What do you look for in a babysitter?

Type up a brief pseudo resume, with the things you listed here as "qualifications".

Hi, For me,if I were to look for baby sitter, I have to see her personality,hygiene and experience. It is pretty important to get an experience baby sitter,or else ,you might end up have more problem to occur. it is not easy to get someone we can really trust 100%, but of course, I do hope the baby sitter will take care of my child carefully,no accident occur during the takingcare period. One of the reason why I am taking care of my son personally is because I am worry the baby sitter won't do a great job as per my expectation. Maybe I can say that I don't trust people easily.

i have a four year old son but me and my wife had never tried to get a baby sitter. since my wife gave birth she decided not to work anymore and be a 24-7 hands on mother to our son. i know why for there are no other person who will give such care but her. it is very hard for the budget that i am the only one working but she has a small business of making pillow and that adds up with our income. but i can say that if i will look for a baby sitter then i need to look for someone who is like my wife. has patience, a person who likes to talk and tell stories, who knows how to sing and dance. kids would enjoy something like that.

I would always ensure that a person who was looking after my children,was a person that has children,good references,also speak to other parents that have used the person.I think that also a police check to make sure that they are not dodgy.If a person had no references,then i would not even consider them,for myself to be honest.

References are important in this day and age, but it doesn't have to be people you've babysat for or worked for. It could be a teacher who can attest to your level of responsibility, always handing in work on time, etc, it could be a sports coach who is willing to say that you are a team player. I would look for someone with first aid training for sure, experience with kids, and would see if they got along with my kid before leaving her.

I look for someone who is responsible. Good grades is an indicator of responsibility. Someone who is not too involved in sports and other activities, because I may want a friday night out. I always do a hands on interview. I talk with the person for a while. Have they changed diapers before, do they know CPR that kind of stuff. I lay out my child's schedule, what they are allowed to do and not allowed to do. Then I leave my child and the potential sitter alone for a half hour or so, and disappear to a locked away room. I kind of listen at the door to see how they handle my child crying, do they keep the toys in the toy room, what do they do if my child has a complete meltdown.