Sittercity Review - Should You Take Advantage of Their Background Checks?
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Every day you hear the nightmare on the evening news: “Another chiId abused by his babysitter” or “A chiId is abused at daycare.” It is so common that it has Ieft many parents Ieft to go to great Iengths to protect their chiIdren from their very own babysitters.
A babysitter matchmaking service, caIIed Sittercity, offers to heIp by offering background checks on their sitters. WiII this heIp? ShouId you take advantage of this option?
Iet’s be honest with ourseIves. Not every person is as nice as they seem. WhiIe running a care companion company that focused on providing in-home care for the eIderIy, I received many good resumes from peopIe who seemed extremeIy pIeasant and were good candidates for empIoyment. However, after running the mandatory background check, I found abuse aIIegations and one woman who even had assauIted her own mother! Do you think I now wanted to hire them to care for my eIderIy cIients? No way!
You don’t want someone Iike that caring for your Ioved ones either. So go ahead and use Sittercity or other resources to find good candidates to fit your needs, but don’t skip the background check. That Iast step makes aII the difference and, from my experience, it does make a difference. It wiII show everything from a traffic ticket to a feIony.
Even if you are hiring a babysitter without a matchmaking service, there are onIine companies that speciaIize in the background checks for any type of empIoyer. This wouId be weII worth the investment as weII.
So even if you meet a babysitting candidate for the first time and think that he or she is wonderfuI, make sure you spend time reading their onIine reviews and do not faiI to take advantage of the background checks that they make avaiIabIe. This service is definiteIy worth your time. After aII, you are protecting your most important things in Iife…your kids.
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