Advertising and Interviews
So I have 4 vacancies coming up in August :eek:. Two of them have been filled and I'm actively seeking to fill the last two. I went through my waiting list (which is how I filled the first two spots) so I started aggressively advertising last week. At first there was nothing but now I'm getting 3 phone calls a day on average. This is what it consists of:
Ugh, why is it so hard to find an older child these days?! |
I have the opposite problem all I can get is SA, or they come with a SA sibling. And the same issues with hours and such, which is why I offer night and evening hours, but even that hasn't helped me much. It seems it is so hard these days. I know in my area a lot of people are on subsidy, and many of those people use centers, because in my county pretty much only centers take it. But centers typically close at 6 PM, so those who need night hours can't use them.
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I just sent out emails to my waiting list to fill the 2 openings I have in September. Now you've got me worried about what kind of calls I'll get if I've got to advertise! :eek:
Good luck filling your openings - I hope you get great families! likethis |
The good news is that people like my program a lot. The bad news is that I have a lot of people to reject :(. I know I'm being picky, but there are just so many non-potty trained 18 month to 2 year olds whose parents have strange jobs. I've had no contact from any families with children who are 4 and hardly any 3 year olds.
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Originally Posted by spud912: I just posted a month ago, or maybe less, about how I was getting NO interest. None! Then, this past week I've gotten a decent amount. Decent enough that I filled all of my spots. happyface |
Originally Posted by EntropyControlSpecialist: And yes that always happens. I fill all my spots and then a bunch of perfect candidates start calling. |
Maybe the students have grants, scholarships or loans? I don't worry about where the money comes from or what they do for employment as long as they pay :)
I have 1 spot opening in August. I interviewed 2 families off my wait list, chose one. Great, they did a few drop ins as their current provider was on vacation. Great. Then they disappeared. I told them they got the spot mid June gave them 2 weeks to get the registration fee and signed contract to me...they stopped answering texts, emails, moms phone is no longer accepting incoming calls..super weird. So now I have 2 more interviews this week for the spot. I got this interviews from my wait list too. I haven't advertised in a long while...makes me nervous thinking about it though...all the crazies :lol::ouch: Good luck! |
Originally Posted by spud912: But, at least the spots are filled and we can move along with our days! |
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