Friday, October 22, 2010

Instructions to Check the Background of a Nanny

Generally, working parents hire a nanny to take care of their children. Nanny should take care of children thoroughly in the absence of parents for a long time. So, parents should choose a right nanny for their child. Before they hire, parents should check her background in the form of criminal activities, driving, activities, family background, reference check and etc., to get furthermore information about nannies. There are few instructions to check the background of a nanny, such as:
  • At least three references should be asked for nanny. One need to contact each of them to know about nanny details, from how long she worked there, how did she perform, again will they hire her, if it is possible, do they recommend to hire her as a nanny, these questions should be asked by parents or employer before hiring a nanny.
  • If you cannot contact the listed people then you can ask for more references to get sufficient information about nanny.
  • Check out whether she filled out an application with location and her date of birth, driving license number, Social Security Number, any previous names, last five employers, their names, addresses, phone numbers, others which you want.
  • You can tell her that you are going to do the background check and ask her to sign to get authorization to do that.
  • You can check whether they are relatives to her are not by making a call to them. Check the information which was given by her is correct or not by making a call to her previous employers.
  • You can perform background check through different online services which are available. Finally, you should get basic information to verify.
These are the instructions to check the background of a nanny before you hire a candidate for a nanny position.

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