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Flexible part-time work

By on November 16, 2004 in Ideas

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Looking for a flexible part-time job with decent pay? You could become a “mystery shopper” — a free-lancer who makes undercover visits to retailers and restaurants to evaluate customer service.

Restaurants, department stores, movie theaters, gas stations and hotels all want mystery shoppers to provide feedback on areas of their businesses that need improvement. Did the sales clerk smile? Were you greeted at the door? Was the floor clean?

Demand has become so great for mystery shoppers that more than 100 U.S. mystery-shop firms now recruit shoppers to fill local assignments for clients. These firms select shoppers, assign jobs and pay their workers. Mystery shoppers work as “independent contractors,” and can accept or reject assignments on a case-by-case basis. So if you’re extra-busy one week or month, you can turn down offers for assignments.

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Business Opportunities Weblog editor and publisher Dane Carlson lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, just 15 miles from Yosemite National Park. He accidentally became a professional blogger in 2001. He has added 12,203 posts to the site.

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  • danakeith

    Nice job, think this one’s a good idea.. Haven’t heard like this here, hope the management in every businesses able to realize and avail of it, it helps them monitor every area, on which and what to develop then.

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    Everybody wants to make extra income, especially when you can do it at the comfort of your own home.

    The only way that I can see possible for people to be making part time income would be through the Internet.

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