Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Questions to Ask While Choosing a Nanny Referral Agency

There are few reputable nanny agencies which have been serving clients for years, and they are very active in professional and trade associations and they will try hard to provide a best nanny for families who are suitable for them. Some of the agencies lack resources to meet the requirements of the clients. You need to find out a reputable nanny agencies to choose a right nanny. There are few questions to ask to know whether it is a reputable agency to choose, such as:
  • How many years of experience it has? If any agency has long period of experience, then it can serve it's clients better. So, it is better to ask about its experience.
  • How many nannies were provided by them which are suitable for families? One should find out the reputable agency which makes enough matches which are viable economically. One can find out whether an agency meets three to six matches per employee per month, because it is minimum number.
  • What is it's success rate with placements? One should listen carefully their answer for this question and one can ask them why they are successful?
  • Find out their fees and ask them what is their refund policy? Generally, amount fee differs from one agency to another in different places. Generally, fee can be in average from 10 to 15 percent of annual salary of nannies. If it is new agency, it has lower fees than this. If any agency fails to provide a matched nanny then it has to refund the money, but many agencies agree replace the nanny with in a period of time.
Still, there are many questions to ask such as: What is their screening process and do they provide you any documentation on screening?, do they provide any training program for nannies?, how they recruit nannies? etc.

These are the questions to be asked to the agency to choose the right agency for best nanny. One should listen answers carefully to find out whether such agency is reputable or not.

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