Nursery World - For what it's worth

With nanny salaries varying widely, Helen Kewley offers ways to measure how a potential employer will value your services This is the time of year when lots of nannies approach the agencies for new jobs because the youngest child they care for will start school in September. In prosperous areas where there is a high demand for childcare, some nannies have never been unemployed; even without agency help, they can find work within a few streets of their first job through parents' recommendations or the local nanny network. In such places earnings are high and employers are aware of what they have to pay to get a good nanny.

This is the time of year when lots of nannies approach the agencies for new jobs because the youngest child they care for will start school in September. In prosperous areas where there is a high demand for childcare, some nannies have never been unemployed; even without agency help, they can find work within a few streets of their first job through parents' recommendations or the local nanny network. In such places earnings are high and employers are aware of what they have to pay to get a good nanny.

However, the nannies who relocate in search of cheaper housing will have to use all their negotiating skills to get a good salary and the right job.

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