Working Browser - Compare your job
The folks behind the Working series of radio stories that have been running on public radio program Marketplace, have put together a nifty Flash-based Working Browser. The radio stories explore some of the more unusual occupations of people around the world. But the Working Browser allows anybody to create a profile and rate their job satisfaction, describe their compensation, and answer a few other questions.
Right now there are only a handful or profiles, but the web site only launched yesterday. As more people enter their information, the site will provide an interesting way to see what people do for a living and how they feel about it. In addition to browsing profiles, you can sort the browser by categories like gender, education, compensation, length of commute, and other variables to see how many people fall within each category.
Right now there are only a handful or profiles, but the web site only launched yesterday. As more people enter their information, the site will provide an interesting way to see what people do for a living and how they feel about it. In addition to browsing profiles, you can sort the browser by categories like gender, education, compensation, length of commute, and other variables to see how many people fall within each category.













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Subscribe to commentsJonNov 22nd 2008 7:01PM
Brad, thanks for posting about the Worker Browser! We still haven't publicized the site (we sent a shout-out to fellow radio producers last week) but somehow more than 200 people have found it on their own. We'll be working with students from Cornell University on getting out the word to folks who are interested in workplace issues -- professional associations, unions, students. It's already fairly interesting -- people have signed up from Spain, Malta, Lithuania, China, Canada, Italy, UK, Bahrain, Indonesia, Turkey, India, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Mozambique, Australia, Malaysia, Japan, Serbia, Hong Kong, as well as many states in the USA. For the last few days we've been madly tidying up the radio stories side of the site, so you can now hear 21 profiles, see slideshows and read reports from the producers. We'd love feedback!