The best time of month to catch a good assignment

In my experience, the crucial times for getting good assignments has been the first and third week of the month. The third week of the month they, (schedulers) are booking for the following month. The first week of the month, they are rebooking shops that did not get done or were not done correctly, or whatever.

Now, about getting good pay for emergency shops. To me, and this is pure opinion, an emergency shop is seven days or less I have to do a shop for a company. I mean if they call up and ask if I can do a gas station shop two months from now during such and such a week, that's not a problem. If they call up and ask me if I can do an assignment for them within the next seven days, it's an emergency. I will usually base my reply on my schedule. If I have nothing lined up work related or home related that takes precedence, I will generally do the assignment without too much fuss. However, if doing the assignment requires me to change my schedule around and miss other things, I will ask for a bonus and explain to the scheduler that I have something happening that I would be missing to do the assignment. I do not mind doing that, but I'd like a bit more for going out of my way to accommodate them. Sometimes the scheduler can be flexible and offer a bit of a pay increase and sometimes they can not. It's totally up to you whether you take the shop or not. Be aware that if you ask for a 'lot' more to do an assignment, your scheduler will probably find someone else in your area to do it than work with you on pay. Many schedulers do not have the authority to up the pay for a shop without talking to their boss first. So, for them, it's easier to find someone else than be a go between for a single assignment.

The basics here are: Learn who your scheduler is for a particular company or client. Talk to them. Ask questions. Keep your reports coming in neat and on time.

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