Feb 4, 2004: Facebook is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin launch Facebook. By December 2004, 1M people were using Facebook. The social media network now has 1.49 billion daily active users on Facebook on average for September 2018. Becoming Facebook : the 10 challenges that Read More …
How will this help me? Vault surveys professionals each year to publish rankings of banking, consulting, accounting, and other firms based on qualitative and quantitative criteria. These rankings can help identify firms that align with your career interests. Rankings include prestige, compensation, diversity, and more. These rankings are helpful for creating your target list of Read More …
Jan 24, 1984: The Apple Macintosh computer first goes on sale, featuring a graphical user interface and a mouse. Two days prior to the sale, Apple announced the new computer’s launch via a dramatic ad during Super Bowl XVIII. In the first three months after the launch, Apple sold over 5,000 Macintosh computers. The One Device: The Secret Read More …
How will this help me? Wall Street Oasis (WSO) includes finance and consulting career resources includes technical and case interview courses, and company and industry insights. These resources are helpful for creating your target list of companies, as well as preparing for networking and interviews. To access, follow the prompts to register and create an Read More …
Jan. 4, 2010: Burj Khalifa in Dubai, U.A.E., opens as the worlds tallest building at 2,717 feet (828m). At over 160 stories tall, it also has the highest occupied floor in the world. The building includes 900 residential apartments, office space and a 304 room hotel, as well as an observation deck. Sources: Burj Khalifa Read More …
Access for Current Emory Students, Faculty & Staff LinkedIn Learning is available to Emory students, faculty, and staff. Use your emory.edu email to register via Emory’s LinkedIn Learning page. LinkedIn Learning offers many online courses and certificates focused on business and technical topics including data visualization, interview skills, and products such as Excel, R, Tableau Read More …
How will this help me? Business Source Complete (BSC) includes thousands of business magazines and journals, focused on areas such as marketing, management, operations, finance, accounting, and more. The sources will help you gain historical and forward-looking company, industry and market insights, which are valuable when conducting credible and competitive career and job research. By Read More …
Nov 2, 1959: Charles Van Doren admitted to a House subcommittee that he was provided advance knowledge of the questions and answers he would receive on the TV gameshow “Twenty One.” These shows had become popular in the 1950s after the US Supreme Court ruled in Federal Communications Commission v. American Broadcasting Co., Inc. that Read More …
How will this help me? PitchBook covers startups, VC and PE-backed companies, as well as mature private and public firms, investors, buyers, and funds. You can research and target firms by industry or vertical, as well as financing history. PitchBook’s lists are great for identifying both large and small competitors to firms – helpful for Read More …
How will this help me? Uniworld’s multinational company database lets you create custom lists of domestic and international firms in over 200 countries and 20,000 industries. You can filter by country, region, state, industry and revenue and download results to excel. When creating a target list of companies as part of your career research, Uniworld Read More …
