How Hiring a Nanny With Dream Nannies Works

Hiring a nanny or household professional through Dream Nannies is not browsing a job board. You tell us what you need. We recruit, screen and interview, then bring you a short list of people who genuinely fit — and you choose.

We have been doing this for 23 years, placing Career Nannies, newborn care specialists, housekeepers, household managers, private chefs and personal assistants with families across Georgia, the Carolinas, Florida and Texas.

Here is what the process actually looks like.

1. We start with a real conversation about your family

Every search begins with a call about your routine, your values, your schedule, and the qualities that would make someone feel right in your home.

We will ask about things families often do not think of until week three — guaranteed hours, travel weeks, the edges of school pickup, safe sleep preferences for a newborn, how you want to hear about the day at the end of a shift. That detail is what makes the match hold up six months in.

You will not be rushed through it. The clearer this conversation is, the fewer wrong interviews you sit through later.

2. We run a targeted search, not a résumé dump

Once we know what you are looking for, we go and recruit. We reach out, we have conversations, and we build a list.

Most families come to us tired from sorting through unqualified applicants on the big platforms. That sorting is our job, not yours. Nobody moves forward who does not match your experience requirements, your schedule and your household.

3. Every candidate is screened before you meet them

Before we introduce anyone, they have been through all of this:

An in-depth interview with our team. Not a form — a conversation that tests experience rather than taking it at face value.
Structured reference checks. We use SkillSurvey, a professional reference-checking service that goes directly to former employers with a detailed set of questions. Former employers answer confidentially, which gets far more candid answers than a friendly phone call does. We also reach out personally when a situation calls for it.
Verification of professional experience. Confirming the roles on the résumé happened, for the dates claimed.
Social media and online presence screening. Chiefly, how a candidate handles other people’s privacy.
An assessment of character, communication and reliability.

More on this in our guide to what a nanny background check actually covers.

4. You meet only the strongest matches

You interview a short list of people who have already cleared everything above. Not dozens of cold applications — a handful worth your evening.

We will coordinate the interviews around your schedule and talk you through what to ask and what to listen for.

Chemistry still matters, and it is the one thing we cannot screen for. If nobody feels right, we keep looking. You will not be pushed toward someone who is not a fit.

5. Background check, final steps and a start date

Once you decide to move forward with someone, we complete a comprehensive background check — before they start working with your family — along with any final verification, documentation, and a walkthrough of what being a household employer actually involves.

Private chefs also cook a tasting for the family at this stage — the same idea as a working interview, and the fastest way to know whether it is right.

We do not run payroll ourselves. We refer our families to GTM Payroll Services, who specialise in household employment and are a genuinely good resource for getting the tax and paperwork side right from day one.

Then your placement starts — and our team stays reachable after day one.

How long does it take?

We aim to have qualified candidates in front of you within a few days, depending on the role and how unusual the schedule is. A full-time Career Nanny search often comes together in a few weeks when the role is clear and the pay is realistic for the market.

Specialty roles — overnight newborn care, private chefs, household managers — move on their own timeline, because supply is thinner.

You will hear from us throughout either way. Going quiet is not part of how we work.

Our 6-month placement guarantee

If your nanny does not work out within the first six months, we will replace her. No additional placement fee.

We can offer that because of everything above. The specific terms live in your signed client agreement — that is the document that governs it, not this page.

What your family actually does

We handle the recruiting, the screening, the interviewing on our side and the vetting. You:

Tell us honestly what you need
Interview the short list
Choose the person who fits
Start the relationship with clear expectations in writing

Your time goes to deciding, not digging.

New to this? Our step-by-step guide on how to hire a nanny covers what to decide before you start and what it costs.

Frequently Asked Questions

We recruit and pre-screen. Everyone you meet has already cleared a team interview, structured reference checks through SkillSurvey, experience verification and an online screening. On a board, all of that work is yours.

Once your family decides to move forward with a candidate, and always before they start working with you. Like most employers, we run the comprehensive check at the point of hire rather than on every person who applies — but nobody begins a placement without one.

No. We place Career Nannies, newborn care specialists, housekeepers, household managers, private chefs and personal assistants.

No. A short, aligned list is the whole point. Volume is what you came to us to avoid.

We do not process payroll ourselves. We will explain what being a household employer involves and refer you to GTM Payroll Services, who handle this properly.

We have a 6-month placement guarantee. If your nanny does not work out in that window, we replace her at no additional placement fee. Your signed agreement has the specific terms.

A sense of the schedule, the experience you need, a pay range you can sustain, and roughly when you want someone to start. If you are still weighing live-in against live-out, or part-time against full-time, we will help you think it through on the first call.

Ready to start your search?

Tell us about your family and your schedule, and we will start recruiting. Placements across Georgia, the Carolinas, Florida and Texas, backed by our 6-month guarantee.

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Prefer to talk it through? Call 1-844-626-6922.