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

 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 …

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

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 …

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

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 …

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

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 …

Research Companies, Funds and Investors: Career and Professional Development Research Tip

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 …

Expand your industry expertise: Career and Professional Development Research Tip

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 …

Finance and Consulting Networking and Interview Prep: Career and Professional Development Research Tip

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 …

Refresh and Grow Your Professional Skills: Career and Professional Development Tip

How will this help me?  LinkedIn Learning offers many online courses and certificates to enhance your day one readiness for your internship or job. These include technology skills using Excel, R, SQL, and Tableau; and business skills such as leveraging AI and data visualization. LinkedIn Learning is available to Emory students, faculty, and staff.  Use Read More …

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

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 …

Build Target Company Lists: Career and Professional Development Tips

How will this help me?  AtoZdatabases: Target Company Lists enables you to build custom company lists from millions of U.S. business records using criteria including geography, industry, revenue, employee count and then download results in Excel to customize further as part of your job or internship search. For career focused target lists, it’s generally best Read More …