Aug20
Make $100 to go shopping and report on my experience? You bet I’m interested!
What They Say
Here is how it is supposed to work:
- A market research company (“MRC”) performs business survey services to their clients – usually large corporations – to analyze their customer experiences.
- MRC uses select freelance individuals as mystery shoppers to perform “secret shopping” activities.
- Mystery shoppers fill out the surveys so the MRCs can report the results to their clients.
- MRC pays the shoppers for their services.
Sounds good, right? Real good.
You know what they say about if it sounds too good to be true… But what if it is legit? – I could be passing up good money that I could really use. How can you tell and how do you decide? Here is how I dealt with it…
(Note, what started out as intentions to be a short article has turned out to be quite a bit more involved. I hope it will be helpful to you).
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Jul24
Recruiting is a(n)…
- Sport – it is very competitive.
- Art – there are as many different styles as there are people.
- Craft – you have to do it to get it done.
- Often neglected – some just don’t care about the means.
The title of this article is not to imply that corporate HR professionals have had a crisis thrown onto them, but rather that some, or many, have consciously made decisions to operate in such a way to ensure chaos and confusion and inefficiency in their workings.
Recently Mark Sheldon of Dallas shared about his experience in dealing with a recruiter who sources for several airlines, and in this case, Southwest Air…
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When an independent consultant works for an hourly rate, it is usually a pretty simple arrangement. The type of relationship is defined (i.e. W2 employee, or 1099 independent contractor) in writing and then both parties sign it.
The particulars include the standard hourly rate, weekly hours cap if any, and how overtime work shall be billed (whether time and a half, straight time, etc…). And the type of relationship carries with it implications for obligation and taxation. W2 means that the worker is an employee, and that the employer is required to pay employment taxes on that person. Whereas 1099 means that the worker is an independent contractor, and merely provides a service in exchange for the agreed-upon pay schema.
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I have seen the light!
For years I considered job hunting as an activity - and a bothersome one at that. …something that I have to do for a little while until I get a job and then don’t need to do it any more until I need another job.
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INTRODUCTION
These are tough economic times in the US and around the world, no doubt. Credit has dried up. Spending has diminished in every area. An automobile dealer said on the radio that new car sales in the US are down 40% this year.
Cascade effect…
- People don’t buy cars (maybe they can’t get credit, or concentrate on paying mortgage)…
- dealers don’t order cars…
- auto makers don’t make cars…
- new parts manufacturers don’t get orders from the car makers…
- auto makers ask for bailouts…
- you and I have bills to pay and might still need a job.
This reference to the auto industry is merely an example of just about everything else everywhere. When money gets tight, employers scale down their workforces. This means IT jobs and Internet Jobs.
Well, rest assured that I can relate. This IT professional has experienced many gaps in his income; the most recent since mid-November 2008.
However, there are ways to mitigate the risks. And, having recently re-established my working status, I am here to encourage you.
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