After undergoing many poor experiences with other local nanny services, the Perfect Fit Nanny service deserves mention. Janet, the owner, personally interviews all nannies prior to referring them out to you. The other agencies would send us resumes of candidates that they had never met or really spoken with. Every resume we received was already a qualified candidate and we CHOSE to interview every candidate that was referred to us. Not one of the candidates they referred to us was bad, in fact we liked every candidate they sent to us. It was just a matter of finding one that was a better fit. Some of the other agencies sent us resumes of candidates that were such a bad fit that we didn't bother interviewing them.
I would also like to discuss their professionalism. They returned all of our phone calls and e-mails immediately. Candidates were immediately e-mailed to us. Although they asked for an application fee, they didn't wait to send us resumes. They didn't complain about our time or requirements either. Each candidate's resume was neatly typed and attached in a word document along with references. One of the poor nanny services we used had the audacity to scan their hand written answer sheets onto a PDF file!
Some of the things I mentioned sound like common sense or basic professional etiquette but in the Phoenix area, you would be suprised at how unprofessional most of the nanny services are. This was the only service that was worth mentioning. We immediately stopped using those other services and only used the Perfect Fit Nanny.