I've found a nice sounding girl looking to start as an aupair mid-November (eek, just two weeks away!).
She's answered all the questions on the questionnaire well, sounds nice enough, and is really keen. I suspect that's mainly because her best friend is currently working nearby, and there aren't many aupair jobs in this neck of the woods. That's fine by me. Her friend isn't that close (train ride away), but I think it's great that she'll know someone nearby as DH will be home at the weekends, so hopefully it will give us some breathing space. She's agreed to a one month trial, as we've got somebody else potentially interested in starting in January, but DH is away for 3 weeks in November/December, so it would be great to have a spare hand then too.
Anyway, what do I do next? She's given details of two previous childcare roles, but has no written references? Would you try and contact them? She wasn't an aupair for them, more of a daytime babysitter I think. They're French families, and my French is v.basic.
Sounds a bit too easy to say yes, we'll see you on the 15th!
What do you do with regards to picking them up from airports? We'd happily pick up from Exeter, or even Bristol, but Gatwick / Heathrow would be a 8hr round trip for us, probably more like 10 hrs to arrive on time. Would you say that she needed to fly to a local airport, or get a train? Or would you pick her up from where-ever?