Strapped for cash? Or just like taking care of children? Check out Sittercity, which makes it easy to become a baby sitter or nanny. It is designed to help parents find “more than child care” by pairing them with sitters and nannies who will “challenge, nurture and enrich kids when mom and dad can’t be there.”
You don’t have to commit full-time to this gig — Sittercity has jobs for part-time nannies, as well. Also, they can also help you find before- or after-school sitting jobs, or those that only include infants. That’s the power of a big community, which BTW is growing at a rate of 4,000 sitters per day. On the other hand, parents post a new job offer every 2 minutes, resulting in new parent-caregiver connection every 3 seconds on the platform!
Sittercity on its end will thoroughly check on candidates, so if you apply for the job, expect them to perform various background checks on you, conduct phone and in-person interviews. Also, any references provided will be evaluated.
Should you choose to join Sittercity, they suggest preparing for the interview with parents. As part of that, you should think through tasks and duties you’re okay with doing. Establish your limits, identify your boundaries in advance, and don’t compromise on any duties you don’t want to do. If you feel like a family might be asking too much of you, you can always find another job that’s a better match.
It may sound hard, but in reality – it’s not. Use your intuition and if you like taking care of children, you’ll enjoy it. A lot.
So without further ado…