Beyond Paranormal Investigations: Southeast Michigan, Join us!

Beyond Paranormal Investigations is a 100 percent NON-PROFIT paranormal research and investigation organization based in Southeast Michigan. Our members experience in the paranormal field span more than two decades.

If you need help with a haunting, or a scientific investigation of possible paranormal occurrences, you've come to the right place. We're more than happy to answer all questions, and perform investigations of paranormal activity 100% FREE OF CHARGE. Click here to hear more.

Recruiting Status: We ARE currently accepting new members to fill 4 positions.

   At this time, we are recruiting for 4 positions on our team. As with most things, we do this a bit differently from others. Because of this, recruiting and choosing the right members is a difficult process for us. We demand the best people that the paranormal field has to offer. Maybe that's you. When I say, "BEST", it has nothing to do with skill. It has nothing to do with 'feeling energies' or paranormal experience. When we say that we want the "best", it means dependable, kind, friendly, and professional people that are determined to investigate some spooky stuff, have fun doing it, and bring their heart & soul along for the ride.

   We accept nothing less.

   We are of course looking for investigators. You gotta investigate. That's the easy part, but we're looking for investigators who are just as interested in helping the team even when we're NOT on an investigation. This is where we lose a lot of people. You know... When they find out that there's actual work to do.

   For example, when we're not together on an investigation, a meeting, or whatever, I spend a bit of my free time right here on this website, and on www.thebeyond.info working on BOTH of the websites. I'm also organizing, and doing other things to keep us moving forward. It's a constant and necessary thing.

    All of our members each have their own responsibilities that they work on when we're not in the field. Each person pulls their weight to help each other, and the rest of the team.

NOBODY in our crew is just a number. We've all become friends. This isn't just a team to me, and I hope I can speak for every one of our other members. This has become more.

   EVERYONE is important, and needed. The responsibilities that we're recruiting for are absolutely necessary, and we want people that are as committed to the cause as we are.

We're looking for people who are PROACTIVE, capable, and enthusiastic about being a part of that team.

The positions we are recruiting for are as follows:

Acquisitions / Case Manager:
    We currently have a Case Manager, but she thought that the Acquisitions person should share Case Manager duties and vice versa, so we're looking for another.

   Our Acquisitions person, searches for places for the team to investigate. It MIGHT require a LITTLE research but ONLY just enough to make a determination as to whether or not the place is even worth our time. When that determination is made, The team leader will decide if we move forward. After that, it moves onto the Case Manager.

   The Case Manager is obviously the liaison between our team, and the client. They are also responsible for scheduling investigations, and negotiating permission to enter private locations.

   MUST be PROFESSIONAL, articulate, and good with people.

Website Dude / Dudette
   Once I find this person, I plan to redesign the team's website.

   I just don't have the time to keep this site up to date. I can do the big work, the web design, the concept, and even pay for it, but I need help keeping it up to date, so people KNOW that we're an active team and available.

   I intend to set up MOST of the site using a Wordpress Web log. Because of that, the ability to use a blog, and knowledge about publishing entries in a blog would be VERY helpful. Knowing a little HTML couldn't hurt either. BUT.... If you have the right attitude, time, and creativity, and you know how to send an email effectively, I'm willing to teach you, and walk you through it for a while until you get it down.

   This is a job that will require quite a bit of creativity, and possibly some writing skill. It will also require time. We need someone who has time to post team information and news onto the site for readers on a REGULAR basis. You and I will make a schedule. We'll talk about it, and figure out what works best for all involved.

   It would also be helpful(But NOT REQUIRED) if you have Yahoo Messenger. This is just how I keep in touch with a lot of people, and someone who's going to be working on this site will probably need to keep in touch with me regularly.

   My messenger name is BeyonderBil.

Internet Public Relations Representative:
    The Public Relations Representative is someone that the team greatly needs. 'The Rep' is a super friendly social butterfly, that is VERY enthusiastic about the paranormal investigation field in general, as well as a PROUD team member. This person will probably have a MySpace page, a FaceBook page, and whatever other page you can think of. They will be constantly talking to other groups and members of other groups, not to recruit them, but to GENUINELY befriend them. This Beyonder will also most likely be a member of multiple paranormal message boards, and will advertise our group, and sites in every way possible to MAKE SURE that everyone knows that we're here, here to stay, and here to help.

   This job requires time, energy, & enthusiasm for what we do.

   It would also be helpful(But NOT REQUIRED) if you have Yahoo Messenger. This is just how I keep in touch with a lot of people, and whomever does this job will probably be working with me frequently.

   My messenger name is BeyonderBil.

Marketing Representative:
    The Marketing Representative's job is very similar to the The Public Relations Representative. The difference is, The Public Relations Rep advertises our sites and team by their own enthusiasm and word of mouth on the Internet, while the Marketing Rep will do it more with their ideas and follow through. For example, advertisements, fliers, promotions, bar-b-q's or whatever to get everyone together and to let others know that we're here. (I'm personally willing to help with this with my artwork if needed)

NOTE: Marketing Representative& Internet Public relations Representative MAY later be combined into the same job depending on who joins us and what is decided.

Researcher: We are not recruiting researchers at this time. We have a person in charge of that now, and she's "totally geeked" about her work.

Please read over this page.

If any of these positions seem like something you'd be interested in getting involved with, when you're finished reading, if you're interested in joining, please sign up for our message board & introduce yourself or email me at BeyonderBill@yahoo.com. We'll all get to know you, and vice-versa, and maybe you can come with us on a couple of hunts, and see what happens.

Want To Join Us?

