BM 490: Strategic Management

It's essential to check a company's website for:

• Official documents like press releases & annual reports for information on products/services, insight into corporate philosophy and company structural health/goals.

• Job listings, which provide information about characteristics a company may be looking for in an employee as well as required skills for specific positions.

You should also analyze competitor company websites for comparison/contrast.

Best for international companies

Best for U.S. companies

Company news is reported constantly. Use the sites below to get started, and don't forget our Bloomberg research terminals!

NOTE: Monmouth University now has access to the New York Times via its desktop platform. You can set up your free account with your MU login credentials.

NOTE: Students, faculty and staff at Monmouth University can activate their complimentary access to the Wall Street Journal by visiting WSJ.com/Monmouth.

Labor and employment analysis, statistics, prognosis and hiring trends can be helpful to get a sense of the labor market in a particular field. Where will the jobs be? Which job fields are expanding and which are not?

Finding what you need on comprehensive websites can be time-consuming. Look for sitemap to locate specific materials, or use this handy trick:

• Open Google search bar
• Type in search term(s)
• Type in "site" + ":" [colon symbol] followed by the URL.

This technique will yield search results for your keyword(s) only within the website URL.

Narrowing your results:

You can search by specific domains. For example, if you only want government jobs sites, you can search "jobs" +  "site:.gov" .

You can also also search for specific file types. For example, to search for a PDF document on jobs, search "jobs" + filetype:PDF.