1. + Company Research Career Management

2. + About the Economy BLS Local News, Chamber of Commerce, Anchorage Economic Development Corporation, labor.alaska.gov/trends USAjobs.gov CNN Local stocks

3. + About the Company Purpose Reputation Finance Future Google, Bing, & Duck Duck Go InsideView, CorporationWIKI, Manta, AK Business License, Wikipedia, Face Book & LinkedIn Business Pages Company Website, Local News

4. + About the Competitors Website Hoovers Manta Top 25 Lists Trade Organizations/Professional Organizations

5. + The Scuttlebutt Prior employees/present employees LinkedIn GlassDoor & Vault.com Organizations (Chamber of Commerce, etc.) Vendors Customers Google company name reviews BLS

6. + Summary About the company… Mission, vision, & values Products/services Location – headquarters & others Major competitors Challenges, victories & reputation

7. + Outline of Process For the target company + 4 – 5 competitors, create a file. Use this Company Information Record as one page in the file. Use Internet sources & phone calls to get answers. Write a script for the phone calls. Find: Number of employees Services & products (what the company does) NAICS code Metrics: business volume, net worth, profit & loss, company stability, financial health & stock value/history) Company competitors locally and nationally News/press releases Company awards Company volunteering/charitable activities Company history & future plans/projections Company locations (headquarters, branches, international offices, retail outlets, etc.) Salary range or hourly rates pate for various positions Contact names (department heads, HR manager/recruiter, people who work there, former employees, vendors, customers, business partners) Employment activity (recent hiring, firing, layoffs, jobs projected) Titles of positions that interest you & titles of those you might report to. Also get SOC numbers for these) Other pertinent information

8. + Organizing Files Name a file: Company Include: research, press releases, job ads, correspondence, all ‘intel’ Proposal for each position with versions.doc.pdf.rtf.txt Name these as LastnameInitial – Resume – Company Name Screen shots of online application responses Networking information Notes on each informational interview LinkedIn and other contact information

9. + Questions?