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---Job and Career Information Sites
Introduction
The sites in this section will help you learn more about business careers and locate currently posted job opportunities. Also, many sites include extensive career information and guidance, such as interviewing techniques and resume-writing. For example, see our description of College View Careers.For job searches, most sites allow you to enter key words or phrases for the job titles or categories you seek. Some general advice:
1. When you enter a search word or phrase, try different conjugations (ex. "finance manager" "finance management") or just enter the root of the word or phrase (ex. "manage" may cover "manager" or "management"). 2. Each site has its own approach to defining your job search, so make it a habit to review the help section or search tips before you start looking for jobs. 3. Many sites allow you to search for jobs according to logical rules, using qualifiers such as "and" "or" "not" when entering keywords. If you place "and" between two or more words, only jobs which match all the keywords will be included. Inserting "or" between two or more words will yield jobs that contain any of the keywords. When you type the word "not" before a keyword, any job descriptions which include that word will be excluded.
U.S. Newspaper Job Ads
The following site lists or lead to jobs in local and/or national newspapers:
AJR Newslink to U.S. Dailies Provided by the American Journalism Review News Link, this web page is invaluable in reaching Internet sites for newspapers of interest. Organized by state, it provides hundreds of links to newspapers. After selecting the newspaper that interests you, locate the employment section to search for jobs.
Company Information
By researching a company in advance, you'll be more prepared for a job interview. Even if you're not interviewing yet, you can decide if a company matches your work preferences.Hoover's Lists information on "more than 11,000 of the largest public and private companies in the US and around the world. Each capsule includes a description of the company, address, officers, sales and employment figures and hyperlinks to more information, like financial reports, stock quotes, SEC filings and news searches." Even though the company descriptions for each capsule are brief, they include links to: news stories about the company, the company's Web site and major competitors.
Wall Street Research Net Choose from an extensive number of links about a company that interests you. After typing in the stock symbol or company name, access extensive data and analysis by category: "Company Links," "Quotes," "Graphs/Charts," "News Center," "Earnings Estimates," "Summaries," "Value Added Links," "News Center," "Research & Reports," "Earnings Estimates" and "Discussion."
Business Wire Select "Industry Specific News" or "Company Specific News" from the menu of topics to search for any previous stories by Business Wire about a specific industry or company.
First Call Center Another site where company earnings are listed. Try the "Earnings Estimate Monitor" to see earnings surprises, both positive and negative, between analyst forecasts and actual quarterly earnings by companies. There are also many other useful sections focusing on earnings data, price to earnings ratios, splits and dividends, revisions to earnings estimates and company analysis by First Call.
CNET Investor Information about technology stocks.
Corporate Financials Online Central location for linking to financial news from companies. Only a small fraction of all publicly-traded companies are listed, but maybe one that currently interests you is listed there.
Fortune 500 Fortune magazine's annual profile of the 500 largest U.S. corporations. For summary information on a company, select "Company List" and then click on the company of your choice.
Company News by CBS MarketWatch. Look up news about companies by entering the ticker symbol or company name.
Annual Reports Gallery Annual reports posted online for hundreds of companies.
Tips for Reading An Annual Report by the Annual Reports Library.
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