What Others Say

"When I first found out about Carefinder, being a self-employed child carer I decided to promote myself through the website to find more work.

Carefinder has worked out really well for me, it’s a great site for finding work! The ability to provide prospective clients with your information is invaluable, not only can I see who looking for assistance but people who require care can review my profile to get an idea of what I can provide including my experience and qualifications.

Having been successful through the site I recommend this to others looking for work."

"I found Carefinder very easy to use and the members very friendly. Daniel (founder) is always so helpful. Will be happy to use Carefinder again in the future!"

"I needed an after-school nanny 2 days per week as both my husband and I work late, I was able to locate a lovely lady to nanny these days who was a perfect fit for my family! It was great Carefinder offered me a lot of options/people to choose from.

I found Carefinder a 'one stop shop' providing a solution to find the carer I needed, it was quick, easy and efficient to use. I’ve already recommended Carefinder to friends and recommend it to others looking for care."

"Not being from Auckland or knowing anyone in the city made it extremely difficult to find work. I didn’t have a place to ‘advertise’ as such, so it meant I would have to trawl through sites that only listed jobs and compete with other applicants or find that potential employers had not specified clearly enough their requirements. I chose Carefinder in particular because it’s so easy to use for parents and carers being specialised around care.

Carefinder allowed me to create a profile that parents could see and then message me for more information, this meant that parents could tell me of their needs, quickly and easily. Arrangements can be made or declined quickly to not waste anyone’s time. I’ve been working for a family that found me through Carefinder for 8 months now.

Carefinder is a great service. It is super easy to use, the message feature is fantastic being able to contact parents directly (and vice versa), effective for both sides in finding care. For any problems (not that I’ve had any so far) Daniel is lovely. A solid 10/10, would definitely recommend to anyone looking for work or care providers."

"I joined Carefinder in 2018 after being in permanent nanny roles for five years to focus on contract and temporary roles including babysitting.

I have completed two temporary roles through Carefinder both of which have filled a gap between jobs, both families were great as were the children.

Carefinder was easy and straight forward to navigate in terms of applying for the roles and communicating with the family.

I have a steady load of upcoming jobs, but know where to turn to pick up more!"

"Carefinder is an easy to use website which has helped me obtain more work opportunities, especially at the time of registering where I was unemployed.

I like that they are friendly, as well as actively seeking feedback from their members and caring about developing the website to suit us.

I have 12 years childcare experience and I definitely recommend Carefinder to others."

"I want to thank you for creating a lovely website! It's really made a difference for me and the family I now work for! The parents work full time and needed someone to care for their little boy. Thanks to Carefinder, I'm able to watch over him and give his parents piece of mind."

"The Carefinder website is the best website that I have come across because it is easy to use and navigate. Having found that I am too sick to take a regular job, I decided to try pet sitting in the hopes that I would get some work that wasn’t going to wear me out too much.

After looking through other websites, some which weren’t free, difficult to use and look through, I came across Carefinder. Within a few minutes I had a listing up. Within a week I had my first puppy-sitting job and made a couple of new best friends! I couldn’t be happier!"

"I made contact with a sitter who was advertised in our area. Having just relocated from Taranaki to Wellington, and having left all friends and family support behind, I had been a little lost as to how to find someone I could trust to look after my 18 month and 5 year old. I had tried calling a couple of the local high schools but it was my daughters daycare who suggested looking on line.

I found carefinder.co.nz and was thrilled to find that I could search profiles based on area. I chose to contact a young lady who had been online within the last 24 hrs and sent her message. My partner had been in Denmark for work and I needed to collect him from the airport late at night. The sitter made contact the same day and was happy to look after the kids late in the evening. When she arrived she was awesome. So happy, out going and professional! I already have her booked for another event within the next week.

Finding care in a new city had been one of my greatest concerns but having found the website, speaking to Daniel (Founder), and meeting the sitter, I can't recommend the service highly enough! It is a fantastic concept and my partner and I have even discussed how useful it will be when we holiday out of town! Thanks heaps Daniel! The service was a life saver!"

"Before using Carefinder getting babysitting work was pretty difficult. Alternative sites (including a popular student one) only had occasional listings, none to the level of Carefinder.

I liked that people can check my profile to learn about me, it’s good that caregivers can contact me direct rather than only having an option to search and apply for jobs. I had several families employ me, I loved meeting them and their children. I am now a teacher so this job experience was vital for my degree and in turn my current career.

I have no hesitation in recommending Carefinder to others, in my experience you were guaranteed work with trustworthy people. I found Carefinder safe, friendly and professional."

"Farmers are much more isolated trying to find care in the country, because of Carefinder I can help them during the busy calving season and they don't have to worry about their children."

"We had a short term 3-week period we needed cover for and found it hard to find someone at short notice. We were referred to Carefinder, it was the first time we had used such a site having previously gone through traditional agencies.

