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My situation is unique
I am currently a webcam model,(self employed) actually an independent contractor through an online company,I am seeking an additional job. I emailed them to see how they would verify it & this was their response:
We can only verify that you have worked as an independent content provider affiliated with ***** Associates, as an independent entrepreneur who, similarly to a freelance writer for a magazine, produces content through your own facilities and resources, and licenses the content to ***** Associates and/or other internet service providers for a fee that you negotiate. Additionally, we can verify the date your started and the last six payments we have made to you. In order to release this information, you will need to provide to us via a signed letter your authorization to release this information and the company we are releasing it to. You can send your authorization as an attached file via this ticket system. Once we have your written authorization, the company requesting the information will fax us their request, which we will reply to.

What if an employer asks what my duties are & what content I produce??

ALSO, should I even list current job (since this is hard to talk about)??
{Note: this is NOT the only work experience I've had...lol ;)}

SUGGESTIONS??

annonymous in Mesa, Arizona said: My situation is unique
I am currently a webcam model,(self employed) actually an independent contractor through an online company,I am seeking an additional job. I emailed them to see how they would verify it & this was their response:
We can only verify that you have worked as an independent content provider affiliated with ***** Associates, as an independent entrepreneur who, similarly to a freelance writer for a magazine, produces content through your own facilities and resources, and licenses the content to ***** Associates and/or other internet service providers for a fee that you negotiate. Additionally, we can verify the date your started and the last six payments we have made to you. In order to release this information, you will need to provide to us via a signed letter your authorization to release this information and the company we are releasing it to. You can send your authorization as an attached file via this ticket system. Once we have your written authorization, the company requesting the information will fax us their request, which we will reply to.

What if an employer asks what my duties are & what content I produce??

ALSO, should I even list current job (since this is hard to talk about)??
{Note: this is NOT the only work experience I've had...lol ;)}

SUGGESTIONS??

i have no comment... i just found your post entertaining to read. good luck! ;)

It sounds like you want are looking for regular industry work. The people who pay you are protecting your interests and theirs.

When you are looking for a job, simply say you have been freelancing your services to others in short term jobs. Do not give names or phone numbers. If an interviewer pushes for more information, say it again, you have been working in a freelance capacity, in legal work, in non traditional jobs, and it is your best interest as well as the companies you have worked for to not discuss it. Then smile. Then change the subject to the job you are applying for.

I appreciate your response & it is a very sly way to casually discuss the job without discussing it...but I still think that the employer will sense discrepancy or deceit & I am sort of a modest & truthful person that hangs onto every word. I love your statement; I just don't think I could pull it off. Here are the questions that circle in my mind:
1) What if the potential employer asks who the company/agency was that provided the temporary jobs?
2) Stating "legal work" is misleading and stating "non traditional jobs" will once again lead to the question of what type of work was done or for which company....?
3) Once it's in writing I can't alter or change what I say. I am not saying I want to tell the employer the entire truth/details & I don't want to lie either; it's just I need to seek fitting words all matching on>>>my resume>>application>>> & words I say at the interview.
4) I've learned that at many job interviews & applications it is a repetitive process of what you put & once you're hired, it stays on record what you documented & follows you to the next job you obtain (if something happened & you had to seek employment again)..Basically telling a lie (even if small) & snowballing effect of it, carrying it on forever without confusing yourself with it since you yourself aren't sure of the unknown position you're speaking of.
5) I used to say I was in "sales"...problem with that, if I ever actually applied at a job in sales/telemarketing etc. . . .

(continued from my last reply)
I wouldn't have the credentials for the position & there are many aspects of being in sales. If you don't have the experience it is best not to imply that you do. So, I am hanging onto every word you say, as a job is very important to me & I don't want to ruin my chances or future with even one word. "Legal" is implying paralegal secretary/lawyer/and any other legal positions a person would have worked in...Legal terms, rules, & a work place environment that I have never been in. So therefore stating "legal work" and "best interest of me or company not to discuss it" puts a red flag for the interviewer & may end up causing me to "shoot myself in the foot..." Right???

mary in Tampa, Florida said: It sounds like you want are looking for regular industry work. The people who pay you are protecting your interests and theirs.

