Nanny Resume Examples & Writing Guide

A one-page resume for a career nanny applying through an agency and directly to families. The name and families are made up. Families are listed as "private family" with the city; you never put a family's surname or address on a resume you send out.

A parent reading a nanny resume is asking one question: can this person keep my child safe and happy while we are at work? Agencies ask the same, plus whether they can place you quickly. Both look for the same five things before they read a word of your bullets.

• Ages you have cared for, and for how long. "Newborn to 3 years, 4 years total" tells a parent with a baby you are a fit. Put the age range in your title line and in every job.
• Length of each placement. Nannies who stay 2 years or more are what families want. Show start and end months, not just years.
• Certifications: pediatric CPR and first aid with the issuing body and expiry date. Agencies will not present you without current certification. A driver's license and clean record matter for most positions.
• The daily work: meals, naps, school runs, homework, activities, light housekeeping. Parents want to see their own to-do list on your page.
• References. Two or three former families who will pick up the phone. You do not list them on the resume, but you say they are available, and you have them ready with permission.

“Families skip straight to the dates. A nanny who stayed three years with one family and two with the next will get an interview over someone with more total experience spread across eight households. After that they want to know about ages, driving and CPR, in that order.”

Nanny work does not come with a company name or a job description, so people leave it vague or, worse, leave it off. Treat each family as an employer. The format below works for agency databases, for job sites like Care.com and Indeed, and for a resume you hand to a parent.

1. 1Job title: be exact. "Full-Time Nanny (live-out)", "Part-Time After-School Nanny", "Live-In Nanny", "Newborn Care Specialist", "Summer Nanny", "Babysitter (regular weekend)". Parents search for these titles.
2. 2Employer line: "Private family, 2 children (ages 2 and 5 at start), Austin, TX". Number of children, their ages when you started, and the city. No surnames or addresses.
3. 3Dates with months, plus hours per week if full-time ("Aug 2022 to Present, 50 hrs/week").
4. 4Three to five bullets: what you did every day, what changed while you were there (milestones you helped with, routines you set up), and anything extra (travel, overnights, cooking, tutoring, a second language).
5. 5Numbers where they are honest: children and ages, years stayed, hours a week, miles driven, meals cooked, trips taken, overnights covered, homework grades that improved.

Three sentences: years and type of position, ages cared for, and two or three things that make you a fit (certifications, driving, cooking, languages, newborn experience). Use an objective only when you are new and have nothing to summarize yet; say what position you want and what you bring.

List skills a parent can picture you doing. Agency databases and job sites also filter on these words, so use plain terms, not "childcare expert". Pick 10 to 14 from the groups below that are true for you.

• Infant care: bottle and breast-milk handling, formula preparation, safe sleep, sleep training support, introducing solids, tummy time, newborn bathing.
• Toddler and preschool: potty training, tantrum management, routines and transitions, early literacy and counting play, screen-time limits.
• School-age: homework help by grade, reading practice, activity scheduling, playdate coordination, tween communication.
• Household: meal planning and cooking for children, allergy-aware cooking, children's laundry, tidying, grocery shopping, running errands, pet feeding.
• Safety and health: pediatric CPR and first aid, medication administration with parent instructions, allergy and EpiPen training, water safety, car seat installation.
• Logistics and communication: daily logs, shared calendar apps, texting updates, travel packing, coordinating with tutors, coaches and grandparents.
• Extras that raise your rate: a second language, swim instruction, special-needs experience (name it: autism, ADHD, type 1 diabetes), tutoring, twins or multiples, newborn overnight care.

Nannies in the US are not licensed by the state (that applies to daycare centers and, in most states, home daycare providers). What families and agencies expect instead is a short list of current certificates and checks. List each with the issuing organization and the expiry date.

• Pediatric CPR and First Aid (American Red Cross or American Heart Association). Expected by almost every agency and most families; renew every two years and put the expiry date on the resume.
• Driver's license and a clean motor vehicle record. Say "own car" if you have one; some families pay mileage or provide a car.
• Background check. Agencies run their own, but noting "background check completed 2024, willing to repeat" saves a question. Some families also ask for a TrustLine registration in California.
• Nice to have: a Newborn Care Specialist training certificate, an early childhood education certificate or degree, a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential, water safety or lifeguard certification, a food handler card if you cook a lot, and any special-needs training you have completed.
• Vaccination status. Many families ask about flu, Tdap and COVID-19 vaccination for infant care. You can include a line if you are comfortable; it is not required.

Almost nobody starts with zero experience. You have looked after siblings, cousins, neighbors' children, church nursery groups or camp kids. The trick is to write that experience the same way a professional nanny writes a placement: ages, how often, for how long, what you did.

• Put babysitting on the resume as a job: "Regular Babysitter, 3 families, Springfield, IL, 2024 to present: evenings and weekends, children ages 2 to 9, about 10 hours a week."
• Family care counts. "Daily after-school care for two younger siblings (ages 5 and 8) for 2 years: pick-up, snacks, homework, dinner prep." Be honest that they are relatives.
• Add volunteer and school work with children: church nursery, camp counselor, tutoring, coaching a kids' team, a school childcare course.
• Get pediatric CPR and First Aid certified before you apply. It costs under $100, takes an afternoon, and it is the first thing a parent checks.
• Use a short objective at the top: the position you want, your availability and your certification.
• Collect two references who have seen you with children, even if they are the parents of children you babysat, a teacher or a camp director.

• One page. Even a 15-year career nanny fits on one page by trimming early placements to a line each.
• Order: header (with license and "references available"), summary, experience, certifications, education, skills. Agencies flip through hundreds of these; keep the headings standard.
• No photo on a US resume, even though many nanny profiles online have one. No date of birth, no marital status. The agency or job site profile will have a photo; the resume should not.
• Say what kind of position you want: live-in or live-out, full-time or part-time, hours, travel, whether you are open to a nanny share or housekeeping duties. It saves everyone a call.
• In the UK, Ireland and Australia the document is called a nanny CV and can run to two pages; the content advice above is the same, minus the photo and personal details that some countries still expect.
• Send a PDF. If you apply through Care.com, Sittercity or an agency portal, paste the same bullets into the profile so both match.