Writing a babysitting ad is very important if you want to find the perfect babysitter! Indeed, a babysitting ad allows you to display all the information about yourself, so that potential parents will contact you. But how to make a perfect babysitting ad? Here is all the information you need to make one.
Your personal information
To begin with, it is important that you write down some of your personal information that will be useful to parents. For example, fill in :
Your age
Your nationality (parents may be looking for foreign sitters to teach their child a new language)
Your place of residence (so that parents near you can contact you)
Your employment status or level of education
Your telephone number (if you want the parents to contact you directly).
Babysitting information
Next, add the babysitting information:
Your availability, (if you are available on Wednesdays all day for example, this is a big advantage for you, as parents are looking for childcare on that day)
Your hours (if you are available in the evenings for after-school care or in the mornings before school)
Your rates (the average rate is about 9€ per hour for babysitting).
Your skills and qualities
Also include your skills: the aim of an advert is to sell yourself to parents! If you have language, artistic, creative, culinary or manual skills, this is the time to mention them because parents will know that their children will have a good time with you!
If you are patient with children, a good listener, serious, creative, calm or funny, don’t spare them: that’s how you will win over parents!
Finally, if you have diplomas or training related to childcare, such as first aid training or the BAFA, also tell parents about them as this will reassure them about looking after their children.
Your experience with children
In the last section, you can talk about your experience with children: the more children you have, the better! Parents will be reassured to see that you have already looked after small children for example, that you are capable of cooking for them, giving them a bath… Even if you have just looked after your cousins or friends, mention it, it is always a plus!
Also, keep your advert short: a short advert is easier to read than a long one!
Things to avoid!
The things to avoid if you want your babysitting ad to be perfect are not listing availability or rates as this is important information in terms of babysitting. If you don’t have any experience in babysitting, don’t necessarily specify it. Finally, avoid lies: if you are asked to look after children, parents will realise what you know or do not know how to do! So be yourself and the job will come to you!
How to post your babysitting ad?
Finally, how do you distribute your babysitting ad? You can do it digitally: on social networks for example (Facebook, LinkedIn), on babysitting platforms, but you can also write your advert on sheets of paper or print it out and hand them out in shops near you, in schools or in the street. There is also the option of word of mouth, which is still one of the most effective ways of finding a job today: so talk to your friends, parents, grandparents who may have an opportunity for you!
With all this information, parents will know who they are dealing with and can choose the babysitter they want according to their criteria.
This will also make it easier for you to find a babysitter because only parents who match your criteria will contact you: you won’t waste time with parents who don’t suit you!
Writing a babysitting ad is therefore essential to help you find the ideal family!