b'JOB SEARCHING IN A VIRTUAL WORLDBY SHENANDOAH DAVISShenandoah Davis is the CEO and co-founder of Adventure Nannies, a nationwide agency placing nannies, newborn carespecialists, and private educators with innovative and active families locally in New York City and in relocation searches acrossthe United States. She lives in Tacoma, Washington.With the last few months of sheltering in place beginning to newcompetitorsfornannypositions,familiesbeingloosen in some parts of the country, there remains a lot of concernedabouttheirownfinancialstability,andmoreuncertainty around what re-opening looks like in all fifty highly-qualified nannies looking for work at the same timestates and concern around a second wave of the pandemic than ever before. Combined with the fact that an entire joblater this summer or fall. Families are still uncertain about search,application,andinterviewprocesscouldbetheir education plans for the fall as they wait to hear back happeningonlinefortheforeseeablefuture,thereisafrom their childrens schools, and many nannies who have general sense of confusion and stress about the unknown!beenfurloughedortemporarilylaidoffamidstthe Luckily,AdventureNannieshasbeenoperatinga100%pandemic are still uncertain as to whether or not they will remote agency for the past eight years and weve strived tobe returning to their previous positions or beginning a new maintain a high-touch, highly-involved job search processjobsearchwithinthenextcoupleofmonths.Many despiteneverbeinginthesameroomwithourfamilies,candidateshaveexpressedstressaboutwhatthejob candidates, and each other. Here are our tips as you beginmarket for nannies will look like over the next few months, to seek your next position.with daycare workers and teachers potentially becoming16Summer 2020|NannyMag.com'