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Researching Employers

Self Help Resources . Our career resource area maintains a number of print directories that can help identify and research employers. Those who recruit on our campus may provide recruiting literature in addition to their web sites (check with Recruiting Department). Links to visiting employers are included in career fair and recruiting announcements. The recommended reading below presents some sites that are excellent for researching employers.

Staff Assistance . Our Associate Director for Information Resources and Services, Chuck Reutlinger, and our staff of Career Advocates and work/study assistants can usually assist students needing to research employers. Work stations are available for web-based research.

Researching Employers Video. Click this link to view a 60-minute presentation delivered to students in the iSchool in January 2008. Its focus is on what to research, when to use your results, and what resources to use in your search for information.

Recommended Resources:

DISCLAIMER: Providing links to these resources in no way constitutes an endorsement by the Center for Career Services of the accuracy, currency or reliability of these resources or those to which links may be made.

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Career Search . A web-based database of over 2.5 million companies across hundreds of industry categories with over 7.5 million contact names. Users can research companies by location, keyword, industry category and save results in the most popular word processing formats. Very user-friendly and very thorough. To set up a new account once you reach the Career Search site, use orange04 as the client referral key, then record your own user name and password so you can return to your own account.. Training on using this product may be obtained by advisors at the Center.

Researching Companies Online . Very user-friendly and very thorough. Start here!

Business Week . Profiles, news items and more from Business Week magazine. Use the "search" capability with company names to uncover articles and more.

Vault Online Career Library
The premier resource for career, industry, and employer research. View and download insider reports on employers, participate in online forums, prep for interviews, and learn all about searching for opportunities thanks to scores of articles.

Hoover's Online . Company as well as industry profiles - highly recommended! Click on "Career Center" to search profiles.

Wet Feet.Com . Great for companies and industries alike. A Vault competitor.

Employer Videos. A collection of employer videos developed by CareerTV.com.

BusinessWire . Corporate news on the web.

Resources in SU Libraries

The Syracuse University Libraries maintain a number of print and database resources that may be crucial to employer identification and research. Visit the web site for the SU Libraries and review the business and industry databases from the main database menu .Some provide basic profiles of companies while others index articles or brokerage reports that capture employers' recent activities.

Also check out the collaboration of SU Libraries and the Whitman School that facilitates research.

Don't hesitate to use the main catalog or a reference librarian to learn about print directories for the industries in which you have an interest - there are many specialized resources that offer fabulous information on industries and employers of all kinds.