How to Find a Babysitter at Local College
You want a mature, responsible babysitter with a flexible schedule, but high school students are so busy. If you're lucky, you live in a town with one or more colleges a short distance away. Any college or university is full of students looking for babysitting jobs. The problem is how to connect with them if you're not affiliated with the college. Follow these steps to find dozens of eager babysitters.
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Call or email your local college's student career services. They usually keep lists of students looking for babysitting jobs--some even include the student's experience, availability and contact information. Some universities even post lists on their websites.
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Post signs in approved areas around campus such as dorms, sorority houses, student common areas and dining halls.
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Ask your friends. If they've found a college student babysitter, she likely has college friends interested in babysitting jobs. Also, ask your friends how they found their sitters.
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Email sorority chairs and other heads of organizations on campus and ask them if they'd pass your information along on their mass email lists. You can usually find their contact information on the university's website.
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Place a "help wanted" posting on your local Craigslist website. A lot of college students looking for babysitting jobs check Craigslist regularly.
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Go to such websites as babysitters.com and 4sitters.com. These are national sites, which allow you to post your help wanted information and search locally for potential babysitters with postings on the sites. Usually there is a minimal fee to use these sites.
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