To Our Staff and Prospective Staff:
We are a learning organization of problem solvers who work together in an environment of mutual respect. We take pride in our work. We all work for the client. We want to continually improve the quality, insight, speed and value of our work.

We want people who are smart, intelligent, experienced, ethical and welcome challenges. While RDR is not for everyone, for those who share our vision we believe in sharing authority, responsibility, and profit.

We value long time relationships with our people and with our clients.

RDR is seeking a full-time Senior Associate. Our unique structure provides our clients with a great deal of value added throughout the course of an engagement. At the same time it makes finding the right senior people very difficult. For the right person, this can be a great opportunity. Two of our senior people have been with RDR for 21 and 22 years respectively.

Our senior people work closely and continually with their clients. They must understand their needs and design projects to meet those needs. They are capable of performing sophisticated analyses. They analyze the results, write the reports and present the findings to clients.

We expect that a person who joins RDR will spend their time helping with ongoing projects, learning our processes and teaching us what they know. Eventually they would add their own group of clients to service with integrity and insight.

Our senior people are supported by at least one very capable Project Manager and a field operation that is excellent. We pay at the middle range based on CASRO norms and bonus in a way that well exceeds industry norms for high performers. Benefits include working with smart, ethical people, health and dental, profit sharing and 401K.

Qualifications:
We expect that the person we are describing has a MINIMUM of five years of high level client contact. We are particularly interested in people with a background in financial services and pharmaceuticals. High level work with not-for-profits is also a plus.

Research Associate – Full-Time

Richard Day Research is a fast growing, highly respected Evanston, IL, market research firm. We are client-centered, collegial and profitable. Benefits include learning, working with smart people, health, dental, and profit sharing. We pay at industry norms and bonus well beyond for excellent performance. Our website is www.rdresearch.com.

Most of your time will be spent in 1) generating and analyzing data and helping write reports and 2) project management, working with IT to program and test questionnaires, working with vendors for research sample, coordinating and managing data collection efforts with the field director, cleaning data and working with assistants to code it.

Depending on your experience there can be study/questionnaire design work. Working with clients directly will be in proportion to your experience. You will work with a very experienced Senior Client/Project Director. You will also work with very bright, motivated people, all of whom want you to succeed. The pace is fast.

You must have:

• Proven attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently
• Solid math aptitude
• Ability to think critically
• Solid knowledge of Excel and other MS Office programs
• 3 years of Survey/Market Research Experience
• An ability to work independently

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience with statistical software, such as SPSS
• Knowledge and experience with basic statistics, with a desire to learn more

Data Facile/Math Intensive Part-Time Market Research Assistant

We are looking for part-time research assistants to provide support to the project managers, who manage the day to day operations of the firm’s research projects. Because our work is project based, the work is varied – both in type of work and workload. Expect a mixture of higher order work and basic clerical tasks. Many tasks require use of multiple programs, high attention to detail, and ability to carry through a task without a lot of supervision.

Most of your time will be spent in 1) generating and analyzing data and helping write reports and 2) project management, working with IT to program and test questionnaires, working with vendors for research sample, coordinating and managing data collection efforts with the field director, cleaning data and working with assistants to code it.

Depending on your experience there can be study/questionnaire design work. Working with clients directly will be in proportion to your experience. You will work with a very experienced Senior Client/Project Director. You will also work with very bright, motivated people, all of whom want you to succeed. The pace is fast.

Duties include:

• Putting together a frequency of responses report: running crosstabs/frequencies in SPSS and transferring numbers to a Word document
• Variable/value labels: reading a questionnaire program and assigning variable and value labels to each question in SPSS.
• Creating tables for analysis using Wincross program.
• Creating PowerPoint slides
• Helping to ‘clean’ data
• Creating variables by using syntax in SPSS
• Helping to prepare sample files for use
• Proofreading and checking numbers for accuracy
• Secondary Research
• Transcribing interviews.

Qualifications:
The Research Assistants must:

• Have solid computer software skills:
  Familiarity with the Windows environment including a solid knowledge of Excel, and Word
  Knowledge of SPSS and Wincross is a plus.
• Be detail-oriented and accurate.
• Have analytical skills
• Be responsible and self motivated
• Have good organizational skills
• Be able to multi-task, i.e. switch back and forth between various tasks and projects as needed.

The starting pay is $14 per hour.

The position is part-time (20 hours) but up to 30+ hours some weeks. Hours can be adjusted to fit our needs and your schedule. The start date is flexible and the positions are open until filled.Please send cover letter and resume to Nat Sundell at recruiting@rdresearch.com.

Part-Time Interviewer

Richard Day Research is looking for part-time Market Research Telephone Interviewers. We pay above market rates to attract talent that is well above average.

We contact high level professionals, so excellent communication skills, a professional phone demeanor and typing skills are imperative. Previous phone experience (conducting surveys, call center, CATI, etc.) a plus, but not required.

We are currently accepting resumes for day and evening hours. We staff on a project by project basis and offer flexible scheduling.

If you’re interested, please email a resume AND a cover letter to the attention of “Supervisor” at resumes@rdresearch.com with the subject heading “Market Research Interviewer”.

No phone calls, please. You will be contacted for an interview if your skill set matches our needs.

Our office is located near the Davis St. Metra and El stations in Downtown Evanston.

• Location: Evanston 60201
• Compensation: $13 p/h
• This is a part-time job.
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