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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay, here's how it works:

1) Any candidate who had a red flag related to safety is an automatic NO.  Yes, there will be pros and cons.  If the cons are, "One reference said she was late a lot," you can maybe work with that.  If the cons are the kind of things you, describe, then there is no way to work around or overlook it.  It is about basic safety.

2) If number 1 rules out all of your candidates, then there is an issue--low pay, strange hours, area with no nannies, you come off as a high-maintenance jerk, whatever it might be, you need to either fix it or decide to lool at daycares.[/quote]

Everyone we know pays their nannies $15-18 per hour. We were offering $20+, guaranteed 40 hours, and we are a nice normal family. Everyone who interviewed wanted the job, so no, there's nothing wrong with the job itself or with us.
The issues we encountered were not necessarily about safety. Wanting to be paid illegally was common, bad driving record came up on one person just by googling, one person came across as dishonest, multiple candidates came to interview and didn't even look at or speak to the kids while they were here. I put a lot of weight into the references, as these people had long term relationships with the candidate and no issues apparently arose. But perhaps that's possible when your children aren't old enough to tell you what nanny actually did all day. [/quote]

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