you interview with a list of references before they've even decided to narrow you down as a candidate? I have 3 references so if I gave every family the list, my references would be getting called a lot. And sometimes after having an interview with a family, there are times where I can tell this is a family I don't want to work for. However they've asked for references during the interview and I don't want to say no, I don't think your family will work for me and decline the request just because I hate telling a family that they aren't a good fit for me. So I end up giving all potential families my references regardless if they've decided on me or even if I know I don't want to work for the family. My fear is the references i have will start becoming annoyed with me by getting so many calls. I can see both sides to this issue. On one hand I completely understand a parent needing references before deciding on candidates cause this is their child they are trusting the nanny with, but then on the other hand as a nanny you want to protect your references and not overuse them so they'll continue to be good references for you and not be annoyed by the constant calls.[/quote]

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