The most eagerly awaited news in the professional Nanny year is, this year cause for celebrating. Our annual pay survey on pages 6-7 shows nannies' earnings are continuing to rise in London, the Home Counties and the rest of teh country, both live-in and live-out. It suggests that employers are willing or having to pay more in a market short on the qualified, experienced nannies they they want. It also reveales a changing profile of what parents want. As their own working patterns shift, parents are seeking nannie swho can cope with wraparound or after school care, unsocial working hours, and perhaps more household chores than ever before.
The most eagerly awaited news in the professional Nanny year is, this year cause for celebrating. Our annual pay survey on pages 6-7 shows nannies' earnings are continuing to rise in London, the Home Counties and the rest of teh country, both live-in and live-out. It suggests that employers are willing or having to pay more in a market short on the qualified, experienced nannies they they want.
It also reveales a changing profile of what parents want. As their own working patterns shift, parents are seeking nannie swho can cope with wraparound or after school care, unsocial working hours, and perhaps more household chores than ever before.
This does not mean the death of nannying, as one agency remarked - just a redifining of it. The nannies who do best in future will be those who adapt to changing times and offer flexibilty to both their employers and themselves. They will combine nannying with other jobs or interests, start their own businesses, and constantly add to their expertise. They will succeed because they take nannying as seriously as all their other options.
