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Today I bring to you a great resource for parents, Care4Hire.com.

You can use Care4Hire.com to search for babysitters, housekeepers, tutors, and more! We all know how hard it is to find reliable, trustworthy day care. This site takes all of the guesswork and worry out of finding a day care provider.

My children are a little too old for me to use a babysitter, except for those occasions when I want (NEED) to get away for a little while. This is a great site and I wish I had discovered it back when I needed daily day care!

I did a search for day care providers in my area, and I came up with ALOT.



Information regarding the site and the results I got:

559 babysitters were found within your area. Use our free search to view these babysitters.

Care4hire.com is designed to assist families in finding a quality babysitter for their specific needs and requirements and offer babysitters an enjoyable employment experience.

A free preview of available babysitters is available to families through our local neighborhood mapping technology. Whether you need a babysitter for a few hours to a few days, you will find it at Care4hire.com. Once you are a registered member, you will be given immediate access to contact babysitters through email and phone.

Registered families may search by detailed characteristics to help pinpoint the perfect babysitter for their family. In addition, helpful tools are available, including sample interview questions, a sample reference form and a sample contract. Care4hire.com also gives you advice, tips and information that will help you and your babysitter connect on a social and personal level.

Free background checks are available on babysitters that have purchased a background check on themselves. You may also purchase a Multi Criminal History Search on a babysitter for as low as $9.99.

Background checks? That's great! It is very important to make sure the person you are hiring is someone you actually want to leave your children with!


Dr. Phil even utilizes this great service. Click here to read more about how Dr. Phil utilized Care4Hire.com to give Jon and Kate Gosselin a Nanny from this site!

About the site:

Care4Hire.com is an online database for families and caregivers to search babysitters, housekeepers, tutors, elder/companion care, pet sitters and other miscellaneous service. A free preview of available caregivers is available to families. Whether you need a caregiver for a few hours to a few days, you will find it at Care4Hire.com. Once you are a registered member, you will be given immediate access to caregiver through email and phone.

Here are some tips you should do when hiring a caregiver:

1. Do a background check on the caregiver that you hire. Definitely run a criminal background check. If the caregiver will be transporting the children or doing errands; you will also want to run a driving record.

2. Do your reference checks. When getting phone #'s on the references; we highly recommend you can call land lines - since you can track the land lines on who the # belongs to.

3. Make sure you spell out and have a detailed conversation on the expectations for the caregiver. Have the caregiver ask numerous questions as well. Communication is the best tool for a successful relationship.

4. Not sure what questions to ask the caregiver? Take advantage of the sample list of questions we have for registered members at Care4Hire.com. 5. If you do not see the caregiver often; have a notepad where you can both make notes for a communication tool.

Now, onto the giveaway.

Do you need a nanny or a babysitter to use just on date nights with your hubby? Enter to win one here! Two lucky winners will win a membership to Care4Hire.com!

How to Enter:

* Go to Care4Hire.com and do a random search for a babysitter in your area. Come back here and tell me how many you found.

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This giveaway is open to all US residents and will end on 5/11/09. Thanks for entering and Good luck!

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