I'm young (19), will I get a sitting position?

I'm young (19), will I get a sitting position?

We have quite a few people around your age join us as house sitters and some are more successful than others. There is no doubt that your age and inexperience is a disadvantage however, depending on how you present yourself both in your profile and in your communications with the home owner, you can make up a lot of ground. We consider that a House sitters profile is very important in determining how often they are contacted and how successful they are.

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