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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a INA member, but I am disappointed that this association dosent provide more advocacy for nannies. They have/had a job board, but it sucked!!! Why wouldn't they provide a service where nannies can find quality jobs with good standards?[/quote]
It'd be an obvious conflict of interest for agencies to allow nannies to apply for jobs without first forcing parents paying up $1,000's and $1,000's to the agencies.[/quote]
Easy money. 
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What do they do? Background checks and reference checking? Then open their pockets for windfall profits.[/quote]

If you think it is easy, you have clearly never operated a business of any kind, let alone a nanny agency.

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Sorry, I have. How long have you been a nanny?[/quote]

Do you really expect us to believe you? Sorry, but if you think all running a business entails is doing reference and background checks, then no, I do not believe for a second that you have ever operated a business. Or maybe you have, and that is why it failed.[/quote]
What is it that you do, besides call refs and run background checks, after a hire one of your nannies?[/quote]

I provide the nannies with CPR/First-Aid certification and sometimes additional trainings. I check in with both family and nannies regularly to see how things are going. I help with negotiations and work agreements. I provide back-up for the families when nanny goes on vacation or is sick. I am the one who deals with the problem when a nanny decides to stop showing up to work on time, or when a family tries to pile on duties that weren't agreed to by the nanny.

Furthermore, there is a LOT that goes into getting a business up and running. Families and nannies don't simply flock to you once you open a business. If that is what you believe, you are a fool (and again, you most certainly have never operated a business). There is a lot of work that goes into marketing, branding, getting your name out there in community events, not to mention the back-end that goes into running ANY business (licensing, insurance, accounting, tech/web needs, the list goes on and on).

I take my business seriously, and care about both families and nannies. When I send a nanny out for a job, it is MY reputation on the line. It is me who is being trusted to find good quality nannies and investigate their background thoroughly to ensure the safety of the children. The parents are instilling a lot of trust in me, and I take it seriously.

My work never stops. I need to be on call to deal with issues 24/7. I go on vacation, I keep daily tabs on what is going on. I reply to emails and phone calls no matter where I am.

It is hard but fulfilling work,  and most definitely not the wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am windfall that you seem to think it is. 
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