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[quote=Anonymous]We recently hired a nanny and used neighborhood listservs, care.com and DCUM to advertise the job.

I put a very specific job posting up (included all hours, number/age of kids, compensation and benefits package, and outline of job responsibilities.)  I also included a few basic requirements like fluency in English, legal employment status, etc..

I got 17 responses/applicants from DCUM.  Of the 17:
- 3 were alleged referrals from other parents.  However 2 of the 3 were nowhere near fluent English and the third was an invalid email address when I attempted to follow up.  (Presumably the nanny contact info was valid and the alleged referring parent was bogus.)
- 5 were completely non-responsive to the ad - they just didn't read, and sent generic emails that didn't match what I had listed at all.
- 4 were in barely decipherable english.  Truly barely comprehensible at all.
- 4 were promising and I followed up with them.  Two turned out not to have read the initial posting - they just sent their resumes without checking to see if there was a match.  One never responded.
- One (of the prior 4) I interviewed over the phone and liked very much but she wasn't a good fit.

So while I was initially impressed with the responses from DCUM I was overall pretty turned off by how few people actually read the ad I posted.  I tried really hard to provide as much info as possible to save everyone time, and people just don't read.

I ended up hiring someone who came through a neighborhood referral.  Care.com generated something like 25 applications, and a couple of serious candidates (did 4 phone interviews and one of my final candidates came from that group.)
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