INVESTIGATE THIS FIRST, IF YOU HAVEN'T
- Slippery Rock University - Career Education and DevelopmentGo here first. Seriously, these people know their stuff. The Career Education and Development office can help you with everything from career guidance, resumes, networking, interview attire and behavior, alumni connections, and much more. Your chances of getting a job go way up if you take advantage of the opportunities offered by these folk while you're here.
What should I be looking for?
- Article on Researching a CompanyAn offsite guide to researching a company. Note: Don't sign up for anything. SRU's Career Services Office does all the stuff this service claims to do and will be able to much better tailor it to you, an SRU student.
Learn About Your Potential Employer with Library Resources
- Mergent Online This link opens in a new windowFind company overviews, information about your employer's executive board, and more.
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
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Search for a wide variety of information including company profiles, news articles, research, and more. - Westlaw This link opens in a new window
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Search for limited information about your company if it is a private company, search for news articles about your company. Please note that you will want to use the "News" and "Company Investigator" features when you perform your search.
Company Research can help you answer questions related to your job search, application, or interview. These questions include but are not limited to:
- Which companies might I want to/be able to work for?
- Where is your company's corporate website?
- What is your company's history?
- Has your company been in the news lately?
- If so, for what?
- What is the company's culture like?
- Where does your company operate?
- Who are your company's closest competitors?
- What are their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats?
Learn About Your Employer's Industry
Industry Research can help you answer questions related to your job search, application, or interview. These questions include but are not limited to:
- What is your company's market share?
- Which industry or industries do they operate in?
- Is the industry shrinking? Growing? Staying the same?
- How might this industry look in five years, ten years, twenty years?
- What are your company's closest/fiercest competitors?
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Research the Health Care industry you're interested in working in. Possibly learn about your company's market share, lingo/vocabulary in your industry, challenges and opportunities in the industry, and more.