Looking for something to do to earn extra money after school or on holidays? Lots of teenagers turn to babysitting for friends or relatives that can put a little spending money in their pocket, but what about taking the expertise you and your friends have and turn it into a business? Start a babysitting franchise that involves all of you. Gather all your babysitting friends together for a ?meeting of the minds' and tell them what you are thinking of doing. See what kind of interest there is, and if enough of your friends are willing to work, start by putting all your ideas out there for suggestions.
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Since you are the one to have the idea, it is only natural that you would be the person "in charge," so to speak. Depending on the number of people who are interested will have a direct result on the number of clients you will be able to take on. It is a good idea for you and the other babysitters take a ?babysitters' course, and also a class in first aid and CPR. These are usually given at a local high school, college, or other public health office. You may even find that your hospital is offering first aid safety courses throughout the year. Having this certification will make parents feel more comfortable leaving their children with you or another sitter.
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You, as the person responsible, will have to make out a schedule of sorts that lists each sitters availability. Days of the week and the hours of those days can be written down so that you know who is able to work that particular day or night. Of course, the parents may want to meet with that person ahead of time just to get to know a little about him or her. The parents will call you to request a babysitter, and you, in turn, will notify the person who has those available hours.
If you keep in close contact with the people who are working for you everything should run quite smoothly. You may actually be busier than you expect to be during certain time of the year.?
It will be up to you as to whether you, yourself want to go on babysitting jobs. You may have enough to do just running your franchise and keeping track of everything and everyone. Make sure each sitter notifies you well in advance if they are not going to be able to work the hours they stated so that you can quickly find a replacement and nothing is disrupted. Building a good reputation is going to depend on how well each customer is satisfied, and that should always be your number one goal: customer satisfaction, or in this case, parental satisfaction. They will be the ones to spread the word about your business, so you definitely want to do the best job possible if you want that business to grow.
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As the ?owner' of the franchise, it will be your responsibility to set the fees you will be charging. The parents will pay you, and you will pay your sitters. You will also collect a small percentage of the fee because you are the one who started it all, and you are also the person who is called when someone needs to hire a babysitter. This is what you are paid for the scheduling, contacting, and supplying the person for that job. It is a lot of work, but can potentially lead to a very generous part time income for you. As long as you supply top notch service at a reasonable rate, the jobs will keep coming in.
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Make sure you know each and every person who is on your schedule. Don't hire someone just on the recommendation of another friend. Interview them yourself before hiring him or her. This is your business, and you need each person working for you to be above reproach, responsible, reliable, and dependable. Never hesitate to stop using a certain person if there are justifiable complaints made by the parents, but do your best to avoid such happenings by having only those people working that you know have the experience needed. Make it a point to speak to everyone who has hired your service to make sure everything went as it should, and encourage the parents to make any suggestions that could make the experience better for all involved. Happy clients mean repeat business, and that's exactly what you want.
Source: http://entrepreneurialism-corner.blogspot.com/2012/12/babysitting-as-business.html
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