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What are the best nanny agency

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nanny1974 · 19/10/2007 09:52

What are the best nanny agency in London?
How did you find you best and worst nanny?
What do you think about the gumtree and nannyjob.co.uk.
I have ads on both!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Gidleigh · 19/10/2007 10:35

I have used both agencies and advertising on the Gumtree and Nannyjobs. All the nannies I have employed have come from either Gumtree or Nannyjobs and not through agencies. I have found that many nannies who reply directly on the adds are the same ones shown to me from agencies.

The big drawback with using your own advert is that you have to sift through a lot of unqualified/unsuitable candidates yourself which can be time consuming, but I have found that the information I got from all the major central London nanny agencies were not particularly more insightful anyways so I felt their fee was way too expensive. Also, certain agencies which I will not name have a tendency to prop up the expectation on wages which mean its always more expensive to hire through them even net of agency fees.