Online Listing Service vs. Full Service Nanny Agency
When searching for a nanny, there are two types of nanny agencies available: the full service agency and the online listing service. The main concern is to find a safe, reliable and qualified nanny.
What is the difference between a full service agency and an online listing service? There is more of a differentiation than you can imagine.
Online Listing Service
The nanny hiring process is intimidating and overwhelming, especially if you choose the online listing service. You have basically placed a classified ad and will be sifting through hundreds of responses from potential nannies, making endless phone calls, screening and interviewing candidate after candidate. You are also divulging your family's personal information to a mysterious entity.
Finding a nanny On-line is chancy. Anyone can apply as a qualified nanny. There are no face-to-face meetings or reference checks before they are referred. There is no proof of identity and most of the time no (or inferior) background checks.
Are you willing to discount the care of your child/children and take the risk of using an online site?
Full Service Nanny Agency
Extensive checks of the prospective nannies are completed before an agency will promote them.
Time is hard to come by and busy parents find it challenging to complete the wide range of steps that a full service agency would. These steps are vitally important!
Child care is not the place to be saving money. Every parent is trying to find the right nanny.
If you decide to carry out your search on your own, please follow the same steps that a full service agency would.
| A Choice Nanny | Online Listing Service | |
|---|---|---|
| Staffed Professional Office (Monday to Friday) | YES | NO |
| Pre-screening & Pre-qualifying nannies on the phone, prior to face-to-face interview. | YES | NO |
| Scheduling & Conducting face-to-face Interviews & Evaluations for Nannies. | YES | NO |
| Calling Nanny References, making multiple after calls, leaving multiple messages, & Completion of reference checks ~ Outsourcing. | YES | NO |
| Final Evaluation of each nanny, after interview and references are completed. | YES | NO |
| Background Checks By a Licensed Independent Investigation Firm ~ Online Instant Searches. | YES | NO |
| Ongoing relationship, support & Counseling to Parents and Nannies, during and after placement. | YES | NO |
| Nannies MUST provide proof of Identity. | YES | NO |
| Nannies MUST provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States. | YES | NO |
| Nannies MUST provide a current and valid driver's license. | YES | NO |
| Professional Personal Help (you can talk to a live person). | YES | NO |
| Local Ownership & Local Familiarity | YES | NO |
| Time-efficient (Prequalified Nannies) | YES | NO |
| Reputable Company in the Community (30+ Years in Business) | YES | NO |
| Household Employer Guidance (Information about the Laws) | YES | SOME |
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