Research Assistant - AI Project

Score 49 / 100 · Outside her lanes

Lane fit

3 / 10 (worth 30)

Level

right level (worth 15)

Timing

fits spring/summer/post-grad 2027 (worth 15)

Pay

paid

Location

Remote

Employer

2 / 5 · full-time signal 0 / 3

Why

This is a part-time remote contract at $50-60/hour for writing research questions and evaluation materials to train language models, so it is not a true research assistant role. It fits her timing as a 10-20 hour/week job, and the pay is strong. Her research and literature review skills and writing and proofreading experience transfer loosely. However, it does not build toward victim services, forensic work, mental-health tech, or UX research, and it offers no mentorship or full-time path. It could work as a flexible income source but is not a career-building swap for her current job.

Watch out for

• AI training/data annotation contract work rather than a career-building research assistant role
• Title 'Research Assistant' is a bait-style label for a generalist contract gig
• Contractor status, no benefits, no conversion path
• Aggregator salary ($89k) conflicts with posting ($50-60/hr, 10-20 hrs/week)
• Must own a MacBook
• Posting text truncated; qualifications not visible
• Likely favors advanced degrees or domain experts

Resume angles

• Literature review on false confessions and psychopathology (Writing in Psychology)
• Research and synthesis of written material for client recommendations at Susan Street Fine Art
• Writing, editing, proofreading and attention to detail