{"id":1550,"date":"2015-10-11T10:31:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T09:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1550"},"modified":"2015-10-11T10:31:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T09:31:29","slug":"making-yourself-memorable-to-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/making-yourself-memorable-to-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Making yourself memorable to agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You might have noticed that many of the jobs on Nannyjob.co.uk<\/a> are via agencies. Targeting agencies, rather than parents directly, is a slightly different approach. Here\u2019s a five step approach to fast-tracking your way into their good books.<\/p>\n

Be concise<\/strong>. When you apply through the site try to mention all the jobs they have that interest you in one email. That way you\u2019re not spamming their inbox with twenty applications. You only need one to sign up with them, and if they don\u2019t reply then follow it up with a phone call rather than twenty more emails.<\/p>\n

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Prepare<\/strong> for the interview just as carefully as you would a job interview. Agencies appreciate organised paperwork, photocopies (or send the documents digitally), a list of referees they can contact and a nanny who knows what they\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n

Keep in touch<\/strong>, and ask them what methods they prefer \u2013 phone, email, text message\u2026. Most problems that nannies have with agencies come from poor communication. Some agents only work 9-5 and are in the office to answer the phone, others are nannies themselves as well as running an agency and find it easier to correspond via email. Don\u2019t rely on comments on social media to register your interest in a job, and don\u2019t expect them to call you when they have something that fits. They need to know you really well for that, or you need to be absolutely unique. Let them know how interviews they send you on go, and what didn\u2019t work so they can adjust their notes of your preferences. On the other hand don\u2019t harass them hourly, be respectful and appreciate that parents can be terrible about keeping in touch too!<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t badmouth<\/strong> them online. Most agents are in nanny Facebook groups under their own name. You may not recognise them but they\u2019ll recognise you. Only give constructive feedback when you\u2019ve done everything that you should at your end to keep the relationship going, which includes taking any extra training they\u2019ve recommended and staying in contact.<\/p>\n

Tell them<\/strong> if you get a job. Even if it\u2019s not through them they will appreciate you letting them know so they can take you off the list of nannies actively looking for work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You might have noticed that many of the jobs on Nannyjob.co.uk are via agencies. Targeting agencies, rather than parents directly, is a slightly different approach. Heres a five step approach to fast-tracking your way into their good books. Be concise. When you apply through the site try to mention all the jobs they have that … Continue reading “Making yourself memorable to agencies”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[193,296,299,300,520],"class_list":["post-1550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nannies","tag-getting-nanny-job","tag-nannies","tag-nanny","tag-nanny-agency","tag-winning-work-as-a-nanny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}