Sydney, the capital of New South Wales state is one of the most popular city in the world with more population compare to other cities in Australia. Finding babysitting jobs Sydney is not a very hard thing because of there is more demand for nannies as far as Sydney has many working parents (double income families) another reason that makes getting a nanny job quicker is, Sydney has about one fifth of total Australia population. Even though there are more demand for nannies in Sydney, if you are willing to get a nanny job there, you should be well organized and ready to beat your competition and get the job offer. In this article, let's discuss on how to do that?

Preparing your resume
As the very first step, you should prepare your resume in professional manner. In a professional resume, you have to include your most recent photograph (with a smile is better),  full name & contact details, educational qualifications (more in details about child care courses that you had completed or following, first aid courses, cookery courses, house keeping courses, child psychology  courses and etc), your working experience as a nanny (details of your previous work experience, if you look after your younger siblings, you may detail that as well), your passion towards child care, some comments on why do you choose to be a nanny & what motivates you of being a nanny, references from previous employers, references from reputed people from your local area and etc.

Where to find nanny jobs in Sydney
Once you are ready with your resume to apply for nanny job, the next question is, where to find the job? There are various methods to do so.

Word Of Mouth :
It is most powerful method to get a job, spread the word that you are looking for a nanny job, spread it among your friends, relatives and etc, you may use your social media accounts (like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and etc) to say so even. Your friends may refer you to their friends whom are in need of a nanny.

Registering with brick and stone nanny agencies :
You can find nanny agencies in high streets of Sydney or around your local area. You can get register with such an agency and they may help you to find your prospective employer. There are some agencies do it for free, on the other hand, some agencies may require some commissions from your pay (once you will get the job through them). Most of such agencies, usually do all kind of checks like verification checks, background checks and etc for their clients (i.e : your employer – parents).

Registering with online nanny agencies :
Due to development of technology you can find nanny agencies that operate online as well. Before register with such an agency, you have to look up for their physical address and make sure they are not fake and they are registered as nanny agency. These online nanny agencies too may follow up same procedures as 'brick and stone' agencies, but they may do it quickly due to the reason that they are operating online and everything can be organized quickly and easily. They may have instant messaging services which you can communicate with your prospective employers.

Online nanny directories :
There are various online nanny directories that has huge number of nanny job offers and list of nannies. You can find such one nanny directories in Sydney by searching on Google. Such directories just connect nannies with parents, they usually do not do all kind of verification checks, background checks for their clients. But parents may do very often. Usually, such directories are free to register with and even they do not charge commissions from your pay as well. You may simply find nanny directories in  Sydney by searching “nanny jobs Sydney” on Google or other related terms.

Local community boards, forums and other local areas :
You can post a note about your nanny service on your local community board, forums or local library. Other than these, you can leave your note on supermarkets (usually there are supermarkets place ads on 'room for rent' and etc, so they may not hesitate to help you as well), local private gym, park notice board and etc.

Invest few bucks for your marketing :
You can give advertisements on your local area magazines, newspapers, community magazines and etc. You may create a small visiting card and distribute it to your local area members with kids (it may take more effort, but conversion rates may be higher).

How to approach your prospective employer and how to face interviews :
If you are called for an interview in person or over email or telephone, you should  always ready to talk in pleasant and professional manner. You may learn such interview manners by reading articles online (use Google to find such articles). Specifically for nanny interview, do not forget to discuss the time that you are required to work, what you should do (duties), what you should not do, what are terms and conditions and etc. Do not forget, child care requires giving lots of kind, love, dedication, patience and commitments compare to other jobs & as a nanny, you will be a part of the child's growth in terms of behavior as well which totally determines the child's future.

Good luck to get the best nanny jobs or babysitting jobs.

