Comments on: Find A Career Path With PayScale’s GigZig http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:23:55 -0800 hourly 1 By: Jacob Share http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/comment-page-1/#comment-1541134 Jacob Share Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:55:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/#comment-1541134 I'm impressed that they were able to get so many job profiles. Even if the profiles were based on user submission instead of company reference, I wonder how PayScale motivated people to be truthful or rather, why they believe that they succeeded in doing so. In Israel, Jacob Richman conducts an annual salary survey of the many subscribers to his CJI newsletter. If anything, I think that people are truthful because the survey questionnaire is relatively quick to do and the submitters probably figure that this is a way of showing appreciation for the free CJI newsletter. More info about his year's survey here: http://jobmob.co.il/blog/jacob-richmans-2007-cji-salary-survey-results-now-available/ I’m impressed that they were able to get so many job profiles. Even if the profiles were based on user submission instead of company reference, I wonder how PayScale motivated people to be truthful or rather, why they believe that they succeeded in doing so.

In Israel, Jacob Richman conducts an annual salary survey of the many subscribers to his CJI newsletter. If anything, I think that people are truthful because the survey questionnaire is relatively quick to do and the submitters probably figure that this is a way of showing appreciation for the free CJI newsletter.

More info about his year’s survey here:
http://jobmob.c...-now-available/

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/comment-page-1/#comment-1537207 David Mackey Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:55:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/#comment-1537207 Pretty useful info. Though I don't care to join. Pretty useful info. Though I don’t care to join.

]]> By: smarthowto http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/comment-page-1/#comment-1536482 smarthowto Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:46:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/#comment-1536482 Interesting post, thanks. The GigZig is cool, BTW. Let's see what they implement even more.. Interesting post, thanks. The GigZig is cool, BTW. Let’s see what they implement even more..

]]> By: Evan Ingam http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/comment-page-1/#comment-1534671 Evan Ingam Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:12:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/#comment-1534671 This is pretty good stuff from PayScale. It is doesn't sound like rocket-science but then, folks like Monster and CareerBuilder have had access to the 'career pathing" information for a long time (and even salary in relationship with Salary.com). The fact that PayScale has done this in such short order of time is a testament to them and validates the effectiveness of user generated content based intelligence. This is pretty good stuff from PayScale. It is doesn’t sound like rocket-science but then, folks like Monster and CareerBuilder have had access to the ‘career pathing” information for a long time (and even salary in relationship with Salary.com). The fact that PayScale has done this in such short order of time is a testament to them and validates the effectiveness of user generated content based intelligence.

]]> By: Clyde Smith http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/comment-page-1/#comment-1534344 Clyde Smith Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:58:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/#comment-1534344 This sounds very cool and I particularly like the fact that as one gives more info, they receive more info. Might be a good way for one of these open web business directories to beef up their products. Offtopic: Those spider ads really creep me out. I can work with clown ads but spider ads unnerve me. Thanks for listening. This sounds very cool and I particularly like the fact that as one gives more info, they receive more info.

Might be a good way for one of these open web business directories to beef up their products.

Offtopic:
Those spider ads really creep me out. I can work with clown ads but spider ads unnerve me. Thanks for listening.

]]> By: Austin http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/comment-page-1/#comment-1534343 Austin Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:58:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/#comment-1534343 We post a PayScale salary calculator on our site, http://myfirstpaycheck.com/resources.html and have gotten a lot of positive feedback. This seems like another fun and useful tool. We post a PayScale salary calculator on our site, http://myfirstp.../resources.html and have gotten a lot of positive feedback. This seems like another fun and useful tool.

]]> By: Wes http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/comment-page-1/#comment-1533985 Wes Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:07:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/#comment-1533985 They seem to have some very useful data and shouldn't have problems finding other uses for that data. I like the idea that they can track a job over a number of years and that can be quite useful to anybody in any market. They seem to have some very useful data and shouldn’t have problems finding other uses for that data.
I like the idea that they can track a job over a number of years and that can be quite useful to anybody in any market.

]]> By: What is going on, blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/comment-page-1/#comment-1533746 What is going on, blog Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:05:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/#comment-1533746 By getting statistics from actual subscribers and not from just employer's figures is great for finding out how the job market is for each job seeker. You can see what and when things are hot or cold based on the performance. By getting statistics from actual subscribers and not from just employer’s figures is great for finding out how the job market is for each job seeker. You can see what and when things are hot or cold based on the performance.

]]> By: Scot Smith http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/comment-page-1/#comment-1533743 Scot Smith Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:02:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/03/find-a-career-path-with-payscales-gigzig/#comment-1533743 Wow, sweet. Going to go check it out now and probably post what I find. Wow, sweet. Going to go check it out now and probably post what I find.

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