WEB SITES
The low-down on online salary surveys
There's a vast amount of salary information just a few clicks away, but the world wide web can be a chaotic and frustrating experience for all too many compensation experts. The latest edition of the US human resources magazine Workforce includes a series of case studies illustrating how companies — both large and small — are using the internet to find salary information, which sometimes is accurate — and sometimes not.
Everyone from established survey providers and consultants, to job sites and professional associations are coming online with compensation data. And because of the speed and cost-savings of the internet, there's likely to be a surge in the number of companies offering web delivery.
The January issue of Workforce looks at how three companies capitalise on the web in salary benchmarking. As the author remarks: Each has its own approach to using the internet, yet all recognise the time savings, efficiencies, and even drawbacks of the process.
Want to know more?
Title: Can the internet help you hit the salary mark? , by Susan J Marks, Workforce, January 2001.
Availability: Workforce is published monthly by ACC Communications Inc, 245 Fischer Avenue B-2, Costa Mesa, California CA 92626, USA. For subscription services, tel: 001 303 604 1464 (USA 800 444 6485). Or email the online editor Todd Raphael for more information . . . raphaelt@workforce.com
Take a look at the article online — see what you think . . . www.workforce.com/feature/00/06/09