Back to school time and with it, the back to school type jobs. One of them is the researcher (I see researchers advertising in writing magazines all the time, big, fancy, expensive ads so there must be some money in it).
This is exactly what it sounds like. Individuals get paid to research. Students writing papers hire them, semi-grown up people writing books hire them. It could be an hourly rate or a set fee per topic.
Be very, very careful with this one, folks. There are plenty of scams around, the equivalent of the read books for money scam that yours truly got taken in decades (we won’t say how many) back.
How not to get scammed? Only deal with companies that you find a few solid references for. That is, YOU find ‘cause shady companies can supply plenty of so called references. Better yet, go it solo and find your own clients. Advertise on Craig’s List, at schools, in libraries, in writing magazines.
Do you need to OWN the research books? Of course not. All you need is access to them, whether it be online or at the library.
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Indeed. I'm looking into a copyeditor posting on Craigslist, but I want to make sure it's legit.
Posted by Mrs. Micah | October 1, 2007 9:45 PM
Posted on October 1, 2007 21:45