How To Research Companies
Researching companies is valuable at many stages in the job search process to:
Good researching sites:
LEXIS®-NEXIS® is a great resource available to the USU community. It provides information on over 200,000 U.S. Companies.
Hoover's Online has short but powerful profiles of over 15,000 companies. Hoover's reports can be accessed through LEXIS®-NEXIS® by selecting Company Financial Information and Report Type: Hoover's Company Report.
Experience.com provides in-depth profiles of hundreds of companies and industries.
Use Big Book or Switchboard to search for a certain type of company in specific areas (i.e. all Engineering firms in Sandy, UT), then look up the Hoover's report on the companies you find.
The USU Library has an excellent page for Business and Finance Resources.
The Riley Guide's Tell Me About This Employer has many other links in addition to those listed above.
The Vault Reports provide great company and industry information for free. More detail will cost you.
WetFeet gives you the scoop on the companies, industries, and careers you're considering, and advice on everything from breaking into a new industry in mid-career, negotiating salaries and stock options, to getting that ideal job, to relocating to a new city.
Research Companies
- Deb Flanagan's Tutorial for Researching Companies
- Inc 5,000
- U.S. Deparment of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Fast Company
- SEC Filings & Forms -financial filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Vault.com
- Hoovers.com
- Wetfeet.com
- Collegegrad Top Employers
- Collegegrad Employerlinks
- Best on the Web.com
- Glass Door
