Which childcare site to recruit a nanny?

[jaffajiffy]

Any recommendations for childcare sites? I've looked at care.com, posted a job, and got 73 messages, mostly from people who haven't read the ad. Am I better off with an agency?

Babysitter.co.uk?
childcare.co.uk?

Thanks for your help.

Care.com automatically send my details and a automated message when a job is posted in my area.

Try Childcare.co.uk or an agency

I got my current job on nannyjob
and a previous job on childcare.co.uk

I've gotten almost every job I've ever had on Gumtree, my most recent one was a family searching the nannies looking for work section and contacted me. I think there have been some changes since then but Gumtree was always the best for me. Greatcare and nannyjob are good in that they send out a daily alert email to nannies who have selected the criteria- I still get them everyday, 2 years into my job.

The Lady Magazine which is also on-line. I got my last job from there.

Of the last 3 jobs, 2 were via an agency and the other was via an online ads site.

Using ad sites may get you a lot of responses but as you have found you need to sift through the applicants who may not have fully understood what you were looking for, minimum requirements they had to meet. Sometimes I think that may occur due to the way the advert is worded, othertimes it is because people just don't read it, or ignore it and hope that they have a chance of getting the job even if they don't meet the requirements.

If you have plenty of time, keep doing online ads.

As a nanny I would look on NannyJob, NetMums Local, Childcare.co.uk
I like to see as much info on advert as possible, especially salary being given, as I have bills to pay and no point in applying for a job if it won't pay what I need to earn.

Thanks for your tips, all