How do I become a researcher?  By trade I am a personal assistant to a
high profile individual.  My background is in coordinating travel,
event planning, entertainment public relations, errands, internet
purchases etc...  This venture sounds very interesting to me.

http://answers.google.com/answers/faq.html#becomeresearcher

Dear Babec

Google Answers hired 500 reseachers in 2002 and early 2003. As of then
they have not been accepting any more applicants. I suspect this will
remain the situation for the forseeable future. I understand that
about one year ago Google contacted GARs who were no longer answering
questions to see if they would be interested in resuming thir roles.

Regards 
DPRK007

Dear Babec

Join the queue!

As evidenced by the host of similar questions, there are a lot of
folks who share your ambition and some of them are VERY GOOD based on
the Comments that they post.

Why not become a Commenter: it's free and very rewarding (but not financially).

Good luck, anyway!

Bryan

Shouldn't anybody that aspires to be contracted as a researcher be
able to research this by themselves?

I agree with elids-ga.

Even I know the answer to this question. lol.

Cheers