Safety is the first aspect you need to look when you advertise for your job. You should discuss safe, effective ways to advertise your services with your parents or any other responsible adult. Going door-to-door in your neighborhood may be acceptable to you and your parents. A job, which is closer to home, is usually preferable because you remain closer to home and usually the community will be known to you. Also, you save time on commuting. If you live in an apartment, you may be able to put flyers on the notice board, swimming pool area, laundry room etc. Ensure permission from the apartment manager before you do so. Flyers can easily be designed on a PC or you can design by hand and make copies using a photocopier.
For the sake of safety, do not put your last name and home address on the flyer. You should not reveal this information unless you are ready to accept the job and have ascertained the safety of the job. Putting flyers on the school notice board is safe only if it’s a small school ~ say a school with less than 200 students. Chances of knowing a child of child’s family is greater if the school is smaller. You can access these links to and .
Recommendation is considered a safe way of advertising. You can print business cards (See ) and hand them over to fellow church members during coffee hours. You could also request them to recommend you to their friends. Grow your network, seek help from your sitter friends. Ask them to recommend you the next time they get a job offer, which they can’t accept. A good babysitter is usually in demand and hence, gets a lot of babysitting offers, which can reach you.
There are safe sites available on the internet as well. Sittercity.com and Nannies4hire.com or Babysitters4hire.com are some of the sites which serve the same purpose and you will find them very useful. You can click on the banners below to get started.