Getting Your True Worth (using the Net)
SalaryBase isn’t really alone there in the Internet when it comes to evaluating your true value (ok, only in terms of Salary no more than that). Here’s a candid approach to take a look some other leading solutions and compare - am I missing something big here?
| salary.com | payscale.com | salaryBase.com | |
| Background | mid-90’s - publicly traded company | the back-then bubble of 2000. web 1.0 era privately held company | 2006 - lean web2.0 operation |
| Target Audience | Employers, Employees, and the HR community | Presumably Employees but also Employers (they call it ‘3rd parties’ to which they sell the data | Employers only |
| Revenue Source | all of the above | all of the above | Advertisements |
| Cost for Salary Reports | $50 (basic report free) | $20 (basic report free) | Free |
| User Experience | numerous screens registrations, payment login | notorious multiple screens registration | Simple one screen. no registration process. Detailed flash-based reports |
| Information Source | proprietary salary.com backend systems - not visible to the user | although they pride themselves as having data from real users, the source of the numbers also come from industry reports. No true visibility to the exact profiles your compare with | totally transparent - users can see the relevant people profile |
| Community | none | only provide the ability to see a couple of real relevant profiles | ability to see all relevant profiles reported in the system. Ability to rate the other profiles |
Posted: March 29th, 2007 under salary.
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