On this page you'll find a little more information about the organization, and the qualities that we look for in a potential new member. Read it over. You MAY find that you have everything that we're looking for, and more importantly, WE may have what YOU'RE looking for. If that's the case, you may wish to join us. It's also possible that you'll disagree with everything we stand for. Either way, this page will have served its purpose.

   We want to remain a small group. Experience with other organizations has taught us that if the member list is too large, then somebody is going to get left out. We don't want to make our members feel like they don't matter. The best way to make that happen is to keep the member list smaller and manageable.

   At the same time, We want to make sure that everyone interested in joining gets their fair chance.

   You'll also want to make sure that you're in the Southeast Michigan area. If you're in Hawaii, it MAY be too much of a commute for you to go on investigations with us.

Forum Member
   You MUST be a member of our message board. You don't have to be on there CONSTANTLY, but many of us live far away from one another, and our forum is our primary method of communication with one another as a team. Everything including analyzing each others evidence is discussed with our members, and all official team communications are handled there. We talk about fun, and more personal things there as well. Joining our board is all about making sure that we all get along before making any team altering decisions.

Note: THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. Joining the message board, and posting one or two times in the 'Hi' category will not get you onto the team. It is very important that we use the forums to gauge your friendliness, how you get along with people, and GENUINELY get to know you, and vice versa. One or two messages will do nothing to move that process forward. Time will. If we cannot get to know you, we WILL NOT be able to trust you in a clients home or business.

Age
   You MUST be at least 18 years old to become a member. It's not that we believe that younger people have nothing to contribute. Quite the opposite, actually. It's because if we were to take a minor along with us on an investigation, legally WE would be held responsible if something bad were to happen. Unfortunately, we cannot take that chance. By all means, join our Message Board, let us get to know you, and when you turn 18, feel free to apply for membership.

Experience and Equipment
   If you have a bunch of ghost hunting gadgets, that's great. Bring them along. If you have no gadgets, you can use any of my gadgets that you want. Easy enough? Your level of experience is irrelevant. No amount of experience or lack thereof will ever play a part in determining whether or not you'll be able to join us. If you have no experience, I think I can safely say that if you're truly serious about this, any member of our team will be more than willing to teach you everything we can. You may not believe it, but we can learn a lot from you as well.

An Open Mind
   It's funny. A lot of people get an open mind confused with a closed one. Just because you believe in ghosts or the paranormal, doesn't mean that you're open minded. There are those that believe so blindly that even the slightest bump in the night MUST be supernatural in origin. They don't even consider the possibility that it's something natural. That mind is as closed as the one that refuses to believe altogether. Your mind MUST remain open to all possibilities, not favoring one type of explanation over the other.

A Scientific Mind
   In the paranormal community, there seems to be two mindsets which are often in conflict. Spiritual beliefs, and scientific investigation. I hate to say it, but you have to choose what side you're on. You can be a spiritualist and also have some scientific tendencies, or you can be a scientist who has strong spiritual beliefs. There's nothing wrong with that, but when it's all said and done it boils down to faith vs. science. The truths behind faith and spiritual beliefs can rarely be proved scientifically (and should probably be left that way). What we want are members who are capable of taking ALL information about a situation or evidence, and rendering a logical opinion based on the meticulous analysis of the FACTS available, and not their own personal spiritual beliefs.
Sub Note: Please click here to read over our policy on the use of psychic abilities during an investigation.

A Voice
   What good are an open mind and a scientific outlook if you don't open your mouth to express your views? Answer... No good at all. Absolutely useless. Voicing your views and opinions is probably one of the most important duties of one of our team members. If one of our members brings us a piece of evidence, or information that you believe to be invalid, you have an obligation to tell us about it, and explain why you feel the way that you do. Anybody can snap a few pictures with dots on them. We need someone who will think beyond that, and be willing to throw their orbs away without being too upset about it. There may be disagreements, and that's fine. It's the best way to learn. All of our credibility rides on the evidence we collect. If our evidence does not hold up to scrutiny, we look like fools. Speak your mind. No members opinions are more valid than anothers regardless of how long they've been with the group.

Dependability
   This should be a 'no-brainer'. We want people who are committed to the work. If you've signed up and joined us because we needed someone to fill a position, and you agreed to do the job, if you ignore your commitment to that job, we will have to find someone else to replace you. If I make a commitment to meet you somewhere, or do something for you, then you can bet your life that I'm going to do it. We expect the same in return. We're not saying that you have to be available for EVERY investigation. Just don't say you're going to be there or do something, and then not show up. This isn't only about showing up and being there. It's also about using your voice as stated above. Even if you can't go on an investigation for some reason, your voice must still be depended upon for analyzing data and helping the team.

Friendliness & Respect
   Again, I think this is another 'no-brainer'. Or at least it SHOULD be. It seems that more and more in the paranormal community, there are too many opposing beliefs, and too much stubbornness to back down. Things become personal. People get into a mentality where they feel that their views are more valid or superior to others. Many of us have experienced in other organizations where subgroups would pop up. Members who have been with the organization longer than others would consider themselves to be the 'real' investigators, while everyone else would be deemed unimportant. Even those in charge would condone, and support this sort of elitism. I want to make it clear that The Beyonders are not like that, and will not tolerate that line of thinking. Every member is important, and has a right to be heard. We may have our disagreements, but it's important to never forget that we're all equal, and everyone deserves to be treated with respect and kindness. We're all on the same side, here.

Lastly, there is not, nor will there ever be a payment required to join or be trained. There's no paycheck either. This isn't about money for any of us.

If interested in joining, Join our message board or send me an email at BeyonderBill@yahoo.com