Interview Advice
From your About.com Guide, help from the Net to successfully navigate job
interviews. Includes interviewing practice games that provide immediate
feedback online.
Preparing for Interviews
From your About.com Guide, tips to help you ace interviews.
Researching Companies
From your About.com Guide, tips for researching companies before you
interview.
Silicon Alley Jobs
From your About.com Guide, about New York's high-tech corridor, and
where to find jobs and companies in the area.
Silicon Valley Employers
From your About.com Guide, links to web sites that list employers in San Jose,
San Francisco and other high-tech corridors of N. California.
100 Best
Companies to Work for
Link to company profiles in this feature by Fortune Magazine.
Includes job searching in partnership with CareerMosaic.com.
200 Best
Small Companies
Get the stats on them according to Forbes Magazine.
American Export Register
Search for US exporting companies by company name or product/service. An
impressive 45,000+ companies and 5,000+ categories, by Thomas Register. (See
below.)
America's
Fastest-Growing Companies
Link to company financials in this feature by Fortune Magazine.
America's
Most Admired Companies
Link to company profiles in this feature by Fortune Magazine.
Includes job searching in partnership with CareerMosaic.Com.
At Hand Network
An online "Yellow Pages" to help you find US businesses by name or
category.
BigBook
Search for US and Canadian businesses and Web sites by name or
category. Also conduct a search within a set distance from an address, get
driving directions and view maps.
BizWeb
What they lack in design, they make up for in their hierarchical listing of
companies by industry, where you may link to company Web sites.
CareerMagazine
Link to profiles written by companies and search for background info, press
releases and articles about companies.
Company Sleuth
Get the skinny on publicly-traded companies you select to monitor. Job
postings, patents, earnings, press releases, news and more, all by email.
Requires free registration.
Cool
Web Sites
If working for a high-tech company that has a nifty Web site is a high
priority, research these!
Company Job
Pages
Links directly to the Web sites and employment pages of 4,000 companies,
staffing firms and employment agencies, thanks to Interbiznet.com.
CompaniesOnline
Search by industry, city, state, or stock symbol. Select a state alone to list
all companies in the database for the state, along with the cities in which
they're located.
CorpTech
Research a database of over 45,000 high-tech companies in all kinds of ways.
Free membership required for some services.
The Fortune
500
Link to snapshots and Web sites of Wall Street's darlings, courtesy of Fortune
Magazine.
The Global
500
Link to snapshots and Web sites of the world's largest corporations, courtesy
of Fortune Magazine.
High-Tech
Company Finder
Locate profiles on over 4,700 companies. Profiles include street and Web
addresses, phone numbers, product info and news. Courtesy of ZDNet.
Hoover's Online
Connect to company capsules, news and Web sites of over 13,500 top employers.
Requires a subscription for access to more companies and in-depth profiles,
but these are free.
How to find a
Company's Annual Report Online
Research future employers from an investor's point of view. After all, if you
wouldn't risk your money in a company, why would you invest a significant
portion of your life?
The Inc. 500
Annual lists of the fastest-growing, private companies in America since 1982.
Includes lots of other company info, too.
InformationWeek
500
Annually analyzes and ranks the biggest and best corporate users of
information technology. Includes stories, charts and profiles.
Infoseek
Company Capsules
Perform complex searches in up to three search fields.
InfoSpace.Com
Search for company Web sites, get driving directions and view maps.
IPO Intelligence Online
Discover and research companies about to go public with stock offerings. Full
reports have a fee, but you can get many details for free.
IPO.Com
Discover and research companies about to go public with stock offerings.
Prospectuses are free, but require registration.
Learn
about a Company before You Interview
Search the extensive list of company profiles from Wetfeet.com.
Monster.Com
Link to company profiles by letters of the alphabet or search by state and
city.
Recruiter
Directory
Links to recruiters, staffing firms and employment agencies by North American
Region, mostly for information technology jobs. Courtesy of Dice.com, an IT
job site.
Researching
Companies Online
A free, online tutorial with links to free resources. Courtesy of Debbie
Flanagan, a training professional.
SEC Filings
Want to know about a company's financials before you join? Get the inside
scoop in paperwork filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, at Edgar
Online.
Thomas Register
Search thousands of manufacturers, products and brand names at this online
version of the publication available in libraries for years. Membership
required, but free.
TopStartups
Search for jobs, post your résumé and link to profiles and Web sites of
start-up companies by industry. Favors the San Francisco Bay Area, but
includes other areas.
Transium Business Intelligence
Search for articles on companies, complied from over one million business and
trade publications.
Wall Street Research Net
Get the financial scoop on US and Canadian companies.
Yahoo!:
Business and Economy: Companies
It's a bit of a bother to get through the multi-layered hierarchy, but it's
definitely comprehensive. Scroll down the page as you click through the
hierarchy.
