If you enjoy shopping, cafes, bars, salons, chatting with people and prefer to have a clear idea of what you are paying your money for, then you are the perfect mystery shopper. Spend your time the way you love and get money and nice bonuses for it. Who can become a mystery shopper?
What is a mystery shopper? This is an ordinary hired employee whose duties include carrying out quality checks of the service provided in shops, cafes, cinemas, dry cleaners, gas stations and even sex shops. The mystery shopper evaluates the work of the employees of the retail outlet he inspected by a number of parameters; the ultimate goal of such a check is to identify possible shortcomings in the organization of the work of the institution. Thus, working as a mystery shopper, you can go shopping, ask sellers questions about the goods that interest you personally, and, in addition to everything, get paid for it. How to get a job like this?
What does it take to become a mystery shopper?
The profession of a mystery shopper can hardly be the main source of income, but it allows you to earn some money just by visiting those outlets that you decide to inspect. A potential mystery shopper should have such qualities as sociability, ease of movement and responsibility. His sincere interest in contributing to the improvement of the quality of the service provided to customers is very important. These qualities will allow him not only to objectively assess the level of service, but also, if possible, to give a number of recommendations, the observance of which will make the interaction between staff and customers more productive.
In some cases, the future secret buyer must also possess such technical devices as a dictaphone or a video camera. In principle, any modern cell phone that has such functions is suitable for this. What settings need to be set and how to make high-quality audio or video - the employer's representative will instruct the mystery shopper about this.
Who does a mystery shopper work for and how to become one?
On the Internet, you can find information about a mystery shopper job in the territory of your locality. Of course, in megacities, the demand for such employees is higher than in small cities. On the website of the company that hires mystery shoppers, or on its page in the social network, you can fill out an application for registration. In the future, applications will be reviewed by specialists from the HR department, who will contact you if your candidacy is approved.
Another option is to closely examine the "Job" section of any publication with ads - recruiting agencies, including hiring mystery shoppers. Perhaps you should advertise a job search marked "free schedule" - there is an option that in this case HR managers will contact you. You will drive up to their office, get interviewed and start your mystery shopping career.
The employer's representatives will give you all the information you need to carry out your first check. Your further cooperation with this company will depend on how well you do it.
From time to time, free trainings are held for mystery shoppers, where people receive knowledge that allows them to work even more carefully.
