Randy’s Career Tips

The History of Mystery shopping began in the year 1940 and as a way to determine employee reliability. Many mystery shopping companies are fully controlled through the Internet. It allows prospective mystery shoppers to use the Internet to register for participation, where they can find mystery shopping jobs and receive payment. The most common uses of mystery shopping are in the industries like retail stores, movie theaters, restaurants, fast food centers, banks, petrol pumps, car dealerships, apartments and health clubs, as well as health care facilities. In many cases, mystery shopping is progressively more used to supply feedback on customer services provided by local authorities and other non-profit organizations.

For Mystery shopping there is usually no qualification required. Mystery shoppers need to undergo some training and follow directions in order to conduct their mystery shopper visits in line with ethics. Companies that hire mystery shoppers usually have specific goals in mind; therefore, mystery shoppers should be instructed how best to follow the shopping status in order to collect information that helps accomplish companies’ goals. To provide objective insights, practical impersonation and accurate customer feedback is what mystery shoppers are paid for. As well direct payments, mystery shoppers also have a lot of elusive gains – they put in to the improvement of service quality in their area; Mystery shoppers also get a lot of free perks, free merchandise, free services, free vacations and family entertainment opportunities.

One of the greatest gains for mystery shoppers is building a reputation, which can help them turn mystery shopping from an off-the-job hobby to a successful full-time career. The shopper will then submit the data composed to the Mystery shopping company in question. The data is then reviewed and anal Read the rest of this entry »

In this ever-growing competitive job market, applicants need every competitive advantage to put their resume and or application on employers’ short list. The majority of people are focused on presenting a spectacular resume with impressive details about themselves. The big questions are, does the employer believe it and does the employer know more about them than they know about themselves?

Employers go through a process of elimination. They might not know the applicant personally so the only information they have to go on is what they are presented with in an application, resume and background check. We are in the information age and squeaking by with inaccurate information on a resume or application for employment is not as easy as it use to be. There are two types of information on resumes and applications, which are verifiable and unverifiable information. Verifiable information is information easily accessible like employment dates, previous income and information obtained from background checks. Unverifiable information might be those extra spins one might add to appeal to an employer’s need to be impressed, which can’t be substantiated. If the verifiable information is inaccurate or doesn’t match, how is an employer supposed to believe the accuracy of the unverifiable information? This dilemma is where many good applicants who might have been the perfect candidate might get eliminated.

Since we are in the information age, another dilemma that presents itself is the accuracy of the information that an employer finds. A human originally generated all of the information spinning through the Internet. Humans make mistakes and data entry personnel whether they work for a previous employer, a creditor or the state are not immune to human mistakes. So who is correct? If it doesn’t match, the red flags go up and employers must decide witho Read the rest of this entry »