@FrostyBubbles wrote:
Just curious - do you have to have special connections to folks at KSS in order to get a shop assigned? I have requested shops instantly as soon as the email hits my inbox and a few hours later or the next day I get an email that says it was assigned to someone else. I have never done a shop for them. I am getting a little frustrated ..like I am wasting my time reading through their shops and requesting them and I have now gotten two that were assigned to someone else and I have about 10 still out there I requested. What to do? And the 10 still out there are with Maritz - which I am signed up with. Should I request the shop on the Maritz site?????? Confused and frustrated
You do not have to have special connections to KSS schdulers to get jobs, but, if a shopper with a track record applies and a shopper with no track record applies, guess who they pick. When they send out the email, they send out a LOT of emails and do not assign instantly. They go in 2-4 hours later (or sometimes later than that) and look to see what fish they have on the line. They take their pick. It doesn't necessarily matter if you were the first to apply. If you were the only one to apply for a certain job, they would assign it to you. If they have a choice, they pick whoever appears to them to be the best choice.
Have you done any shops for Maritz yet? After you perform 10 shops for Maritz, you will be able to self-assign, so at that point it might be better to apply on the Martiz site UNLESS the KSS scheduler is offering a bonus that is not visible on the Maritz site.
I would say relax and realize that it's important to build a track record. Someone has been doing these shops on a regular basis before you came on the scene, so it won't necessarily be easy to quickly apply for and get jobs. Work to establish yourself.