1. Targeting Your Top 20 Companies
4/10/2019
Targeting Your Top 20 Companies
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Date: 4/10/2019
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2. Targeting Your Top 20 Companies
Target 20 Companies that you’d like to work for and contact them directly
Date: 4/10/2019
Copyright 2009 by Training Tamer Inc.

3. Find Information on All Local Companies
Find Companies though Family, Friends, Co-Workers, etc.
Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Book of Lists (available at Library)
Chamber of Commerce Member List
Use Google or Yahoo to locate the chamber’s website
Search for “Chamber of Commerce, Your City, Your State”
Date: 4/10/2019
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4. Find Information on All Local Companies (2)
Online Yellow Pages or White Pages
Hoover’s Online
Some info is free (at below URL) but most is fee based
Vault
Date: 4/10/2019
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5. Find Information on All Local Companies (3)
Reference USA
Can access at some local libraries
This website tells you which libraries provide access
Wetfeet
Provides a trial subscription
Use the Company Profiles link on left side of screen
Edgar SEC Filings
Date: 4/10/2019
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6. Identify Company Information to Research
Primary Research Info
Products and Services
History and Corporate Culture
Organizational Mission and Goals
Key Financial Statistics
Organizational Structure
Locations
Have Jobs You Want
Date: 4/10/2019
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7. Identify Company Information to Research (2)
Secondary Research Info
Career Paths Available
Advancement Paths and Advancement Opportunities
Benefits
Diversity Initiatives
Other Employee Support Functions (e.g. training)
Date: 4/10/2019
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8. Conduct Research on Companies
Try Wetfeet’s trial subscription
Then look under Company Profiles
Provides info on Key Facts, Key Financial Facts (revenue amount and growth rate), Personnel Highlights (# employees and growth rate), and a Company Overview
Use Google or Yahoo to find company’s websites (if not available from earlier research)
Go to site and do in-depth research on company
Check Blogs on company’s website, if any
Print out info and write down any questions you have
Date: 4/10/2019
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9. Conduct Research on Companies (2)
Check Insider Information on
Check out Public Opinion on Companies
User Google’s Usenet Service
Enter the company name in the Google Search Box at the top
Check out Public Opinion on Stock Performance
Silicon Investor’s Stock Talk
Raging Bull
Date: 4/10/2019
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10. Criteria for Selecting Top 20 Companies
Company’s financial health & employee growth
Company pay scale meets your needs
Comprehensiveness of benefits
Company has jobs in your field
Corporate culture matches your needs
Size of company fits your needs
Commute distance works for you
Flex time or work at home options available
Whatever else is important to you
Date: 4/10/2019
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Select Top 20 Companies
Select your top 20 companies
Pick the top 20
Rank them from most desired to least
Start with top company and work your way down the list
Date: 4/10/2019
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12. Exercise: Top 20 Companies
Break down into groups of 3
Write down why you feel this strategy is one of the most (if not the most) effective methods for finding a job
Take turns sharing your results with the group and get feedback
Date: 4/10/2019
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