How Long Does It Take to Hire a Nanny Through an Agency?

Usually two to four weeks. Sometimes the same day. A quarter-century of experience is what makes that possible.

Most full-time placements come together in about two to four weeks. We often suggest that families plan for around six, which leaves room for thorough vetting and for you to meet the right people without pressure, but two to four weeks is typical, and we are equipped to move faster when a family needs us to.

What makes that speed possible is not luck; it is experience and resources. We have been placing since 1999, and twenty-five years in this work means that when the right person is not already on our registry, we know exactly how to go and find them, recruiting to your brief rather than waiting for someone to appear. Depth of network and a practiced process are what let us move quickly without ever loosening our standards.

When the need is urgent, we can respond in kind. We have made placements the same day, and within twenty-four hours, most often for travel nannies. It is a familiar situation: a family expects to arrange help once they reach their destination, then realizes they need a professional to travel with them from home, leaving almost immediately. We are built to meet that.

A search still moves through clear stages: a consultation to define the brief, the search and recruiting, the vetting and background screening, introductions, and then an offer and an agreed start date, followed by a full year of support. Because our candidates are at various points in the vetting process at any given moment, you can usually begin meeting qualified people early, well before a search formally concludes.

The timeline does flex with the particulars: how specific the role is, the location and any relocation, whether it is live-in, and whether the compensation matches what is being asked. The clearest, most realistic briefs move fastest. But the through-line is simple: we move swiftly because we know how, not because we cut corners. Speed never comes at the cost of fit, which is why our placements stay an average of more than five years. That conviction is the heart of how Nannies + more…® works.