Are “Nanny needed” jobs right for you?

Are you looking for a high paying employment opportunity? Why not consider a baby sitting job? There are many various kinds of nanny jobs that you can choose from. But you need to take into consideration your skills, weaknesses, habits, and long-term goals. Learning to sell your best assets is vital if you are looking for a rewarding, comfortable, long-term career.

Nanny jobs are not for everyone, so investigating in some introspection will be the first step to finding a job opening that’s right for you. But before deciding to get into this, here are some questions you should ask yourself before starting your hunt for a child care employment.

• Am I qualified?

You should know that most parents are looking for a nanny with significant & successful experience in childcare. In case you have worked as a nanny before, I advice you to make a list of what you like best about your previous jobs, what you learned, where you fell short, and what techniques or strategies you would change. Experience is only really valuable to your employer if you have managed to learn something from it, so take the time to review your past experiences and to figure out how you have grown from it.

• Why am I looking for a babysitting nanny job?

Of course, this job is not just for those people who have experience, there’s also a high possibility that the parents may consider to hire you if they find out that you have significant experience with child care employment, either in your own family or at a prior job where you have worked as a teacher, day care staff, or nurse. Education is also important to parents, so having a degree, especially if it is in early childhood education, one of the healthcare sciences, or child psychology, will put you ahead of other people seeking nanny jobs.

• Do I enjoy being with kids?

This is also a very important factor. In every job, you should make sure that you find joy in everything you do or else you will later on get bored and be unhappy. Parents want to find a nanny who can commune with their children and who their children would be comfortable with.

• How much time can I commit?

Many nanny jobs involve working only at certain times of the day for example every morning or afternoons only or during weekdays or weekends and you can also find various “Nanny needed” job openings for the summer or for certain holidays or vacations. While there are some families who prefer to employ someone in full time.

Are nanny cameras ideal or not?

With parents who are looking for someone to take care of their children or baby sitters, a demand to monitor your nannies' activities at home increases. At present, many manufacturers find new techniques on how parents like us can monitor our child's nanny when we're away. Along with it, a great issue to talk about is the question, Are nanny cameras ideal or not?

For many, it is. Parents validate their decision by pointing to incidents such as a November 2003 case in Long Island, N.Y., in which a couple's hidden camera revealed their long-time nanny slapping, kicking and attempting to smother their 10-month-old daughter. With that, one episode of the ABC hit Desperate Housewives showed the opposed possibility: Harried mom Lynette's hidden camera revealed a professional nanny who did her job so well and was so adored by the kids - that Lynette became insecure about her own parenting.

Among 4,000 mothers, 82 percent said they would rather not tell their nannies that they are being monitored not only because they are suspected to not give proper care and attention to the kids, but also to protect them from false accusations of abuse.

Some said they would resort to videotaping only if they suspected abuse. Because for some, it is unethical to use cameras secretly. Though 18 percent of the respondents said they objected with this idea, some admitted they had videotaped their nannies. - 2003 “Parenting” magazine and American Online Survey

Since there is a high demand of parents who uses nanny cam, experts in law ethics, privacy and electronic surveillance disagree over the appropriateness of secret cameras. Some nannies don't welcome a camera watching their every move - or, if one is, they want to be told about it.

Alec Farr, an attorney in Washington, D.C., law office of Bryan cave LLP, who specializes in aspects of privacy and technology said, “Legally, the decision is up to the parents when it comes to using such cameras. It’s your home. It’s her workplace you are providing to her. Therefore, she has no reasonable expectations of privacy in your home.”