Carefinder was a great experience, the transparency of the potential candidates and the fact we were able to see a lot of their experience and background details was extremely helpful. It was awesome we could match our needs to prospective candidates and loved how clear it was as to what days and times they were available.

Our caregiver was brilliant, reliable and had a lovely personality! Great with the kids, played games, kept the house sparkling clean and used her initiative. There was no fuss or complaints for any last-minute requests for pick-ups or random tasks.

We definitely recommend Carefinder to others!"

"I used the Carefinder website when my hours of work increased and I needed someone to care for my 7 year old daughter. I found the website a fantastic tool and was easily able to make contact with those that I was interested in.

I employed a person who is studying at the moment and she has been fantastic with my daughter. Unfortunately the hours of her course are changing for this year so we may need to look for someone else, in which case Carefinder will be top of my list for finding a replacement carer."

"In the first few weeks of joining Carefinder I got an amazing job looking after 2 boys and a girl. I helped assist with their homework, piano lessons and organising their dinner.

I always get a great response rate from the people that I contact and have found Carefinder so much simpler to use than going through an agency. I had been with an agency for a year, it felt like a really long process and I applied for many jobs that I heard nothing back from. Websites such as Seek and Student Job Search don’t contain the depth of information like Carefinder does.

There is no other website like Carefinder, it’s so simple to use, easy to find jobs with detailed information all there along with their area/location. In my experience you have such a high chance of getting jobs through the Carefinder website. I definitely recommend Carefinder to others and have to many already."

"I’ve been delighted with the response to my caregiver profile and appreciate the effort that has gone in to making Carefinder a great site.

I have no hesitation in recommending Carefinder to those seeking work like myself and families considering finding care."

"Carefinder has provided me with an alternative way to reach families who are in need of education and care and therefore grow my job prospects. I strongly believe that Daniel (founder) has gifted users like myself with a safe, professional, and straightforward website that has further potential for the future and I cannot wait to obtain more work through the site. Thank you Daniel for creating such a wonderful resource!"

"We needed to look for a new carer/babysitter as our previous one had moved overseas.

Having used babysitting sites before in Australia, I decided that I would take a look online and found Carefinder. I was amazed how quickly we found a good carer who met our family's needs.

The Carefinder site is simple to navigate, and getting in contact with potential carers was really easy. It enables parents to directly message potential carers, and even gives the proximity of the carer to you.

We had criteria that we needed our babysitter to possess e.g. full driver’s license, first aid certificate and Carefinder gave me all that information (and more) in advance.

The Carefinder site is of real benefit to anyone who is looking for carer support services. I have had such a positive experience with Carefinder and would recommend it to anyone in search of a good carer!"

"I came across the Carefinder website through word of mouth and upon checking it out, found the website easy to navigate and enable me to create a profile for nannying. I had several potential families message me, it was easy to communicate with prospective families through the safety of the website.

Having had to provide a profile for prospective families to initiate contact, I feel families should respectfully provide a profile for prospective employees and believe this is the best way for both parties to connect with the 'right' person. After discussing this with Daniel (founder), he implemented some initiatives to help with this.

I found a wonderful family to further expand my nannying experience and I will definitely use Carefinder again when looking for another position. Daniel's support is exemplary should anyone have any questions about families or navigation around the website.

I have recommended Carefinder to several people looking for positions. Best of Luck!"

"After recently getting a little puppy and working full-time I was worried about Alfie being on his own for long periods without important stimulation young puppies require. I needed an easy way to find someone I could trust who loved animals to come into my home, Carefinder solved my problem making the process easy and stress-free!

I interviewed a girl called Emma, she is knowledgeable, offers a high level of flexibility, loves animals and lives nearby. I’m so happy I was able to find Emma through Carefinder who comes in twice day and I consider a friend. Both her and Alfie have a great bond and it’s one less thing to worry about while I’m at work.

For a flexible, stress-free and really easy process to find care, I’d recommend Carefinder."

"Soon after registering with Carefinder I successfully obtained two jobs with lovely families, I had previously advertised on other platforms with no luck so am glad to have came across Carefinder.

One family (who’ve pretty much adopted me as their 2nd daughter) were looking for a regular babysitter, house and pet sitter when they go away while the other family required me to look after their two daughters and administer medication. I used the extra money to save for my first Contiki trip in the USA!

It’s great that Carefinder isn’t just babysitting, but so many other services from pet sitting to elderly care which I have experience in all in the same place.

I definitely recommend Carefinder! It’s such a great website, Daniel (founder) is lovely and very helpful."

"I was out of town and my husband needed a babysitter, just for the day. Everything worked out fine thanks to Carefinder, the site was very easy to use and I would highly recommend it to others!"

"I joined Carefinder to find a dog walker for my mum’s large German Shepherd, Koko. I live 700km’s away from my mum so trying to make dog walker arrangements for her locally was proving to be very difficult until I found Carefinder which was very successful. Now Koko enjoys being taken on regular walks by Ida (our dog walker) and we definitely intend on using Carefinder again in future."