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Resources to Research Employers
Career Center Resources and Services
- The Information Lab - Research employers using the Book
of Lists and other employer directories
by location and/or career field.
- Vault Employer & Industry and Wetfeet Insider Guides - Download these extensive and informative guidebooks; free to Cal students and Alumni Advantage members.
- Going Global - Gather country-specific information on 1000's of companies and read about employment, career, and job search topics for over 25 countries.
- Career Fields - Explore industries,
career paths, and employer directories by field.
- Job Listing Sites - Identify employers hiring in your career area by using sites with searchable databases.
- @cal Career Network - Connect with Cal alumni working in your career field of interest, whether you are
exploring career options or seeking advice about your job search.
- Career Fair Directories - Research employers
who attended recent career fairs; you'll find a description of the organization,
jobs they recruited for, and a link their website.
- Employer Spotlights - Research employers using information customized for Cal students.
- Employer Information Sessions - Attend these on-campus meetings to hear from employers hiring Cal students;
login to Callisto to identify employers and sign up.
- Callisto - Your gateway to online Career Center services, exclusively
for Cal students and alumni. Callisto grants one-stop access to hundreds of jobs and internships via CalJobs
and On-Campus Recruiting (OCR), as well as other essential employment, internship and graduate school resources.
Recommended Internet Resources
- Researching Companies
Online - Learn how to research companies on the internet with this tutorial
program that includes links to resources for employer research.
- To generate a list of potential employers in a particular career field or
industry, try these sites:
- America's Career InfoNet - Use the employer locator to search a 12 million-company database by region and industry.
- Idealist
- Search through 39,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries.
- JobStar: Job Search Guide
- Use public library links to industry and company information.
- SuperPages.com - Use the "category" search feature to access US yellow pages information.
- For researching large companies, try these sites:
- Business
Week Online Company Research - This tool mines articles in BusinessWeek
and Vault to make it easier to research over 4000 companies.
- Hoovers Online - Provides industry
information, as well as information on private, public, IPO, subsidiary
and non-US companies.
- Vault.com
- Search companies by industry, location, size and revenue.
- Search engines can be used to find the employer's website. Examples of search
engines include:
- The most current information about a potential employer can be found in
local newspapers and other sources.
- NewsDirectory.com has an
extensive list of links to newspapers and magazines.
- PR Newswire - Search by industry
or by keyword from a database of company press releases for current corporate
news.
- San Francisco Business Times provides local business and industry news, resources, and networking event information.
- Yahoo! Newspapers
links to alternative weeklies and major papers by region.
Other Campus Resources
Bay Area Resources
- Berkeley Public Library, 2090
Kittredge, (510) 981-6166. Use the online Berkeley Information Network (BIN)
to identify local public and private organizations.
- Foundation Center, 312
Sutter Street, Suite 606, San Francisco, (415) 397-0902. Review materials
on foundations, grants and corporate philanthropy to help with your nonprofit
job search.
- San Francisco Public
Library, Business and Technology Center, Larkin and Grove Streets, (415)
557-4400. Use guides prepared by librarians to help research Bay Area organizations.
- World Affairs Council, Helen
Brown Lombardi Library, 312 Sutter Street, Suite 310, San Francisco, (415)
293-4646. Find current information about international organizations with
Bay Area connections.
This page contains links to websites not under the
control of the University or the Career Center and we are not responsible for
their contents. We'd like to hear your comments about these sites; feel
free to contact us.
On the recommendation of our counseling staff, the Career Center lists job and career
information sites that generally meet the following criteria: are of interest to Cal students, easily navigated,
require no fee or registration prior to viewing, and (for job sites) list a significant number of entry-level positions
in California. New sites may be submitted for consideration
and are typically reviewed on a quarterly basis.
Please indicate the page on our site where you think your link would be appropriate.
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