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Aside from choosing a school (and your partner!), hiring a nanny for your little one may be one of the most important choices you make for your family.
You want someone who’s responsible and loving, of course, but there may be other considerations: Do you need a nanny who can drive? Do you want a bilingual nanny? Are you looking for someone with a CPR certification?
NPN offers tons of resources to help you figure out the traits of your ideal nanny, connect you with nanny candidates and start your nanny relationship on the right foot.
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I’m in the process of interviewing for a new role and fingers crossed, it looks like I’ll be heading back to work full time after an awesome 3 years working part time from home (and my new job will be a big job, that I’m excited about!). The role will have some travel and be in the office 4-5 days a...
I have to go back to work full time ( right now work 28-30 hours ) and have to go back 40 hours per week I need to hire someone to pick up my 13 year old daughter from school 2-3 days per week. Any recs for a company? I don’t need a babysitter as the job entails picking her up and dropping her at my...
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