When you're looking to hire someone, you generally find yourself talking up the position to make it more desirable to the top candidates. However, Rebecca Land Soodak took a different approach with her Craigslisting to find a nanny by opening the ad with: "My kids are a pain in the ass."

If that failed to entice a prospective child-care provider for her kids ages: 12, 9 and 6-year-old twins, Soodak helpful warned interested parties about their future employer: "I can be a bit difficult to work for. I'm loud, pushy, and while I used to think we paid well, I am no longer sure. I work from home, so you get the pleasure of being hounded by me all day long. And, you get to pretend to like me, because I am deeply sensative (sic). (But well-dressed and a know it all, a winning combination, I assure you.)"

Amazingly, fifteen serious applicants approached Soodak for the job, which can be taken either as a sign of the current hard times or that the allure of living on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and weekending in a country house in Connecticut is still as strong as ever.

Twenty-five-year old Christina Wynn, a recent transplant to the area with no prior nannying experience accepted the position. "I met the oldest child, but not the others, which my mother said was crazy - to accept the job without meeting all the kids. So we'll see."

Good luck, Christina. I have a feeling you're going to need it. (And if it doesn't work out, you can always write a book about your adventures!)