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i know this isnt really an overseas thing but please

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chloeb2002 · 10/02/2009 00:25

i am desperatly looking for a new au au pair. found one i like but
1/ she now cant pay her air fare as her dad ahs been made redundant.
2/ her refernces are both from hotmail accounts.... cynical but
3/ have offered to pay half of a one way fare about $400
4/ what would you do???? need one like yesterday! and she has experience and knows brisbane as she has relos here (she says!) now anxious!
5/ she didnt ask for money i offered she said she would work for a month then come..
PLEASE ANYONE

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Califrau · 10/02/2009 00:41

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savoycabbage · 10/02/2009 01:22

I would be most worried about the references. It is weird that they are both from hotmail as you would think that they would be from people's work e-mails.

eidsvold · 10/02/2009 02:04

chloe - I would be worried about it to - just out of curiosity - where is she from ?

I can recommend some agencies:

here

I have had a prac nanny from there and have had some mothers' helps as well. Very reputable.

used to work for them doing child minding

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chloeb2002 · 10/02/2009 02:24

um i know but they are both au pair references.. one is the pa of someone in france and the other is just a family.. after all i use hotmail as my main account to havew.. but also have a bigpond account... ummmmm
have asked for the brisbane family to give me a phone number?
plan b maybe i can pay directly for part of the ticket? not sure if the travel agency will let me.
we are with an agency but i know they generally doent know much about au pairs history. have asked if they have placd her before and if they think we could safely contribute towards fare.
head hurts.....
i need to get work sorted again....

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chloeb2002 · 10/02/2009 02:26

Hi eids.. she is from the UK. through almondbury but as above not convinced they knwo much about au pairs last one just signed up free with them with no chidcare history etc! she was great with kids just unrelieble and didnt totally trust her. and she dumped me in the pooh!

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quinne · 10/02/2009 17:04

you can check the IP address that the emails were sent from. They will tell you the country, city and even the PC! If they are the same as hers then you know there is something suspect about the references and probably the au pair too

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chloeb2002 · 10/02/2009 20:11

thanks quinne will do that! (if i can work out how?) the agency have placed her before twice and the last one was for two years so feel a bit better but my mum is going to meet up with her and book the flight just to be a bit more sure...

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kitbit · 10/02/2009 20:22

Ask for phone numbers and ring to check the refs, definitely.

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