Does anyone here use care.com?

Question

Do any of you use care.com to find jobs babysitting? Is the premium membership worth it? I'm having a difficult time finding families to babysit for, so I'm considering using care.com. Any personal experience/opinions on their site would be very much appreciated.

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We use Care.com. We found the most wonderful and precious nanny on Care. She has been with my son since he was 3wks old. Now he's 19 months and starting daycare. But she's going to be our other sons nanny (due in June) and I couldn't be more happy about it.

With that said, I've used Care for some backup help and weekend help and there have been two separate occasions where I've asked someone to leave my home and not come back. One girl literally never stayed off her phone... and one girl left my son on the changing table to walk across the room to get her phone. But most of the women I've used were wonderful. I always do the background check, I always do an in person interview and I always do a trial run... where they come in for a day when I'm there, like a working interview. Use your gut. Make sure you are perfectly clear on what you're expecting and just get a feel for them. How they interact with your kids. And don't be shy about cameras in your home. We chose not to be secretive about them, but do what works for you. (We use Nest... it's also our baby monitor... you can go anywhere (different state) and pull the camera up on your phone or laptop)

All in all, I like Care. It's not perfect. But it's worked for us.

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I did it years ago for pet sitting and didn't get a single job from paying extra.

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I used it years ago and got a couple babysitting and nannying gigs. Never had issues.

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I've gotten quite a few good jobs from Care.com and I've never had the membership. It's a good website, it's worth a shot.

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Personally I wouldn't trust anyone i met online to take care of my child then again your talking to an au pair...

Does anyone here use care.com?

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