Deceptive interviews

[Momof4]

Sorry you have had a run of dishonest families, but keep the faith and keep trying. Extensive pre-screening will save you a lot of time interviewing people who don't match your needs and I'm glad to see that you do that. Sounds like you are doing everything right. I'm wondering if maybe ou state the question as, what are your work hours? Instead of what hours would you be using at daycare. Then ask where they live and ask about their commute time so you can figure out their hours over the phone pre-interview.

[Fun&care]

In my handbook it says *my time with my family is important to me, so please respect my hours*. Typically after reading that, and seeing my late fees it sets them straight. And I do send out my Handbook BEFORE the interview over email to make sure they agree with policies etc.

I know how frustrating it is though and I've been there too where I do lots of pre screening and somehow during the interview it comes up that they want longer hours...really frustrating but I was also talking to some friends who are currently interviewing providers and they said that every single time they have talked over the phone and asked for longer hours the caregiver has said yes so it sounds like there may be lots of caregivers out there who ARE flexible despite their advertised hours and it gives the wrong impression and parents assume we are ALL flexible.