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Is Internet research viable as a full-time career?
Author:	Hubert Earl
Date:	Monday, 17th Oct 2005 14:03
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Category:	Company, Industry, Country and Product Research
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Hi everyone, Is Internet research viable as a full-time career commercially? I live in Kingston, Jamaica, and I spent three years as an Internet researcher for a community college, finding academic materials etc for lecturers and students, having persuaded the principal to establish the post for me. However, it was closed because of the financially strained situation of the college (a story unfortunately common in Jamaica). I am currently trying to persuade the principals of two tertiary institutions one here and the other in Barbados to establish a similar position for me. In the absence of, or possibly in addition to, such a position, I am interested in commercial research via the Internet. However, is there much scope for that? I have heard it said that with the increasing power of search engines, commercial Internet research per se does not have much of a future, since most people can do their own research without having to hire a professional. I should be extremely grateful for the valuable opinions of other researchers on this board. I would dearly like to be able to do Internet research since I am rather an information 'junkie'. I'm the sort of person who, in the absence of other reading matter prior to the Internet, would pick up any available encyclopedia, open it at random, and start reading with pleasure - now I do the same online. However, I must be sure that I'm not allowing my desire to delude myself about what may be the reality. Sincerely, Hubert

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Topic	Author	Date	ID
Is Internet research viable as a full-time career? Hi everyone, Is Internet research viable as a full-time career commercially? I live in Kingston, Jamaica, and I spent three years ...	Hubert Earl	17/10/05 14:03	34789
Re: Is Internet research viable as a full-time car Yes, Hubert, there is. We're a research company, basically, and we could burn up days and days on internet research, ...	peter j weber	28/10/05 01:31	35282
Re: Is Internet research viable as a full-time car I would strongly suggesting investing a few pounds (dollars?) in a couple of books on the subject. An Amazon search ...	Phil Bradley	18/10/05 12:30	34835
Re: Is Internet research viable as a full-time car One huge snag you will meet is the cost of access to commercial databases. Unless you work for an organisation ...	Atalanta	18/10/05 09:16	34824
Re: Is Internet research viable as a full-time car Thanks for the response. Hubert	Hubert Earl	04/11/05 01:31	35458
Re: Is Internet research viable as a full-time car Dear Hubert, On a more positive note, it IS possible to work remotely, as a virtual researcher, but I would think ...	Michele Bate	27/10/05 09:26	35252

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