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[quote=Anonymous]OP, we have a great PT nanny and it was a tough search for us as well.  I really don't think it has much to do with what you're offering as it seems like a good rate (we pay $17.50/hour for 2 kids, very minimal non-child-care duties).  I think it is more that it is hard to find people who don't want to work FT.  We had NO luck with care.com and I personally wouldn't pay the money to use it in the future.

We looked a lot at DCUM, local listservs, and even contacted local schools (NOVA, Marymount) to see if there was a way to find a student or grad student looking for PT work.  We found our current nanny through DCUM and her ad was very low-key--not something that would have normally caught my eye, but I was looking high and low because we were really in a jam.

A couple of things that helped me--we were pretty flexible on days but when we needed/need her she works all day--so on her days off she is completely free and we don't ever ask her to come on a day that isn't her norm.  If you don't have set days I think it's much harder.  Also, I did consider making it into one FT job with another family as a "share" of sorts but we ran into a lot of issues there--primarily that the nanny could wind up working over 40 hours with no overtime which for many would be a deal-breaker.  Also, how do we decide on vacations?  Right now we do one week our choice, one week her choice, one week around holidays--would another family agree to the same and/or would we have to coordinate vacations and days off with another family's schedule?  I actually think this is harder to do than to just find someone who wants to work PT.

Good luck.  It took us about 2-3 months to find our current person but she is a gem and has worked for us for going on 2 years--so the search was well worth it![/quote]

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