Sometimes, yes, it’s a huge red flag. Some candidates are blacklisted everywhere and are permanently on the market because no one wants to work with them. But that’s not always the case…
Sometimes, if they have been in the job market for a while, it is not because there is something wrong with them, it is simply the reality of the nanny job market: finding work is anything but easy and can take months and months.
There are many reasons why a nanny may have been looking for a job for a while.
Some nannies take a long time to find work because they are not willing to accept just anything, others because they prefer to avoid agencies, and it is more difficult to find work on your own etc.
Sometimes it’s just that they’re less good at writing a resume or interviewing than they are at taking care of children.
There are also a lot of unfair things that happen in this industry and some nannies are just unlucky!
So please, stop judging nannies without knowing what’s really going on in the nanny job market and give a chance to those nannies who have been looking for work for a long time. One of them might be the rare gem you’re looking for…
