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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why 8-12 weeks, pp? [/quote]

6-8 weeks is standard (allows for a week or two to run reference checks and do interviews with enough time left for nanny to give generous notice to current family), so you can start a little earlier and maybe snag an outlier like the PP, but earlier than that and you risk someone accepting the job and then bailing when they find something better.[/quote]
Standard according to you? Your advice is an indication of the low quality of caregivers you deal with.[/quote]

I'm a nanny and have always given 4-6 weeks notice.  Is that considered low-quality?  Since when?  In every other industry 2 weeks is considered adequate.

If she were looking for a nanny to start in september or June, when families needs naturally shift and long-term nannies are tearfully let go, then my advice would be different.  But a February start date is going to pull either nannies who are in a position that doesn't suit them (and who will therefore not wish to give excessive notice in case the family fires them on the spot) or nannies who have been out of work for a while (in which case, OP should be wary of someone accepting her offer but finding something that starts sooner and bailing on her.  February is slim pickings for nannies, so she should be extra cautious.[/quote]

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