Internet Surveys Make Salary Searching Easier for Medical and Biotech Professionals
If you are looking for a new job, considering going back to school, or need some leverage to negotiate a raise you need to know what others in your field are earning. However, it may be difficult to find resources with current information in your field. Dr. Frank Heasley, CEO of MedZilla Inc. (http://www.medzilla.com) realized this problem several years ago: "Commercial surveys, often, are too broad to give any useful information to medical and biotech professionals. At MedZilla, we wanted to address the specific needs of our audience. Now they can use our survey page to see what others in their field are making and share their own information confidentially."
How to Find and Evaluate Salary Information on the Internet
If you check the usual search engines you will find some salary information on the Internet. However, many Internet surveys are not up to date, a survey may have been developed years ago and forgotten or abandoned. Also, the creditability of most Internet surveys depends on the people entering the information. If they are not truthful and if the data are not reviewed, the results of the survey will be misleading.
There are quite a few salary surveys from specialized, professional survey organizations. Unfortunately, they tend to be targeted more toward employers, are usually expensive, and often do not provide the kind of information that individuals need.
Using the interactive power of the Internet, many of the more job specific salary surveys are incorporated in web pages that offer other features. Some employment resources, like MedZilla.com, user groups, and news providers develop their own salary information from their members, clients, and audience. Gathering information from both the employer and the employee allows these surveys to get a more balanced salary range. Dr. Heasley offers a good rule of thumb: "Commercial surveys, which gather data from employers, generally err on the low side, while independent surveys, which gather data from employees, generally err on the high side. The truth is probably somewhere in-between".
Your Income Needs Depend on Where You Live
The Internet audience is not geographically restricted. As a result, Internet surveys generally include data from many different areas. A salary converter can help you determine how much you will need to earn to maintain your standard of living from one city to another. Natalie Morris, President of Morris Communications, suggests www.Homefair.com for an easy to use conversion calculator.
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