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[quote=Anonymous]I'm 19:12. I'm also in GA now (Columbus area). Where are you?

For $18/hr, you will have your pick of people; it is harder to find people here, though, because nannies aren't as common.

I actually used an agency out of Atlanta to hire our full time nanny. 4 kids, she has an early childhood ed degree. She started at $17/hr (went to $18 when she completed her degree six months later). She's at $19/hr now. 12 days PTO, 8 days paid holiday, I pay health insurance, yearly bonus. My kids are young, though, so there's very little besides child care.

The other people I have hired who have been more of what you are looking for have had a mix of backgrounds. I started them at $15/hr.. They did not have primary childcare responsibility however, except for the first year with my youngest. The woman I have right now is in her 50s, has six kids of her own (and so understands running a household). She does laundry, errands, food prep and some cooking, watches a kid or two if the nanny is out or we all have to be in different places, picks up, does different projects as needed .., whatever. She is part time, though (25 hours/week). I thought she might quit once the baby was old enough to start joining the others in the mornings (her first year, she spent the mornings with him before and after his nap), but she says she enjoys the rest of it, too.

I also found that here in Columbus, anyway, I did much better searching on Craigslist and posting on the local university job board. Another good source are local preschools.

The reason I went through an agency for my nanny is what I actually started this post to talk about. I found it really hard here to find someone who wanted to work full time, every day, and wasn't going to bring one or more children with her. I don't know if that's a deal-breaker for you. It is for me, for all kinds of reasons (I don't mind if a child comes with on an emergency basis, or on a school break every once in a while, but it's not what I'm looking for all the time). A lot of people who applied seemed like they wanted to make a little extra money in their free time; I wanted someone who would see it as a job.

Craigslist turned out to be a better source here, like I said, and I have some other ideas for looking if you're finding it hard to find people.[/quote]

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