How To Find Babysitting Jobs

Sign up for a babysitting class with your local YMCA, Red Cross, library, or hospital. Not only will you be trained in CPR, which is an asset, but parents often go to these places looking to hire graduates.

Put up flyers on community boards at neighborhood shops, day cares, and schools. List your phone number or email address, qualifications, and experience. Just don’t give your full name—you don’t want to give too much information to people who aren’t parents.

When you’ve found a gig, go above and beyond the call of duty. In addition to keeping the kids safe and happy, look for ways to wow the parents, like leaving the kitchen cleaner than you found it. You’ll get asked back, and they’ll tell their friends about you.

Volunteer to babysit at your church’s nursery school or at an after-school program. Parents will get to know and feel comfortable with you, and you’ll prove you can be trusted with children.