Anonymous wrote:I've been unemployed for the past two months and have gone on a dozen or so interviews w.o success. I used to be great at landing jobs easily but it's been so tough. I don't know if it's due to the market or something I'm now lacking. I haven't changed anything or my interviewing skills. It's just so bumming to get rejection after rejection. In so mentally and physically exhausted..

I wish you good luck

Anonymous wrote:You're charging too much and people just can't afford you.

Absolutely not true. She's just interviewing with the wrong families.

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Anonymous wrote:I've noticed that a lot of nannies on this board talk about the way they do things like for example no screen time, only giving the children organic healthy none processed home made food ect. However in my experience this is not how every family operates. Most of the families that I have nannied for let their children watch a few hrs of tv per day. They feed their children juice, sugary cereal, frozen pizza, cookies ect.

If you lead with an only organic/ no proceeded food attitude you might be insulting potential employers and then in turn not getting hired. Just something to think about

I would LOVE if my nanny was open to organic food and cloth diapers and no screen time. It was the biggest reason we chose a Montessori daycare that allowed us to bring our own food after 3 nannies who just weren't willing to work with us. I really think it's the other way around.

So you have organic food in your home and your 3 nannies refused to feed it to your child ?

I'm not saying organic, cloth diapers and no screen time is bad. I'm just saying if you go in with a list of I do this this and this you are hurting your chances of finding a job with families who feed their children processed food

If I went to an interview with you and you mentioned organic food, cloth diapers, no screen time I would be thrilled and have no issues. If I went to an interview and you mentioned that you were lax on screen time and that your dc's favorite food was chicken nuggets and Mac and cheese I would as well be thrilled. I work with families to fill their needs.