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What Companies are Nearby? |
- State industrial directories
- Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book of Corporate management
- Regional development agencies
- State and local Chamber of Commerce
- Telephone directories
- Business sections of local newspapers
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In what state(s) does a company have facilities? |
- Moody's Manuals
- Directory of Corporate Affiliations
- Company 10Ks and annual report
- Job Seekers guide to Private an Public Companies
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What are the high growth industries today? |
- Value Line Investment Surveys
- Predicasts forecast manuals
- Refer to Directory of industry sources for other sources
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What are the salary levels in specific industries? |
- American Compensation Association publications
- The American Almanac of Jobs and Salaries
- National Association of Colleges and Employers (formerly College Placement Council) salary survey
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Who are the firms competitors? |
- Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Directory (list of other companies making the same product)
- Standard & Poor's Industry Survey
- Business periodicals index
- Industry Buying Guides
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What industries use specific types of individuals? |
- Encyclopedia of Associations
- National Trade and Professional Associations of the United States (identify appropriate organizations, obtain membership lists, note companies and industries)
- Directory of U.S. Labor Organizations (identify associations, obtain names of elected officials and department heads)
- Job Seeker's Guide to Private and Public Companies
- Check you library for other occupational guidebooks.
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How can I identify the products a company makes? |
- Company annual report
- Moody's manuals
- Thomas Register (company catalog volumes)
- U.S. Industrial Directory
- American Business disc (CD-ROM)
- Company Profile (CD-ROM)
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What companies make certain products? |
- Thomas Register (product volumes)
- Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Directory
- Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors , and Executives
- Standard directory of advertisers
- Dun's Electronic Business Directory
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How can I identify consulting organizations by their field? |
- Consultants and consulting Organizations Directory (and companion directories)
- There are also many industry specific directories of consultants, see the Directory of Directories
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What are the sources of the company reports and analyses? |
- Standard & Poor's Stock Report
- Moody's Investors Fact Sheet
- Value Line Investment Surveys
- disclosure Database (CD-ROM)
- Some libraries may subscribe to other stock analyses services
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What are management's practices concerning training? |
- Company annual reports (employee relations section)
- Membership directories for training organizations (e.g. American Society for Training and Development)
- The Career Guide - Dun's Employment Opportunities Directory
- Peterson's guides
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Who are the key people in the company, and what are their backgrounds? |
- Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book of Corporate Management
- Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations , Directors and Executives
- Who's Who directories
- Corporate proxy statements
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Who are the people in various lines of business? |
- Dun & Bradstreet American Corporate Families
- State industrial directories
- Company annual reports
- Other directories (refer to the Directory of Directories and Directory of Industry Data Sources for direction)
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What are the names of employment agencies and/or executive search firms? |
- The Directory of Executive Recruiters
- Job Hunters' Sourcebook
- Directories produced by state or local associations
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Where do I find out about government employment opportunities? |
- State: The State Administrative Officials Classified by Functions has a section listing state employment offices and their phone numbers
- Federal: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (1900 E Street NW, Washington, DC) is responsible for nationwide recruiting for Civil Service positions at GS levels 1-15. This office also maintains a network of federal job information centers in major metropolitan areas. Phone numbers are listed in local telephone books under U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management.
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Questions may surface that are not contained above. |
- The Wall Street Journal Index (CD-ROM)
- Business Index-Public Edition
- ABI/Inform On disc
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