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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