Interview Tips for Au Pairs: Clean up your Online Profiles

If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last 10 years, chances are you have an online presence. On Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or one of the multitudes of platforms available these days for social media. It’s a great idea to check out your public social presence when you are in process of seeking a new role. I recommend using a device you don’t … Continue reading Interview Tips for Au Pairs: Clean up your Online Profiles

Long Term Weekend Au pair Required in Northcliff, Johannesburg

Sitters4U has a new au pair position available immediately with our family client based in NorthCliff, Johannesburg. The client is seeking a professional tertiary educated day time weekend au pair who is a non smoker and has at least 5 years of experience working with infants and toddlers to take care of their 2 children aged 4 and 2 years old, the family is also … Continue reading Long Term Weekend Au pair Required in Northcliff, Johannesburg

Weekend Night Nurse Required in NorthCliff, Johannesburg

Sitters4U has a new night nurse position available immediately with our family client based in NorthCliff, Johannesburg. The client is seeking a professional tertiary educated night nurse who is a non smoker and has at least 5 years of experience working with infants to take care of the families child during the night, who is currently aged 16 months old. The family is also expecting … Continue reading Weekend Night Nurse Required in NorthCliff, Johannesburg

Interview Tips for Au pairs: Breathe and Relax

No matter what sort of job you are interviewing for, in any industry, its easy to stress out and become tense without even realizing its happening. Au pair interviews can be even more so. Parents are generally used to doing interviews. They are usually also quite nervous and a lot of the time don’t even know what to ask. At Sitters4U we provide clients with … Continue reading Interview Tips for Au pairs: Breathe and Relax

Interview Tips for Au pairs: Get Involved

So you get to your interview and if you have been following our weekly interview tips, you arrived on time, your CV looks dreamy, your stellar file puts grandma’s scrap-booking skills to shame, you are dressed presentably and comfortably. Then there is that awkward moment when you realise that the kids will be making up a large part of the interview. It’s fairly daunting meeting … Continue reading Interview Tips for Au pairs: Get Involved

Au Pairing: Is it for Everyone?

What Au pair Wannabe’s Should Know: Many young people go through a time in their lives where they are easily attracted to the life of being an au pair because from the outside it looks like easy money. “I’ll just be looking after a couple of kids. No problem!” But is this what au pairing really is about, or do we need to re-educate society … Continue reading Au Pairing: Is it for Everyone?

Interview Tips for Au pairs: Be Prepared

Like a girl guide, your motto should be ‘Be Prepared’. If you have been an au pair for a while now, you should have built up a stellar file of activities and information by now. In an interview its essential. The more information and ‘show-and-tell material’ you have available to you to provide the family, the more professional you will appear and the better your … Continue reading Interview Tips for Au pairs: Be Prepared

Interview Tips for Au pairs: Be on Time

If you know anything about parenting, you will know that time management plays a huge role in  a parent and child’s life. Generally there is a time for everything. A time to get up,  a time to get ready, a time to go to school, a time to fetch the kids, times to attend extra murals, do homework, have dinner, run a bath and get … Continue reading Interview Tips for Au pairs: Be on Time

Interview Tips for Au pairs: How to Dress

So you have been selected for an interview for an au pair role but don’t know how to dress? Yes, we know its a little confusing. When interviewing for an au pair or nanny position it can be a little tougher to decide what to wear than interviewing for a corporate role. Being an au pair means being involved in the families life on a … Continue reading Interview Tips for Au pairs: How to Dress

Part time, long term au pair required in Parkmore, Johannesburg

Sitters4U has a new long term au pair position available immediately with our family client based in Parkmore, Johannesburg. The client is seeking a professional au pair  who is a non smoker and experience working with school aged children to assist in the care of the families 2 children, aged 8 and 10 years old. The role entails assisting with homework, lifting the children from … Continue reading Part time, long term au pair required in Parkmore, Johannesburg

How to set up your Au pair CV to get the Job

At Sitters4U we receive hundred of CV’s from au pairs across the South Africa every month. It would surprise you  then as to how often its difficult then for us to gauge at a glance what childcare experience our applicants have, when they have worked for families, the details of the positions they have worked in, etc. It’s important to structure your CV in a … Continue reading How to set up your Au pair CV to get the Job

Long Term Night Nurse Required in Northcliff, Johannesburg

Sitters4U has a new night nurse position available immediately with our family client based in NorthCliff, Johannesburg. The client is seeking a professional tertiary educated night nurse who is a non smoker and has at least 5 years of experience working with infants to take care of the families child during the night, who is currently aged 16 months old. The family is also expecting … Continue reading Long Term Night Nurse Required in Northcliff, Johannesburg

New Long Term weekend au pair required in Auckland Park

Sitters4U has a new au pair position with our family client in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. The client is seeking a professional tertiary educated au pair who is a non smoker and has at least 2 years of experience working with children from 5 years or older, to take care of the families child, age 6 years old. Starting Date required:     ASAP The hours required … Continue reading New Long Term weekend au pair required in Auckland Park

Top 10 Questions to Ask a Client in an Au pair Job Interview

Don’t be afraid to ask too many questions. Families want to know that you are interested in their family, and are well informed on what life with their family will be like. If there is something said that you don’t understand, ask the family to repeat themselves, or to rephrase the question. It is important that you are calm and focused during the interview. Be … Continue reading Top 10 Questions to Ask a Client in an Au pair Job Interview

Long term Au pair Sought for Our Fresnaye Family Client in Cape Town

The search for the extraordinary is never easy, and that’s what we are looking for, for our family client in Fresnaye, Cape Town  to start immediately. The family is seeking a candidate  meeting the following requirements: Age 25-35, non-smoker, child training preferred, reliable and responsible, fun and young spirited. Able to cook, computer literate, English speaking. Greek will be a plus but not a necessity. First … Continue reading Long term Au pair Sought for Our Fresnaye Family Client in Cape Town