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[quote=Anonymous]That's a bummer.  I'm not a nanny but I've had that feeling w/ jobs before - I took something that should have been great and it turned out to be nightmare and made me totally question my judgment.

But you sound like you have quite a bit of experience, so maybe you can figure out how to pinpoint what was good and bad about your various positions.  That might help you be more conscious of how you're evaluatiing potential employers.

What were the characteristics of the best employers you had?  Were there commonalities in how they communicated with you, how the positions were structured, what your daily schedule/responsibilities/flexibility was?  What specific things did you most value about your top two or three positions?

Conversely - what went wrong w/ the most uncomfortable experiences?  Be as specific as you can about what didn't work, what got under your skin, what made you leave.

If you can identify some tangible things then you can seek those out, ask questions of potential employers that get at what you're looking to find (or avoid), etc...

Don't totally second guess your gut instincts, or decide that you're always wrong.  Somehow your radar got off but you can get it back.  I think you just need to focus on specifics so you can sort out emotion from fact, snow job of a smart interviewer from red flags in his/her questions, etc...

Good luck![/quote]

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