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Leveraging Baker Resources for your Job Search
Meghan Dolan, October 14th & 21st
3pm-4pm
Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College
So you’re looking to find a job?
Areas we’ll focus on:
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(Company, Industry &) Career Research Guide
Information on specific companies
Overviews of industry
Company and Industry news and trends
Networking Resources
Job Postings
Our Website - http://www.library.hbs.edu/
Career Research Guide
(Company, Industry &) Career Research Guide
http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/company-industry-and-career-research.html
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Created by Baker Library reference staff, includes library
resources that will help you with all aspects of your job search
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Find job posting resources, networking and interview
preparation suggestions and compensation data.
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A great starting point for your career research !
Career Research Guide
Research Guide
http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/company-industry-and-career-research.html
Information on specific companies: OneSource & Capital IQ
OneSource http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/onesource.html
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A great source for company and industry research and analysis
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Data on public and private companies; provides competitor information
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Searches can be customized; ability to screen by different criteria
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Global coverage
Capital IQ http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/capitaliq.html
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A great source for company information
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Individual accounts have been set up for you by library staff
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Available to MBA candidates during the academic year
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Data on public and private companies, people and transactions
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Strong focus on finance, deals and rankings
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Great source for building HBS alumni network list
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Global coverage
Information on specific companies: OneSource
Example: Use OneSource to create a company report that compares
three of Biogen Idec’s competitors.
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Type Biogen Idec into the “Companies” search box
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Choose the first company on the list (based in Cambridge MA)
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On the left side of the screen, select “Competitors Report”
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Select three companies from the list of competitors
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Select “Run Report”
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Check the blank box next to the “Company” heading and select the
“Company Report” tab
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Select any of the links on the left hand side for more information on
each company
Information on specific companies: OneSource
OneSource: example of the results you would receive from
this type of search
Overviews of Industry: S&P NetAdvantage
S & P NetAdvantage http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/s_and_p.html
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Global coverage
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Detailed descriptions of companies and industries
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Includes Standard and Poor’s Industry Surveys
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Specific links to “How to analyze this industry” and “Analyze a company within
the industry”
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Covers industry trends, forecasts, major players and market share
data, key ratios, and statistics
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Most surveys include “Comparative Company Analysis” in MS Excel format
(To view these reports make sure that pop-up blockers are disabled.)
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Bi-monthly “Industry in Focus” reports
For industry reports specific to the US, look at First Research
Overviews of Industry: S&P NetAdvantage
Example: Use S&P NetAdvantage to find the most recent
biotechnology industry report.
Overviews of Industry: S&P NetAdvantage
Example: Use S&P NetAdvantage to find the most recent
biotechnology industry report.
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Go to http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/s_and_p.html
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Click on the “Industries” tab
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At the “Industry” prompt, select “Biotechnology” from the drop-down menu
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Click the orange arrow to run your search
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Choose the most recent report (system should default to the most recent report)
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Within the report there is a link “How to Analyze a Biotechnology Company”
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For more in-depth information on the biotechnology sector, click on the “Industry
References” link which provides access to documents that were used to prepare
the report.
Company and Industry News and Trends
Highlights Newsletter
http://listserv.hbs.edu/restrict_mba/careers.html
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Latest industry news gathered by Baker Library reference staff
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Covering 6 sectors: Consumer Products, Entertainment, Healthcare/Biotech,
Investment Management, New Media/HighTech, and VCPE
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Sent via email every two weeks
Factiva
http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/factiva.html
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News articles from over 10,000 publications, global in coverage
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Strong in financial and business management content
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Original language content
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The “News Pages” tab allows you to browse headlines by country, industry or
geographic location. The Newsstand feature within this tab allows you to browse
specific sections of international newspapers
Company and Industry News and Trends: Factiva
Factiva: Search tips
http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/factiva.html
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Click on “Industry” to view a list of industries or to search for a specific industry
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Click on “Subject” to view a list of topics (including company and industry
news and trends)
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Click once on a specific industry (or subject) to add to your search
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Click the “+” next to the main industry /subject category to select a sub sector
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You can limit a search by company, language and region
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Use the “?” as a truncation symbol (ex: “export?” will retrieve news on export,
exports, exported and exporting)
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The News Pages tab provides direct access to news sources around the globe
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Factiva’s “Editor’s Choice” allows you to set up RSS feeds
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Tips and tricks to search Factiva? See our Factiva Help Sheet
Company and Industry News and Trends: Factiva
Example: Use Factiva to find news related to recent trends in
the pharmaceutical industry in the United States.
Company and Industry News and Trends: Factiva
Example: Find news related to recent trends in the
pharmaceutical industry in the United States.
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Go to http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/factiva.html
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Click on “Subject”
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Scroll down and click on “Editor’s Choice- Industry Trends/Analysis”
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Select “Editor’s Choice- Pharmaceuticals” *
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Click on “Region”
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Select “North American Countries/Regions”
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Select “United States”
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Click on “Language”
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Select “English”
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Click “Run Search”
* Note that clicking on a topic once will add it to your search. Double clicking will remove it
from your search.
Earnings Calls Transcripts
Transcripts of earnings calls can include valuable commentary on key
issues and trends within a company
Thomson ONE Banker: http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/thomsonbanker.html
Limit search by Contributor “Streetevents”
Factiva: http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/factiva.html
See our Fast Answer for help creating a search strategy
Company web pages
From the company homepage, look for a link to “Investor Relations”
Institutional Investor
Institutional Investor
http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/instinv.html
All America (All Europe, All Japan) Research Team surveys list top analysts
by sector
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In the upper left under "Publications" select the U.S. or International edition.
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Scroll down and on the left side click "Rankings Archives”.
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From the pull-down menu next to "View another ranking" select "AllAmerica Research Team".
Networking Resources
Capital IQ http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/capitaliq.html
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“Company Intelligence” tab includes a “Relationship Paths” feature that allows you to
determine the shortest path between you and the person you are researching
Harvard Alumni Navigator
http://apps.alumni.hbs.edu/navigator
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MBA students have access to 40,000+ alumni who have agreed to be Alumni Advisors
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Search by HBS Information (degree, alumni advisor, status), Company Information (company
name, location, industry) and Personal Information (college, gender, home country)
LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com
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Professional social networking site; allows for searching by group (luxury, entrepreneur, etc)
MBA Career & Professional Development
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http://my.hbs.edu/mbadocs/admin/career_services/network/
Includes tips and tricks on building networking skills, networking with alumni and faculty , as
well as links to networking resources
Networking
Harvard Alumni Navigator
http://apps.alumni.hbs.edu/navigator
Job Postings
MBA Career & Professional Development
http://my.hbs.edu/mbadocs/admin/career_services/research/
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Publishes a webpage specific to researching job opportunities and job posting resources
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Includes links to the MBA Job Bank and the Alumni Job Bank
Career Research Guide
http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/company-industry-and-career-research.html
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Includes a section specific to job posting resources
Bloomberg
available in the Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
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Bloomberg Career Center allows you to search for jobs internal to Bloomberg as well
as within 10 different industries (including accounting, banking, consulting and finance)
Job Postings: Bloomberg
Bloomberg Command: JOBS <GO>
Additional Resources
List of databases, by Content http://www.library.hbs.edu/databases/by_content_type/
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Provides a list of databases, organized by content type
Fast Answers http://www.library.hbs.edu/cgi-bin/faq/
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Provides quick answers to commonly asked questions
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THANK YOU!
Meghan Dolan
[email protected]
617 495-6040
Questions?