All the best to you, OP.

I just got hired for a part time job in early intervention. It's entry level but they found my nanny experience helpful. They love me and want me to advance but I still work as a nanny full time. I think your best bet is to nanny pt and take an entry level position in a different field that way you have some solid income while gaining experience, unless you get lucky and find a great full time position in a different field.
Use your college career center for leads and just apply everywhere. You have nanny experience so you know you can always come back. Once I finish my degree I'll transition out of nannying completely

OP here. I am going to school for a different field than childcare. I am thinking of finding some line or work that relates to that or I gain exp. from. I do agree with it being harder to find jobs after being a nanny for years, but its not impossible. I've realized I'm not happy or feel fulfilled by being a nanny anymore. I think the clock had run out on this chapter of my life.

OP, I think if you really want to do something different you absolutely should but I think you need think hard about what it is you really would like to do and then come up with a plan on how to go about that. If you want to do something still in childcare then your experience as a nanny will certainly help but keep in mind many careers/professions in this day and age require a degree or previous training of some kind in that field. I'm not saying that to discourage you just that when people on here say, sure put your nanny skills on your resume and apply for jobs, it's not as simple as that. I disagree with a PP that your nanny job should be entirely discounted because it shows you are reliable, can keep commitments etc (among other things). That may be all you need to break into certain fields but again, it depends on what you want to do. Keep in mind, there are many college graduates who can't get jobs in their given fields now after years of studying for a degree in said field.

I highly doubt you are interviewing anyone poster. How can any job not be counted as experience in an interview? You're an idiot and full of it. op, why don't you make a list of things you love to do and see if anything stands out as something you'd want to make a career out of? I hear you on the no adult contact. I went from nanny to mother to teacher in a 12 year span and am feeling lonely for sure. Your time management, ability to multitask, and skills learned in any job field should be included on a resume. Good luck!

The problem with nannies is they have no real experience doing a real job. I don't consider nannying experience when interviewing people because it's nothing like a real job in terms of hours or expectations (playing games and going to the zoo vs. meeting, deadlines, paperwork, and spreadsheets) and also you have no real oversight, so you may have even been a fairly crappy nanny, you just weren't blatantly obvious to your employer about it since no one was ever around to watch you do your thing.

You will likely have a difficult time finding work in this day and age as an ex-nanny because there are so many other much more highly qualified applicants out there.

Anonymous wrote:When my NF moved out of state, I decided to look for other kinds of work and ended up in catering. I really enjoyed it because I love to cook and the catering company I worked for placed workers in school cafeterias, so I still got to be around children in a work environment. It was very hard work physically and very stressful, but I enjoyed it as a change from nannying. It paid better, too.

Did you decide to go back to nannying or no? Guessing yes since you posted on the nanny forum.

When my NF moved out of state, I decided to look for other kinds of work and ended up in catering. I really enjoyed it because I love to cook and the catering company I worked for placed workers in school cafeterias, so I still got to be around children in a work environment. It was very hard work physically and very stressful, but I enjoyed it as a change from nannying. It paid better, too.

Why not try something new?

I've been a nanny for the past 6 years. MB announced a week ago she is pregnant again and will be quitting her job come September. I love being a nanny but feel burned out, too. I love my current family and didnt expect it to end but not that it is, I may venture out into the real world. For any nannies who have - how did it turn out? Did you resume nannying or was it the best decision? After long days with my charge, I miss adult conversations. I have been feeling like I give everything to my families and I'm not taking care of myself. I'm scared to leave the only thing I know but excited about the possibility of things to come. Just more of a vent but advice and opinions welcomed.