Few young Britons now go abroad to work as au pairs - yet the global demand for British childcarers still outstrips the supply. That's the latest verdict from Susan Griffith, whose book The Au Pair and Nanny's Guide to Working Abroad has just come out in its fifth edition.
British nannies are as popular as ever with families in western Europe as well as America, says Susan, and agencies have no problem placing them.
However, her research reveals that demand has dropped in certain places, such as Israel, where many nanny agencies have disappeared. Meanwhile the 'new Europeans' from countries recently joining the EU are taking up childcare jobs not just in Britain but across Europe - and the British 'are happy to leave them to it', says Susan.
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