MSPA certification

I am 6 weeks into this mystery shopping business. I am finding shops via company emails, websites, and recently Presto mobile. However, there are so many companies it's becoming a pain having to go through each ones certification. If I do the MSPA gold certification program can I bypass the individual company certifications? Thank you in advance.

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Wouldn't that be nice? That's a great idea, but sadly, as of now you still have to jump through each company's hoops.

I find it handy to keep a folder on my desk top with various writing samples that I can just cut/paste into the field when I sign up for a new shop.

As to various certification quizzes, I'm lucky that I enjoy doing them. I like games and puzzles and I view them as just another brain teaser. If they give you trouble, try keeping two browsers open: one with the quiz and one with the "training". If it allows, read the quiz first so you know what to look for while you're reading the training materials. Since I find the pace of most videos way too slow for me, if the training includes text of audio, I shut my sound off read the text, fast forward and keep reading. I can get through it much faster if I can just read it myself and comprehend more. The slow pace of the videos causes my mind to wander. winking smiley

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@LJ wrote:

Since I find the pace of most videos way too slow for me, if the training includes text of audio, I shut my sound off read the text, fast forward and keep reading. I can get through it much faster if I can just read it myself and comprehend more. The slow pace of the videos causes my mind to wander. winking smiley

Me too. smiling smiley

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Not only that, but when I got my Gold cert, it took me two hours just to go to each MSC's website and update my profile with the MSPA code. You definitely need a certain tolerance for repetitive action in this business.

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