CollegeNannies.com Overview & Review
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Established in 2001, CollegeNannies.com is a service with the goal of connecting families with nannies and tutors. Founder Joseph Keeley took a job as a “manny” in 2000, and quickly saw that he wasn’t just a babysitter, but also a role model to the children. He started his business with the aim of connecting college-educated individuals with families in need of quality childcare and tutoring. CollegeNannies.com is a franchised business, and stresses the virtues of local ownership in targeting individual needs within a community.
What We Like About the Service
CollegeNannies.com celebrates their 10th anniversary in 2011, and has a presence in 27 states.
CollegeNannies.com is unlike other web-based nanny search services, in that it serves as a conduit to local franchised offices. The service takes their commitment to quality childcare very seriously, and has what they call the “Complete Family Approach.”
This approach consists of a five-stage process, including a family consultation, a statement of goals, a role model match, continued evaluation and relationship management, and ongoing support. Through this process, CollegeNannies.com hopes to be something more than just a matching service. They hope to be something more like a nanny support system.
Nannies and tutors are hired year-round, and all prospective applicants fill out a detailed application. They go through an in-depth interview, and receive orientation and training, as well as ongoing support and guidance from CollegeNannies.com. This quality assurance process ensures that prospective nannies and tutors are pre-screened.
We like the simple and commonsense way the service works, and the personal touch offered by local franchise owners. The hiring process takes 2-6 weeks, which is a reasonable amount of time for finding good childcare. We also like that the tutors placed by CollegeNannies.com are not only able to assist with day-to-day subjects for school, but also standardized test preparation. CollegeNannies.com is a resource for summer care, after school care, and on-call care in addition to full and part-time traditional nanny care.
We like that nannies and tutors are paid through CollegeNannies.com franchise owner, which ensures that all legal responsibilities, including taxes, are taken care of for the CollegeNannies.com client.
What We Don’t Like About the Service
Pricing for CollegeNannies.com services are not listed on the website, however price transparency is likely more difficult due to the franchise nature of the business. Regardless, the only information provided is rather vague. The pricing structure includes placement fee and hourly wage rate in which the nanny/tutor’s wage, taxes, insurance, and “ongoing guidance” are included.
Rather than being a service that solely connects caregivers and care seekers, CollegeNannies.com is a more hands-on service.
Our Rating Section
We give CollegeNannies.com our #6 rating. CollegeNannies.com is a different kind of service than other domestic care provider sites online. If you are looking for one-on-one, personalized service with an established track record, then CollegeNannies.com may be the service that meets your needs. CollegeNannies.com should appeal to those who don’t want the hassle of withholding taxes, calculating insurance, and issuing paychecks.
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COLLEGENANNIES.COM AT A GLANCE
| Site Link: | www.CollegeNannies.com |
| Established: | 2001 |
| Region Served: | United States (offices in 27 states) |
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| Care Givers: | College-aged and college-educated nannies and tutors, with a focus on providing not just a caregiver, but a role model for children. |
| Free Trial | No. The site has no search function; it simply connects users to their local office. |
| Pricing: | CollegeNannies.com invites users to contact their local office for detailed pricing information. |
| Services: | CollegeNannies.com provides interested families with college-educated and college-aged nannies and tutors. CollegeNannies.com has a focus on quality, pre-screened applicants who wish to serve as educators and role models for children. They function as a franchised business, operating out of local offices similar to a traditional nanny placement agency. |
| Search Options: | None. They do not have a searchable online database of nannies. |
| Screening Process: | N/A |
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| Corporate Clients: | None |
| Current Promotion(s): | None |