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Sydney is one of the world's popular city with good demand for nannies and babysitters. That leads for more classifieds for nanny jobs Sydney. Usually a babysitter or nanny in Sydney earns about 18-25 dollars per hour. It is a really good pay and it attracts more people towards babysitting jobs to earn good money on part-time. Anyhow, nanny jobs are not suitable for everyone due to the reason that nanny should be more caring, more loving with child and should have lots of emotional responsibilities with the child and family. Even though there is good demand for babysitters in Sydney, it is hard to locate on where to find babysitting jobs Sydney. There are various ways to do search for the nanny jobs, that includes searching on websites, using search engines to find websites, browsing business directories, browsing nanny directories in Sydney, checking out forums, reading news paper magazines advertisements and etc. There are websites allowing you to post nanny jobs advertisements for free. Well, let's see what do you need to consider to become a successful babysitter.

If you can obtain a babysitting certification in your area, that will be a definite plus for your job search as a babysitter or nanny. If you do not have such a certificate, you can attend babysitting courses in institutions in your area, make sure the course offers you more in depth knowledge about babysitting, about first aid, handling dangerous situations (example : fire), how to handle different ages children, how to handle baby allergic, what are allergic things for babies & children, and etc. Getting certification in first-aid too will be another plus point for you. You can take these short classes and certification courses on babysitting as well as on first-aid on recreation centers around Sydney, if you want to find such centers, search on Google or Bing; you can easily find one. Attending CPR courses in red cross centers in Sydney too may help you as such courses teach you about first aid and basic child care. Please remember that, these certifications will ensure babysitting jobs for you in near future. You have to make sure that you are not smoking and you have police clearance as well. These are very strict requirements for almost every nanny job postings. If you can have driving license that may be plus too. That may help you to take the child to hospital if child got some injuries or sick or etc.

To get babysitting jobs Sydney constantly, you may register with employment agencies in Sydney. Of course, you may need to pay some commissions to them from your earnings. Anyhow, if you are earning continuously with their help, it will not be a big deal. Other that, there are websites that do allow you to apply for babysitting jobs for free through their websites and let you earn. You can create a network with other babysitters or nannies or home-stay moms, that will allow you to get good tips and ideas to improve your career as a babysitter, not only that, if other babysitters or nannies are too busy, they may need your help on babysitting for their clients; that makes you earn more. Also, do not forget reading books and magazines on child care (may be online or offline) helps you to improve your child care knowledge and helps you to be super best babysitter in Sydney.

If you want to be a successful babysitter, you have to know, I would say, you should be knowledgeable in child psychology. At least, you have to have some basic ideas on it. A babysitter can be required to help child in doing home works, on preparing breakfast for child, helping child to learn new things, break up fights among siblings and etc. To do so, you have to understand about their psychology and know the ways to motivates them and guide them in better way, you should take more responsibilities on these cases. On the other hand, as a babysitter you may need to take care of babies as well; it needs more understanding and knowledge on how to handle the baby, of course, it needs some background of baby care. Keep in mind that caring baby and caring young children are not same, baby care is required lots of attention. If you do not have such background, reading books on babysitting or reading magazines may help you a lot, other than that, you may get help from your mom and dad as well as they know well about it (As they might have babysat with you). If you are doing babysitting first time, always keep your mom & dad phone number in hand, to contact them if any problem arises.

You have to be well organized and good time keeper. You have to talk with the parents and be clear on time which you have to do babysit. If you are a college student, you have to make sure that you are not running later than 9.00 P.M nights as that may makes you uncomfortable on next day at college. You should have contact number of parents of baby or children to contact them during emergency situations as well as list of doctors contact details, other emergency phone numbers as well – That will help you to take actions quickly if there is any problem for the baby. Always make sure you have all emergency contact detail with you (You may stick on your wall or hang out in kitchen or whatever.)

There are lots of licensed babysitting agencies can be found in Sydney to find babysitting jobs or to post babysitting ads on it. Most of those my require some payments but it worth it as they usually have lots of job openings on babysitting. Licensed babysitting agencies usually check all background and other details of babysitters who are registered with them, so, it makes easier for parents to select the babysitter for them without fearing about security. If you are looking for a babysitter or babysitting jobs, it is recommended to join with a licensed babysitting agency that will help both sitter and parents to be safe.

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