Indeed.com Launches Salary Search (Beta)

Indeed.com is one of a couple web resources (free) that aggregates job listings from numerous databases and company web sites. Others include SimplyHired.com and Yahoo Job Search.

Today, Indeed.com released (beta) and salary search tool that integrated in their search results. For example, librarian employment. Results can also be narrowed by location, librarian jobs in Seattle.

To access the salary info, look for the ‘more actions’ link beneath any job search result. It should read “Research xxx salaries in xxx.”

In the more actions box you’ll also see a feature that allows you to group duplicate job lisitings together.

Even if you’re not in need of employment, these databases can serve as excellent CI tools. Most offer keyword alerts delivered via email or RSS and now the salary data can also be of value. Remember, this is a beta and just released today.

Bottom Line for the Beta:
Great idea and if you think about it another potential revenue stream for Indeed.com as they gather and store this info over time. The “Average Salary of Jobs with Related Titles” is useful and interesting to see how the actual published title can make a difference. That said, our search for “Search Engine Marketer in midtown Manhattan also said that Director of Corporate Communications, a Recruiter Sourcer, and VP of Sales were all related. Are they? Our very quick review of Sales VP jobs in New York found little about SEM. Also, a reminder that in some cases you’re searching a very specific area. For example, we found different salaries for a Certified Public Accountant in Chicago, IL, vs. a CPA in a zip code just a few miles away. Also, some type of autogenerated controlled vocab to bring like jobs with similar titles (or where acronyms are used) would help. For example a New York Certified Public Accountant averages one amount while a New York CPA averages another.

Most of this goes towards how the numbers are determined and hopefully a methodology will be part of the next release as the technology is also tweaked.