How to Start a Nanny Business

A nanny can be a big help to a busy family raising small children. Unlike a daycare service, a nanny provides quality childcare in the familiar surroundings of the children's home. A nanny business can eliminate the stress involved with finding a qualified person to come into a family's home to care of their children. There are a few details to consider if you decide to start a nanny business.

Difficulty: Challenging

Instructions

1. Advertise to recruit nannies. Place an ad in the local newspaper, or post a flyer on a college bulletin board to begin recruiting candidates for your nanny business.

2. Screen potential nannies by conducting a preliminary phone interview. Develop a questionnaire to help you determine whether or not to schedule a face-to-face interview with potential candidates. Ask for references, the candidate's full name and a contact phone number.

3. Interview candidates in person. Make sure that you have checked references before the face-to-face interview. Ask basic interview questions. This interview will give you a much better idea about the person and her qualifications to be hired for your nanny business.

4. Perform a background check. Make sure to thoroughly investigate each candidate's background for your nanny business. You can go to the NannyNetwork website to perform investigations reliably and economically for under $50 before hiring any nannies for your clients.

5. Draft a work agreement. Make sure that the agreement specifies standard work hours, scope of the work, vacations, holidays and any overtime compensation for each nanny placed with a family.

Tips & Warnings

• Be sure to check the Internet during background checks for any MySpace pages or blogs that may give you more insight into a potential nanny's character.

Resources

• Perform background checks on potential nannies here.

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