• The nanny knows about the vacancy

The job description fit some nannies' availability, experience, education and personality

Agencies representing families match candidates to families

• Resumes are sent to family by nannies or agencies
• Qualified applicants elect the candidates

Family discard less fit candidates at once

• Family get in touch with selected candidates or agencies
• Candidates reply their availability for a phone interview

Agency or parents set-up the interview directly

Families represented by agencies skip steps 1, 2, 3 and 4

1. Parents check the nanny's references or, they might request letters of recommendation from previous nanny jobs
2. Candidates email references
3. All good with the nanny references!

Family and candidates might want to have a second phone conversation to answer each other's questions

        4. Family ran the nanny's FBI and driver's background check

         Family wait for clearance

• Family set-up a personal meeting
• Candidates present their professional portfolio
• Family select one or two candidates
• Nanny and parents individually review the nanny contract
• Family and nanny negotiate salary and other details
• Nanny and parents fill-up a nanny contract
• Family and nanny agree on each other's terms
• Nanny and parents sign the commitment
• Nanny and parents set-up a start-date
• Nanny starts working for parents.