This Babysitter Needs a Job

December 31st, 2008 by admin

I am 17 years old and have been on the babysitter job market for almost half a year now. I suppose that the economy is not doing so swell and it trickles down to all aspects of the career field. Still, I can’t help but feel discouraged when I get no phone calls or walk by the bulletin boards where I posted my babysitter ads and see that no one has even bothered to rip off one of the tabs.

Most people I know would say that I am every bit qualified to be a good babysitter. I have two younger siblings and often had the task of watching over them. Although my parents never paid me for my babysitting, since it was considered an obligatory chore anyway, I always did an excellent job. I wasn’t an indifferent or even cruel babysitter to my brother and sister. I would engage them in educational games and would make even the most mundane activities fun. I knew that the key to keeping their attention away from the television was to entertain them.

Since then, I have become CPR certified in the case that any future employers would require that of me. I also just recently received my driver’s license and am an absolutely careful and safe driver. I’ve even driven on the freeway several times! I am an quick learner and am in the process of apprenticing with my mother while she cooks so I can get trained myself. All of these qualifications and babysitting classes don’t seem to make a difference, however.

There is something so liberating about earning your own money and I want to be able to do that. If no one hires me as a babysitter, I’m not sure how I can achieve that independence.

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