The Shanghai Nanny Hiring Playbook

The PDF is 30 pages. We're being specific about what's in it because most lead-magnet PDFs oversell. Here's what's actually there:

• Section 1 — salary bands by neighborhood (4 pages). 2026 bands for live-in, live-out, part-time, bilingual-immersion, and yuesao placements, broken out by Former French Concession, Jing'an, Pudong, Hongqiao, Minhang, and Xintiandi. The numbers are the same ones we use internally when scoping placements.

• Section 2 — the 8-clause bilingual contract template (5 pages). Full template in EN and 中文 side-by-side, ready to customize. Cover sheet explains which clauses are negotiable and which aren't.

• Section 3 — the 30-question interview kit (6 pages). Questions categorized by competence, motivation, cultural-fit, and safety. Mandarin translations included. Scoring rubric with red-flag indicators.

• Section 4 — neighborhood-by-neighborhood reality (4 pages). Salary premium, supply pressure, commute friction, typical placement profile for each district.

• Section 5 — visa & legal reality for foreign-national candidates (3 pages). Z-visa, spouse permissions, household-worker grey area. Written candidly.

• Section 6 — red flags checklist (3 pages). The 10-signal screening sheet from our interview question kit, with the agency-escalation language.

• Section 7 — 90-day onboarding plan (5 pages). Week-by-week milestones, check-in cadence, alignment conversation scripts in EN and Mandarin.

What's NOT in the PDF: customer testimonials (we don't publish them), specific agency recommendations (we don't endorse public lists), or visa-sponsorship promises (not our role).

Three family situations we wrote this for:

• Pre-arrival families still in London, NY, Sydney, Tokyo. The PDF is the document that turns the abstract 'we need a nanny in Shanghai' into a specific scoping conversation.
• First-baby families in Shanghai facing the yuesao-and-ongoing-ayi sequence and not sure where to start.
• Replacement families whose first placement didn't quite work, who want the second one to go right.

If you're already on your third Shanghai nanny placement, you probably don't need this — you've built the framework yourself.

From section 1 — salary bands: 'Live-in nanny, Jing'an, mid-tier experience (3–5 years), functional English: ¥ 10,000–13,500/month all-in. Live-out same profile same neighborhood: ¥ 8,500–11,500. Bilingual fluent premium: +30–50% on top of band.'

From section 3 — interview kit (question 14): 'Tell me about the last time a child you cared for was sick. What did you do in the first hour, the first day, and how did you communicate with the parents? Score: 5 if specific and sequenced, 1 if vague or generic.' Mandarin translation included.

From section 7 — 90-day onboarding (week 2 alignment check-in script): opens with 'thank you for the first two weeks — there are a few things we'd like to align on while it's still fresh' and walks through three specific topics with Mandarin phrasings for each.

Form below. Name + email + which stage of relocation. That's all we ask. PDF arrives via Brevo from info@enzymes.bio (our verified sender) within 2 minutes. The download URL is also embedded directly in the email so you can forward it to your partner.

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Two emails total. The first is the PDF. The second arrives seven days later — a single message asking whether you'd like a 20-minute call to talk through your situation. If you don't reply, that's the last email. No drip sequence, no nurture cadence, no Top 10 Shanghai Nanny Tips listicle. We're not interested in being your nanny-content publisher; we're interested in being the family-side advisory desk when you actually need one.