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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a 4th time mom and just did my first trial days (two weekends because she had another weekday job). We got this nanny through an agency, too.

I did it because I needed to *know,* not just assume based on her answers at an interview and what her references said, that she could handle all of our kids and their mix of ages for an 8-hour day. I have also had a couple of nannies who really could not separate their personal and professional lives, and I wanted to see how we interacted.

[b]So, she was hired contingent on those trial days.[/b][/quote]

Hmm...I would be okay doing the trial days, but I would hope that you would understand that I wouldn't be giving notice until after you extended a full and true offer. This means many nannies would still not be available for another 30 days. Do you give them enough time to do that? 
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She gave her notice before the trial period, but could have gotten her job back (she was working at a daycare). I hear what you're saying, but it's better to call it a trial period so everyone has their eyes open than to fire someone after a couple of weeks/month, don't you think? We were confident in our candidate, but we needed to see her in action.[/quote]

Working interviews.[/quote]

This is our hiring process:

1. Job Ad
2.Select applicants for a phone interview
3. Select a few from phone interview to meet in person
4. Pick top 2   and have them do a working interview no more than two days to see how we connect and check references.
5. Offer job.
6. Have an orientation of a day  or two just for transition.

My sister suggested this method to me and we have found great nannies this way.

Before someone gets on me for having multiple nannies DH and I are both in fields that require frequent moves. Our current nanny has been with us  15 months hopefully we won't need to search again for a year or two.[/quote]

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