Weeks after placing "part-time nanny wanted" ads, I was still getting tons of applications and found myself only lazily skimming through them.
It wasn't that I didn't want the help. Rather, I was literally receiving hundreds of applications, most of which I knew to be were from people I wouldn't trust to prepare my coffee, nevermind watch my precious daughter.
There were also more than a few qualified applicants whom I was having heckuva time emailing, calling, and struggling to set up interviews.
"I wish I could hire someone to help me hire someone," I complained to my sister. (Yes, I am that lazy.)
"Why don't I help you?" she volunteered.
I almost slapped myself right then and there. My sister had experience working as...
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