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01 November 2017
Day Three: 5-Step Nanny Application Series 'Vital Video Call & Telephone Etiquette'
We care about our Nannies and want to make sure our candidates feel completely prepared during this busy period, giving you the best chance of obtaining your ideal job. Each day this week, we will be releasing a new specially written blog post on FIVE of the most important aspects to your job search. With years of experience, these posts are based on real industry examples and includes current up-to-date advice relevant to all nannies – keep your eyes peeled!
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02 November 2017
Day Four: 5-Step Nanny Application Series 'Face-to-Face Interview Success'
We care about our Nannies and want to make sure our candidates feel completely prepared during this busy period, giving you the best chance of obtaining your ideal job. Each day this week, we will be releasing a new specially written blog post on FIVE of the most important aspects to your job search. With years of experience, these posts are based on real industry examples and includes current up-to-date advice relevant to all nannies – keep your eyes peeled!
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03 November 2017
Day Five: 5-Step Nanny Application Series 'Nanny Trial Triumph!'
We care about our Nannies and want to make sure our candidates feel completely prepared during this busy period, giving you the best chance of obtaining your ideal job. Each day this week, we will be releasing a new specially written blog post on FIVE of the most important aspects to your job search. With years of experience, these posts are based on real industry examples and includes current up-to-date advice relevant to all nannies – keep your eyes peeled!
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13 November 2017
Cold-busting Cookery Tips
As winter sets in across the UK, little people are bringing home all manner of colds and bugs from school, playgroup and nursery. There’s an element of the inevitable when it comes to winter coughs and colds, but you can do your bit by making sure they’re eating a diet that’s rich in bug-busting nutrients. Here are some menu and snack ideas for the winter.
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13 November 2017
Advent and Thanksgiving in London 2017
The festive season is well and truly here, so this one is for our London-based nannies: a fun packed schedule of events and attractions starting now and taking you right up to the New Year. Whether you’re a weekend nanny looking to spread some of the magic of Christmas or if you’re a weekly nanny keen to book in some early evening festive fun, look no further – we’ve got all the capital’s most splendid goings-on right here.
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14 November 2017
Meet The Norland Mannies
This September, the world-famous Norland College in Bath welcomed Gregory Ridley, Connor Beckles, Nathaniel Fabien and Jordon Murray onto its BA in Early Years Development and Learning. This was Norland’s largest intake to date, and the nanny training college has never taken as many as four male undergraduates in its 125-year history. In fact, only seven men have graduated from Norland College previously, with the first male trainee arriving in 2012.
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23 November 2017
Thanksgiving Fun For All
With Thanksgiving 2016 just around the corner and many of our nannies working with American families in the US and all over the globe, we thought we’d share a few fun activities for the children at this time of year. Even if Thanksgiving isn’t largely celebrated where you’re living or within the families you’re working with, we still think there are some super ideas here for marking this cultural festival and starting discussions about being thankful.
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30 November 2017
Holidays are Coming! Five Unique Ways to Celebrate Advent
December beckons and with it comes a daily rise in excitement amongst children all over the world, anticipating relaxed family times and – of course - the arrival of Father Christmas. We’ve put together a little selection of meaningful and inspiring activities to try out with your charges during Advent. As always we would love to know what your favourite games and crafts are for this time of year, so do tweet us @StJamesNannies or post on our Facebook page so that we can share the Christmas magic with the rest of the community.