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Directories on the NET

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CAREER & JOB HUNTING WEB LINKS

     Company & Industry Resources on the Internet

 

 
ASAENET, Gateway to Associations
               Contains numerous professional organizations and associations. Click on
               People & Groups, then Directories, then Gateway to Associations.
 
Associations on the Net (by Internet Public Library)
              A guide to web sites of prominent associations and organizations by field,
              including Business & Economics; also offers business directories, blogs,
              and news.
 
Bigbook.com
               Find U.S. businesses using a keyword for a particular industry,
               or business name. Links to web sites are provided, along with
               maps showing location of business.
 
BizWeb Industry Lists
               Locate companies based on their goods and services produced, then
               link to their contact information.
 
Business Industry Lists
              This industry directory contains more than 400,000 listings
              within 25,000 industry, product, and service subcategories. Browse
              listings by topic, or search by keyword or company name in the search
              box at the top.
 
Hoover’s Online
              Free resources include company profiles and competition/industry
              outlook. Over 8,000 company listings with profiles, contact names,
              and links to business news and resources.
 
Industrial Quick Search 
               Provides industry lists and company profiles directory. Browse
               full list presented, or search by product (i.e., paper), or by company
               name.
 
IndustryLink
              A directory of links to sites for manufacturing and industry. Features
              a career section. (Click on Career tab at top.) Research careers by
              industry category. Then click on company name to link to current job openings.
 
Occupational Outlook Handbook online
             Useful for all careers, including business, management, and finance. Provides
             career outlook, trends, projections, descriptions. To search, use search box,
             A-Z index, or click on an occupation. 
 
The Riley Guide
             A leading resource for online career information. Scroll down to
             the middle of the page, and search the A-Z index for specific careers, such
             as Business Administration. 
 
The Riley Guide, Business & Employer Research
            “How to Research Employers” is a very useful page for learning to
            research companies you may be interested in working for, or who
            may have invited you for an interview.
 
The Thomas Directories
            Provides industry lists and company contact information. Free
            access to searching approximately 173,000 companies in the
            U.S. and Canada. Search by company name, or product, or service.
            Gives all companies supplying a particular product, their contact
            information, and a list of all products they supply.
            Offers industry lists and company contact information for over
            500,000 industrial suppliers, organized by over 10,000 industrial
            product classifications, in nine languages, and from 26 countries.
 
Vault
            Offers insider perspectives on companies given by current and
            past employees. Review company descriptions and some other materials
            without registering. (In-depth reports available for a fee.)
 

Compiled and annotated by T. Salvage, Reference Librarian
February 18, 2008

 


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