Job Title

I am sure this is posted somewhere I just can't find it, if there is someone who can give me a link to the thread that would be great.

Here's the question.

If Mystery Shopping is all I do, I file taxes, I have an EIN # all of that blah blah, what would my job title be?

Thanks in advance
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I would just use Mystery Shopper. Independent Contractor or Consultant could be used also.

However, for the light hearted side,

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What about "Service Evaluator"?

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What's the context, i.e., what do you put on your resume, what do you tell your friends and family, what do you put on your tax forms, what do you tell the banker that you're shopping, what do you tell the banker that you're actually applying for a mortgage with?
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elcarev68 Wrote:
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> What's the context, i.e., what do you put on your
> resume, what do you tell your friends and family,
> what do you put on your tax forms, what do you
> tell the banker that you're shopping, what do you
> tell the banker that you're actually applying for
> a mortgage with?

I am asking on a more professional level. Taxes, resume,mortgage senario.

Thanks again
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Pick a name, any name. You wear many hats. Whatever name you pick for your profession, write and down and stick with it. Personally, I am a brand image evaluator aka I audit gas stations. smiling smiley
Brand Compliance Analyst
or
Corporate Standards Auditor
Quality Assurance Customer Service Expert. I am also a Quality Assurance Auditor and Quality Assurance Marketing Specialist. My last "official" title when I did a 9-5 was Customer Service Manager and Trainer of Customer Service. At one point I was a Customer Service Specialist (Hawaii, jewelry store). These all mean the same thing: you work customer service and make sure it is done correct.

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I guess since your accountant is going to see your tax forms, he will know what you do. I know they are supposed to be confidential, but that wouldn't stop them from suggesting it to friends, and family. Right?
Might not stop them from recommending it to their friends and family, but if mine did that it would also not stop me from finding a new tax accountant.

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Well, if their friends and family thought that it was a wonderful way to get rich quick with little work, they would soon learn the truth of it, right?
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My husband has always done our taxes, and I have always mostly been self employed. We were audited three times, probably because of self employment from home. Now, he always lists me as "worker" on the tax form. The other suggestions above would do well for the nosy. Never tell anyone local that you are a mystery shopper. It can and will backfire. I quit telling my mother who lives in another state because she started stopping merchandisers in stores to ask them if they were mystery shoppers. I overheard a tax preparer telling someone how much a specific professor at the local college makes. I have heard bankers share notes on people. Some of these professionals have new employees who may be the town gossip.
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"Retail Auditor" would be a good one if you don't want to actually say "Mystery Shopper" in big letters.

You could also say "Merchandiser/Retail Auditor" as a lot of MSers cross over into merchandising and vice versa, and some merchandising companies throw what are actually covert audits into the mix. Same with some mystery shops that come pretty close to being an audit with a small purchase required just for POV.
How about Market Research Field Agent
or Contractor
or Auditor
or Analyst
or Specialist
or Representative

Or maybe just "Snoopy"
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