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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agencies provide recommendation letters prior to interviews. Go that route. [/quote]
What if you don't even want the job after you meet them? Complete waste of time for your former employers if they're called.[/quote]

This is a big advantage to using an agency, though, for parents. When the nanny signs up with an agency, the agency verifies her references and usually solicits written references as well. So, parents who are interviewing the nanny know that someone from the agency has checked references, and the nanny knows that only one person (the agency) has bothered her references. Once you get to the hiring stage, the family may want to call those references, just like in any other position.

There's a woman on Care in the DC area that has been on there for years, telling the same story. Her profile looks great, so she gets interviews, but her references are clearly FAKE when you call them. I know at least two other people who have interviewed her. Presumably, an agency would save you that time.[/quote]

How do you know the nanny's references are fake? [/quote]

The two I called: one couldn't remember when she worked for her, for how long, or in what capacity (just kept saying "she's great! you'll love her!"); the other claimed that she had worked for her for two years starting about three years ago -- in another state. She had DC area jobs listed as far back as 5 years ago, and my friend interviewed her about a year ago. I think she must mostly do temp or date night sitting, and people either don't bother to call, or don't ask anything other than "what did you think of her?"[/quote]

I had one family tell a reference I worked with them for 6 months, then the dad said 9 months. I had worked with them for 7 months until they unexpectedly moved. They were juggling, a major move ( a month after a state move, a toddler, and a newborn baby). My recommendation letter gave the real time. They felt bad because the interviewer questioned the validity of my reference. Thankfully they were both very well-known and verifiable attorneys. Taxes also showed I worked for them during those periods. Sometimes parents can genuinely forget if they have too much going on, or too much time has lapsed.  [/quote]

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