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[quote=Anonymous]MB here. I had a bright young woman interview with me for a nanny job. During the interview, she kept asking "What are you looking for?"

It is really hard to say what exactly makes a professional nanny. If I say "this," then a nanny might be TOO "this" which is not what I meant. Also, being "this" does not mean that it does not mean it does not include something else but also is important, if omitted completely. So, it is hard to say in concrete terms.

Sure, love and attention and care is the most important. But you could be the most loving and attentive nanny in the world but if the MB comes up to a big dump at the end of the day (and she didn't leave it that way in the morning) and she has to spend an hour cleaning up instead of spending time with her kids every night she wants to do, you are not meeting the needs.

You could be the cleanest nanny in the world and and the most loving nanny but by the time the kid enters preschool and the kid does not know the ABCs you have failed as a nanny.

You could be the safest driver but doesn't know how to let MB know how safe you are, and she worries about you driving all day while working, it means you lack communication skills as a nanny and a decent communication skill is required as a professional nanny.

Then there are those skills for knowing how to soothe an infant, getting them to take a bottle. No class is going to teach you that. A professional nanny going into an infant caretaker position is expected to know these things.

What makes a good mother? What makes a good teacher? What makes a good manager? What makes a good nanny? There is no one good answer.

The bright young woman who interviewed with me did not get the job. It was just a gut feeling but she came off as being a bit immature, seeking 1 right answer to this question "what does the MB want?"

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