Professional nanny with 7 years caring for infants through school-age children for 3 families. Supported one family through newborn twins, establishing a sleep routine that had both babies sleeping 7 hours by 4 months. Brings CPR and First Aid certification, newborn care training and a clean driving record.
Experience
Full-Time Nanny, Private family, 2 children (Brookline, MA)
Aug 2022 – Present
Care for twins from 6 weeks old, now age 4, 45 hours a week
Set up feeding and sleep schedules with the parents, with both babies sleeping 7-hour stretches by 4 months
Plan daily outings, early literacy activities and preschool drop-off and pickup
Keep a shared daily log of meals, naps and milestones in a family app
Nanny, Private family, 3 children (Newton, MA)
Sep 2019 – Jul 2022
Cared for 3 children aged 2 to 9, including school pickups and homework help
Drove children to 6 weekly activities with a clean driving record
Education
Certificate in Early Childhood Education, Charles River Community College (Sep 2018 – May 2019)
Skills
Childcare: newborn care, sleep training, potty training, meal prep, homework help
Household: family scheduling, light housekeeping, children's laundry, safe driving
Certifications: Infant and Child CPR and First Aid, Newborn Care Specialist training, Massachusetts EEC background check
How to write a Nanny resume
A strong Nanny resume shows the skills you can prove from school, part-time work, volunteering, projects or an earlier career, and how they carry over to the role you want next. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
Sections, in order
Summary
Education
Experience
Projects
Skills
Length: One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Summary: Write two or three lines: your role, your strongest skills, and one result that proves them.
Skills to feature
Communication
Customer service
Teamwork
Time management
Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
Problem solving
Reliability and punctuality
Learning new tools quickly
Organization
Role-specific certifications
Example bullet points
Served about 120 customers a shift at a busy campus cafe and trained 4 new baristas on the POS system
Built a sales dashboard in Excel and Power BI as a certificate capstone, cutting a weekly report from 3 hours to 20 minutes
Kept the books for a 400-family school PTA during a career break, closing each year with a balanced audit
Tips from recruiters
Lead with the strongest evidence you have: put Education first if you are still in school, and a recent certificate or project first if you are changing careers.
List a career gap as one honest line with dates, then add volunteer, freelance or caregiving work and the courses you took during or after it.
Rewrite past duties in the language of the job you want, for example "handled cash and inventory" becomes "reconciled $8,000 in daily sales and ran weekly inventory counts".
Recommended templates
Classic (ATS-friendly): Jake's-style LaTeX classic: small caps and hairline rules
Ivy (ATS-friendly): Harvard-style Times layout with centered headings
Modern (ATS-friendly): Clean single column with accent headings and rules
Nanny resume FAQ
What should a Nanny resume include?
A Nanny resume should show the skills you can prove from school, part-time work, volunteering, projects or an earlier career, and how they carry over to the role you want next. Use these sections in this order: Summary, Education, Experience, Projects and Skills. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
What is the best resume template for a Nanny?
Classic, Ivy and Modern work well for Nanny roles. They are single-column with standard headings, so applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse them reliably.
How long should a Nanny resume be?
One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Which skills should a Nanny put on a resume?
Prioritize the skills named in the job posting. Common ones for Nanny roles are Communication, Customer service, Teamwork, Time management, Microsoft Office and Google Workspace and Problem solving.
How do I write strong Nanny resume bullet points?
Start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a measurable result such as GPA or honors, customers served and hours volunteered. For example: "Served about 120 customers a shift at a busy campus cafe and trained 4 new baristas on the POS system."