What’s a Research Assistant?
Research Assistants conduct research for businesses, media outlets, scientific communities, marketing companies, etc. They collect data sets and then either present it in neat readable formats or send to companies who may crunch the numbers.
If you have a specific area of expertise you can get higher paid research projects.
The data is used to help organisations to make better informed decision on the next strategic actions they need to take.
As many companies need blocks of data on a random basis, they don’t keep full-time personnel to do this work and rely on sub-contracting when they need it.
They regularly hire people to do this work for them, and this presents you with your opportunity to work remotely and flexible.
Who’s it for?
- Anyone who has experience compiling data
- Anyone who is interested in research and data
- Anyone comfortable with asking questions
- Anyone with a desire to learn
Skills
- Expertise in a specific field
- Ability to conduct thorough, valuable research
- Ability to collate and summarize data
- Good critical analysis
- Good eye for detail
Start Up
If you have a computer and a phone line, you’re good to go.
A search on LinkedIn Jobs could be a good place to find direct contacts that don’t want to pay agency fees to get their data.
More structured agency style options are:
ArticleOnePartners.com (now part of RWS)
Just Answer
AskWonder
How You Make Your Income
If you get accepted by a reputable agency, login and check your dashboard.
Select a research project that suits your competence and the amount of time you can commit to.
The more complex the research the higher your income will be.
The higher expertise you have in a specific field the quicker your ability to collate and format data will be. If the payment is per project and not per hour, be sure you can fulfil the project in a timescale that doesn’t crush your hourly rate.
