Best Practices for Finding and Conducting Research on Prospective Employers
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Fuqua Career Management Center
July 21, 2011
Best Practices for Finding and Conducting Research on Prospective Employers
Facilitated by:Steve Dalton Paula Robinson
Cassandra Adams
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Panelists
Paula RobinsonReference & Document Delivery
Librarian
Steve DaltonAssociate Director,
Senior Career Consultant
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Agenda
• Introduction
• Ford Library Resources
• The LAMP Method
• Questions & Answers
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Ford Library Alumni Services
Go to the Ford Library website and
click the Alumni Services link.
http://library.fuqua.duke.edu/
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Logging in to our protected Alumni pages
Use your former Duke NetID & password for these pages. If you need help, use the“Password Help” link outlined above.
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Ford Library Alumni Services
Go to the Alumni Services section of the library’s web site: http://library.fuqua.duke.edu/
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ABI-Inform
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Business Monitor Online
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Business Source Alumni Edition
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No. Company List "Alumni" Motivation Posting1 Best Buy Corporation2 Disney Interactive3 Sony4 Tivo5 Match.com6 L'Oreal7 Mars North America8 eHarmony9 General Mills
10 Pabst Brewing11 Nike12 ZipCar13 UnderArmour14 DuPont15 eBay16 Hallmark17 Target18 3M19 Del Monte Foods20 Mattel, Inc.
The LAMP Method
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No. Company List "Alumni" Motivation Posting1 Best Buy Corporation Y2 Disney Interactive Y3 Sony Y4 Tivo N5 Match.com N6 L'Oreal Y7 Mars North America Y8 eHarmony N9 General Mills Y
10 Pabst Brewing Y11 Nike Y12 ZipCar N13 UnderArmour N14 DuPont Y15 eBay Y16 Hallmark Y17 Target N18 3M Y19 Del Monte Foods Y20 Mattel, Inc. N
The LAMP Method
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No. Company List "Alumni" Motivation Posting1 Best Buy Corporation Y 52 Disney Interactive Y 53 Sony Y 54 Tivo N 55 Match.com N 56 L'Oreal Y 57 Mars North America Y 58 eHarmony N 59 General Mills Y 5
10 Pabst Brewing Y 511 Nike Y 512 ZipCar N 513 UnderArmour N 514 DuPont Y 415 eBay Y 416 Hallmark Y 417 Target N 418 3M Y 419 Del Monte Foods Y 420 Mattel, Inc. N 4
The LAMP Method
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No. Company List "Alumni" Motivation Posting1 Best Buy Corporation Y 5 52 Disney Interactive Y 5 53 Sony Y 5 54 Tivo N 5 55 Match.com N 5 56 L'Oreal Y 5 47 Mars North America Y 5 48 eHarmony N 5 49 General Mills Y 5 3
10 Pabst Brewing Y 5 311 Nike Y 5 212 ZipCar N 5 213 UnderArmour N 5 114 DuPont Y 4 515 eBay Y 4 516 Hallmark Y 4 517 Target N 4 518 3M Y 4 419 Del Monte Foods Y 4 420 Mattel, Inc. N 4 4
The LAMP Method
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No. Company List "Alumni" Motivation Posting1 Best Buy Corporation Y 5 52 Disney Interactive Y 5 53 Sony Y 5 54 Tivo N 5 55 Match.com N 5 56 L'Oreal Y 5 47 Mars North America Y 5 48 eHarmony N 5 49 General Mills Y 5 3
10 Pabst Brewing Y 5 311 Nike Y 5 212 ZipCar N 5 213 UnderArmour N 5 114 DuPont Y 4 515 eBay Y 4 516 Hallmark Y 4 517 Target N 4 518 3M Y 4 419 Del Monte Foods Y 4 420 Mattel, Inc. N 4 4
The LAMP Method
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Questions and Answers
Steve DaltonAssociate Director,
Senior Career Consultant
Paula RobinsonReference & Document Delivery
Librarian
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Print Resources
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For research assistanceContact Paula Robinson, reference librarian,