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Practical guides to understanding agency job posts, preparing your application and comparing working arrangements.

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Applying through an agency

Get your application ready and know what to ask.

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Practical guide

Understand what an agency means by background checked, who handles the screening and how to verify the process.

Practical guide

Check a nanny opportunity and its contacts before sharing documents, sending money or accepting a suspicious payment.

Practical guide

Clarify the CPR and first-aid course, age coverage, delivery format and evidence requested for a nanny role.

Practical guide

Prepare a focused offer discussion with your recruiter, explain priorities and track written revisions before deciding.

Practical guide

Write a focused nanny cover letter with verifiable examples, a brief-to-evidence worksheet and a fictional sample.

Compare duties, accommodation and the length of a role.

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Explainer

Clarify privacy expectations, communication routes and practical working arrangements without seeking identifying family details.

Comparison

Compare a nanny or babysitter brief by schedule, responsibility, continuity and the actual duties requested.

Comparison

Distinguish a nanny role from the US au pair exchange program, then check the route, support and actual brief.

Comparison

Map childcare and household duties to separate a nanny role from a combined nanny-housekeeper brief.

Explainer

Ask what guaranteed hours cover, how family schedule changes are handled and which terms need written clarification.

Explainer

Clarify overnight duty, rest expectations, room arrangements, handover and the experience a night nanny brief asks for.

Explainer

Check a summer nanny job’s dates, camp calendar, travel arrangements and handover before the season ends.