What you should know about a company before an interview...

Top sites for researching companies

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1. Plunkett Research, Ltd: Industry Statistics, Trends and In-depth Analysis of Top Companies
2. ReferenceUSA.com: Offers user a flexible and dynamic way to query for company information based on a detailed set of criteria, such as location or type of company.
3. Lexis Nexis Academic: Articles from newspapers, periodicals, etc... Company financial data, contact info, industry stats and literature.
4. Business Source Elite | Corporate ResourceNet | Regional Business News (EBSCO): Search multiple business periodicals and journals.
5. Hoover's Company Records
6. ABI Inform Global (ProQuest)
7. ProQuest Newspapers: Includes Star Tribune, Wisconsin newspapers, and New York Times.
8. Chambers of Commerce: Find a Chamber of Commerce in the city where you are moving.
9. WetFeet: View a list of companies by major industry
10. Wisconsin's WORKnet: Information & statistics on employers and employment in Wisconsin.

GoingGlobal: Research international employment. Discover techniques for uncovering hidden opportunities overseas, and access culture-specific tips for job searching and interviewing in other countries. Create a personal account while on-campus to receive off-campus access.

Find Companies & Profiles

• Top Companies For Recent Grads
• JobWeb: Search companies who hire recent grads
• Chambers of Commerce: Wisconsin | Minnesota | Nationwide
• Twin Cities Business Journal
• Monster.com: Company profiles by State.
• Simplicity.com: Company profiles by Industry.
• Yahoo Yellow Pages: Company web pages, phone numbers, addresses & information.
• Dex Yellow Pages

Companies Who Hire UWRF Students (What Employers Seek [ 161k])

ABF Freight System, Inc. ABS Global Inc. Accelerated Genetics ACR Homes, Inc. Aflac Agri-King, Inc. Agriliance-Partners Advantage AgStar Financial Services Akey Alta Genetics Archer Daniels Midland Company Argosy University/Twin Cities Aurora Community Services AXA Advisors, LLC Bailey Nurseries, Inc. Best Buy Company BioDiagnostics Inc. Blain's Farm and Fleet Camp Snoopy - Mall of America Cargill CHS-Partners Advantage College Pro Painters Corporate Interns Covance Biotechnology Research Services Croplan Genetics-Partners Advantage Dakota County Community Corrections Ecolab Enterprise Rent-A-Car Farm Credit Administration (FCA) Fastenal FedEx Ground FCS Financial Services (Farm Credit) Foley Kalseim & Company, Ltd Fort Dodge Animal Health Genex Cooperative Gertens Wholesale Growmark, Inc. Hartung Brothers Hazelton Labs (Covance) Hennepin County Hertz Local Edition Hormel Foods

Jennie-O Turkey Store Kuhn Knight, Inc. Lab Support/On Assignment Lands' End Land O' Lakes Purina Feed LLC-Partners Advantage Mayo Foundation McCain Foods USA Menards M&I Bank Midwest Poultry Consortium Minnesota Paralegal Institute Northwestern Mutual Financial Network - The Bohannon Group Pace Analytical Services, Inc. Padilla Speer Beardsley, Inc. Paychex, Inc. Peach Corps Phillips Plastics Corporation Ritz, Holman, Butala, Fine LLP: CPA firm River Falls Police Department Semex USA St. Cloud State University Sygenta Seeds, Inc. The Brickman Group, Ltd. Tractor Supply Company Uline Shipping Supplies University of Minnesota Job Center United States Army Health Care U.S. Dept of Agriculture-Farm Service Agency U.S. Dept of Agriculture-Livestock Market News U.S. Dept of Agriculture-Nat. Rescs. Con. Svcs. University of MN Full-time and Part-time Master of Arts in Human Resources UPS Wells Fargo Wisconsin Early Autism Project Cenex/Land O'Lakes

Network To Learn More About A Company

• UWRF Mentor Network: Interview a person working in your field to learn more about their company or job position.