When you are looking for a job, simply say you have been freelancing your services to others in short term jobs. Do not give names or phone numbers. If an interviewer pushes for more information, say it again, you have been working in a freelance capacity, in legal work, in non traditional jobs, and it is your best interest as well as the companies you have worked for to not discuss it. Then smile. Then change the subject to the job you are applying for.

I appreciate your response & it is a very sly way to casually discuss the job without discussing it...but I still think that the employer will sense discrepancy or deceit & I am sort of a modest & truthful person that hangs onto every word. I love your statement; I just don't think I could pull it off. Here are the questions that circle in my mind:
1) What if the potential employer asks who the company/agency was that provided the temporary jobs?
2) Stating "legal work" is misleading and stating "non traditional jobs" will once again lead to the question of what type of work was done or for which company....?
3) Once it's in writing I can't alter or change what I say. I am not saying I want to tell the employer the entire truth/details & I don't want to lie either; it's just I need to seek fitting words all matching on>>>my resume>>application>>> & words I say at the interview.
4) I've learned that at many job interviews & applications it is a repetitive process of what you put & once you're hired, it stays on record what you documented & follows you to the next job you obtain (if something happened & you had to seek employment again)..Basically telling a lie (even if small) & snowballing effect of it, carrying it on forever without confusing yourself with it since you yourself aren't sure of the unknown position you're speaking of.

mary in Tampa, Florida said: It sounds like you want are looking for regular industry work. The people who pay you are protecting your interests and theirs.

When you are looking for a job, simply say you have been freelancing your services to others in short term jobs. Do not give names or phone numbers. If an interviewer pushes for more information, say it again, you have been working in a freelance capacity, in legal work, in non traditional jobs, and it is your best interest as well as the companies you have worked for to not discuss it. Then smile. Then change the subject to the job you are applying for.

(continued from my last reply)
5) I used to say I was in "sales"...problem with that, if I ever actually applied at a job in sales/telemarketing etc . I wouldn't have the credentials for the position & there are many aspects of being in sales. If you don't have the experience it is best not to imply that you do. So, I am hanging onto every word you say, as a job is very important to me & I don't want to ruin my chances or future with even one word. "Legal" is impling paralegal secretary/lawyer/and any other legal positions a person would have worked in...Legal terms, rules, & a work place environment that I have never been in. So therefore stating "legal work" and "best interest of me or company not to discuss it" puts a red flag for the interviewer & may end up causing me to "shoot myself in the foot..." Right???

The best advice is to describe your current gig as modeling. If the interviewer asks what you modeled, tell the interviewer "Apparel." Corporate interviewers do not need to know that you modeled lingerie or any other details of the work, only that you were a model, and due to the creative nature of your job (literally, a "performance") you were compensated as an independent contractor.

Do what Mary suggesting. :)

Just go with a lie, and stick with it. You're a baker. You sell crafts at craft shows. You do housework/childcare as a small business. They don't need to know the details, and a background check won't show the details.

And don't be intimidated by interviewers. Most of them are probably the lonely people who are paying a service to watch your webcam. =D

annonymous in Mesa, Arizona said: My situation is unique
I am currently a webcam model,(self employed) actually an independent contractor through an online company,I am seeking an additional job. I emailed them to see how they would verify it & this was their response:
We can only verify that you have worked as an independent content provider affiliated with ***** Associates, as an independent entrepreneur who, similarly to a freelance writer for a magazine, produces content through your own facilities and resources, and licenses the content to ***** Associates and/or other internet service providers for a fee that you negotiate. Additionally, we can verify the date your started and the last six payments we have made to you. In order to release this information, you will need to provide to us via a signed letter your authorization to release this information and the company we are releasing it to. You can send your authorization as an attached file via this ticket system. Once we have your written authorization, the company requesting the information will fax us their request, which we will reply to.

What if an employer asks what my duties are & what content I produce??

ALSO, should I even list current job (since this is hard to talk about)??
{Note: this is NOT the only work experience I've had...lol ;)}

SUGGESTIONS??

What's the link? ;-)

What sort of job are you applying to? If the job is totally unrelated to your webcam experience, you can just do what Mary in Tampa says. If it's related — if you will be applying some of the same skills — you will need to figure out a "different but still true" way of describing what you did on camera. You had to do some marketing, right? And you have some technical skills — video, etc. — right? So you can talk about those things.