Author: Malisa J Anderson-Strait

Researching Foundations and Grantmakers with Foundation Directory: Career and Professional Development Research Tip

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How will this help me?  Foundation Directory  helps answer the question “Who is giving money to non-profits, and how much?” It does this by providing information on U.S. grantmakers and their global philanthropic activities. Foundation Directory includes descriptions of more than 100,000 Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs, Operating Foundations, Private Grantmaking Foundations (independent and company-sponsored Read More …

This Day in Business History: Microsoft Releases Windows 3.1

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April 6, 1992: This updated version of Windows established some features that are taken for granted today.  This includes the CTRL-ALT-DEL command to avoid rebooting your computer, and allowing you to cut and paste from one application to another.   As internet access moved forward, Windows 3.1 also supported modem speeds up to 9600 bps. To Read More …

Search Company News by Sentiment with Nexis Uni: Career and Professional Development Research Tip

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 How will this help me?  Do you want to identify a company’s challenges, such as mismanagement, lawsuits or layoffs?  Applying Nexis Uni’s negative news filter to searches allows you to efficiently locate a firm or its leadership’s negative press coverage. In addition to applying the negative news filter, you can target your results to specific sources Read More …

GBS Students – Register for Free Remote Access to Bloomberg Certifications

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Bloomberg offers three different certification programs for Goizueta students: Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC), Environmental Sustainability Governance (ESG), and Finance Fundamentals (BFF). All certifications are self paced and generally take between 7 and 10.5 hours to complete. You must register with the class code,  and complete all of the classes  for a certification between now and Read More …

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Research Target Companies with City Business Chronicles: Career and Professional Development Research Tip

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How will this help me?  The Business Journals and Books of Lists contain local and regional news from 40+ U.S. cities. The annual Books of Lists’ includes company rankings for large public and private firms, A+ employers, fastest growing firms, and leading firms in a variety of industries. These are helpful for exploring new and Read More …

Accessing PitchBook on and off campus

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PitchBook’s annual account reset requires all users to renew their account. When you see a red message saying your account is inactive, don’t worry, you won’t lose any of your saved lists or searches!   Previously Registered PitchBook Users While On Campus, open an incognito window Go to https://emory.pitchbook.com Choose the Create an Account button Read More …

This Day in Business History: Word’s First Internet Domain Is Registered

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March 15, 1985:  The world’s first internet domain name, symbolics.com, was registered by the Symbolics Computer Corporation of Massachusetts. The international private non-profit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers  was created in 1998 to maintain domain name coordination; there are now  over 1 billion domains in existence.      Signposts in cyberspace the Domain Read More …

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Find Companies with US and Global Locations: Career and Professional Development Research Tip

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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 …

This Day in Business History: Facebook Is Founded

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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 …

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Research Company Rankings with Vault: Career and Professional Development Research Tips

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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 …