Comments on: Best Ways and Places to Research Your Target Employers

By: Meg Guiseppi

Meg Guiseppi — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:46:59 +0000

In reply to Rich Marsh. Rich, thanks for providing this useful information.

By: Rich Marsh

Rich Marsh — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:04:58 +0000

Meg, the US Department of Labor has a very powerful tool to help job seekers identify target companies. Go to careeronestop.org. Under the Job Search section, on the lower right you’ll find Business Finder. You can put in a job title, and a zip code, and it will tell you every company that reported employing someone with that job title in the previous government fiscal year. It will blow your mind how many places there are. GIve it a try.
It usually lists organization name, address, website, sometimes the HR manager’s name, phone number, and often a map to where it’s located. You can download it to a spreadsheet, and then use the list to build a target companies list. We then stress using the tools available for free, from many public libraries. For example, Data Axle’s Reference Solutions tool. That pulls together a ton of information.

By: Meg Guiseppi

Meg Guiseppi — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:40:15 +0000

In reply to David Freeman. Thank you for your kind words, David, and for your insightful comment.

By: David Freeman

David Freeman — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 17:34:30 +0000

Wonderful information, Meg. These are valuable resources to discover your Dream Job Candidates. Before you attempt to sell yourself to a specific organization or decision maker, FIRST learn specifically:
1. WHO they are.
2. WHAT they do.
3……and WHY they do it.

Thanks for the summary of connections and resources.