Stage 1 – Initial Interview Passed
Congratulations, you have passed the initial interview. You are now embarking on your journey to becoming a sitter in the Sitter4Pets family.
Please take some time to carefully read through these documents so you can get an idea of what it will be like to work for Sitter4Pets.
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About Sitter4Pets
I created Sitter4pets in 2012 after spending many years working in a corporate world (working in the County Courts and Insolvency firms) and having the courage to leave and do something that I love.
Over the last 11 years, I have been moving from one home to the next on a full-time basis.
I am very proud of the reputation that I have built, and I regularly get booked up a year or so in advance.
I have a very carefully chosen, vetted and fully trained pet and house sitter who helps me with my client bookings when I am already booked. Her name is Sue, she is a retired schoolteacher and she has been working with me for the last 5 years.
I am a self-confessed control freak, and I am very organised with how the business operates. I have designed and created this Sitter4pets SharePortal. My partner, Martin, is a computer software programmer and he is the one that does all the programming side. This SharePortal helps me with the administration of running Sitter4pets and makes things even easier for my sitters to access what they need.
The process works really well. Whenever a booking comes in and I am available, I will take it on. If I am not available, I will offer the booking to my sitter who has a choice whether to accept it or not.
When they do accept a booking, the sitter is provided with everything they need to look after the client’s property and pets via this Sitter4pets SharePortal. The sitter monitors the pets’ wellbeing by noting their mealtimes, walking times and any medications etc. The sitter also notes when they have taken the bins out, watered the plants and completed house security checks. The client can then log in whenever they like to see the sitters report and know that everything is being taken care of.
This business is my baby and my main focus is to make sure each client’s home and pets are looked after to our highest standards which encourages them to come back to us time and time again.
My plan is to have about 5 sitters who will take on more of my work thus freeing up more of my time so that I don’t have to work every day of the year. I would like to take a step back one day and become a manager of the business.