Thank you so much for your responses about the Hotel/Casino job post.
At present, the requirements state for a 2 night Hotel/Casino stay you must have a level 8, be 36 years of age, have $2000.00 in spending money and have not shopped this locations within 365 days. Somewhere in the description it states that you must be well traveled.
I think a more defined explanation of their requirements would give us as shoppers the guidance that we look for when we consider applying for the harder Hotel/Casino jobs. We seem to be getting turned down with only an explanation of "not enough experience".
I want to thank you all that have responded and also giving me the insight I need to rationalize my concerns about this subject. Let me start out by saying that I don't ever expect these types of shops to be easy. I know they are very labor intensive not only in observation, memorization and timing, but recall and accurately reporting each event correctly in every section of the report. I believe that every shopper wanting to perform shops at this higher level should at least be offered a written equivalency test to determine if they meet the requirements. We all understand that the Company they represent needs to be assured that their report meets the clients expectations.
Coyle, Maritz, International Service Checkers and ACL are also ones that are incredibly labor intensive down to the spoon and fork you are presented, but once you learn how to construct these types of reports it goes fairly easily and you eventually have a feel for them. I know from experience and I know many of you do too.
I like hotel shops because every time I walk into a hotel lobby the mystery shopper comes out in me regardless if I'm on vacation or otherwise. I start looking for name tags, remembering descriptions of people and the manner in which they greet you, their demeanor, your surroundings and, oh yes, your stop watch...lol. It's like second nature when you have been performing them long enough. You really do pretty much forget how to be just a "real customer" wanting a room for a night... lol.
I would love your comments on how Intellishop as well as other companies could improve on stating their requirements more specifically. We as a whole are shoppers who are willing to bring our game and we do take pride in the valuable information we provide to their companies that put their trust in us for a job well done.
Here's wishing you good luck, great pay, excellent bonuses, perfect grammar and great fun in your future mystery shopping endeavors! Hoping to hear back from you soon.
shellheller