Employers today tend to want a qualified, professionally-minded nanny who may have more knowledge of child development than they do, and who can offer their children a wide range of social, physical and educational activities. They want to feel confident that the person to whom they entrust their children is honest and has an unblemished past.
In last month's issue we saw how an experienced nanny who was blacklisted at an agency over a false accusation of theft still managed to keep her good name with other agencies and past employers. Yet it never pays a nanny to be complacent about her reputation or employability. In the face of broad competition from other childcarers and high expectations from parents, what can a nanny do to give herself the professional edge?
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