Resources - websites & reading list

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Research Sites - The following sites provide comprehensive company, industry, and market information and business intelligence. Accessing information from these sites will allow you to quickly gain a solid understanding of key industry areas of interest, gain further insight into the career paths/roles available in different industries and the leading organizations that compete in each sector.

Vault - www.vault.com
Hoover’s - www.hoovers.com
Wet Feet - www.wetfeet.com
About.com - www.about.com/careers/
Stockhouse - www.stockhouse.ca
Careers-In-Business - www.careers-in-business.com

Business Publications – Business is a global game and staying current on issues will help you showcase yourself as a candidate who is actively engaged & interested in the world of business and who understands how business is carried out not only in North America but across the globe.

Forbes - www.forbes.com
Canadian Business Magazine - www.canadianbusiness.com
Business 2.0 - www.business2.com
Business Week - www.businessweek.com
Fortune - www.fortune.com
The Economist - www.economist.com
Institutional Investor - www.institutionalinvestor.com
Euromoney - www.euromoney.com
Investors Business Daily - www.investors.com

National/International Daily News Portals – Staying up-to-date on current business news as well as the world outside of business will further reinforce your professionalism and enhance your preparedness. Having a clear sense of the economic and political issues that are impacting and shaping business decisions will allow you to more effectively interview, network and engage with business professionals.

The National Post - www.nationalpost.com
The Globe & Mail - www.globeandmail.com
Wall Street Journal - www.wsj.com
New York Times - www.nytimes.com
PR Newswire - www.prnewswire.com
Financial Times - www.ft.com

ADDITIONAL READING MATERIAL
What Color Is Your Parachute 2005: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career by Richard Nelson Bolles, Mark Emery Bolles
48 Days To The Work You Love by Dan Miller, Dave Ramsey
Turning Points: Your Career Decision-Making Guide by Diane Elizabeth Ducat
The Job Hunter’s Catalog by Peggy Schmidt
Career X Roads by Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler
Hook Up, Get Hired! by Joyce L. Kennedy
Using the Internet in Your Job Search by Fred Jandt and Mary Nemnich
Career Warfare: 10 Rules for Building a Successful Personal Brand & Fighting to Keep It by David F. D’Alessandro, Michele Owens, Michael Owens, David D’Alessandro
Guerilla Tactics in the New Job Market by Tom Jackson
The Electronic Job Search Revolution by Joyce Lain Kennedy and Thomas J. Morrow
Never Eat Alone, And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time (Hardcover) – Keith Ferrazzi

INDUSTRY SPECIFIC LINKS

The following sites provide specific information regarding key industries. Accessing information from these sites will allow you to learn about issues affecting your industry of focus and how business leaders in the sector are dealing with the issues at hand. Reviewing key industry publications will help you have a real-time sense of the challenges facing our core recruiters and will help you to ensure you can relate effectively with industry representatives in any setting.

CONSULTING
Industry Associations
Canadian Association of Management Consultants - www.camc.com

Industry Publications & Resources
Consultants News - www.consultingcentral.com
Top Consultant’s Consultant-News.com - www.consultant-news.com
Management Consulting News - www.managementconsultingnews.com
Consulting Magazine - www.consultingmag.com
MBA Case – www.mbacase.com
Consulting Links – www.casequestions.com/links.cfm
*NOTE: Visit individual consulting company websites for resources and to register for publications


FINANCE
Industry Associations
Securities Industry Association - www.sia.com
Canadian Securities Institute - www.csi.ca
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) - www.sec.gov
Investment Dealers Association of Canada - www.ida.ca
Ontario Securities Commission - www.osc.gov.on.ca
Investment Funds Institute of Canada - www.ific.ca
CFA Institute - www.cfainstitute.org

Industry Publications & Resources
Scoopbook series on Banking – www.scoopbooks.com
The (Practical) Guide to Finding the (Right) Finance Job in Canada, (2003)
InvestorWords - www.investorwords.com
Investopedia - www.investopedia.com/dictionary
Bloomberg Research/Training - www.Bloomberg.com
Investment Banking Bootcamp (online) - www.wallstreetprep.com
Financial Modeling and Training for Finance Careers - www.ibitraining.com

MARKETING
Industry Associations
American Marketing Association - www.marketingpower.com
Canadian Marketing Association - www.the-cma.org
Canadian Produce Marketing Association - www.cpma.org
The Canadian Institute of Marketing - www.cinstmarketing.ca

Industry Publications and Resources
BrandWeek Magazine - www.brandweek.com
Marketing Magazine (Industry Leader) - www.marketingmag.ca
Sales & Marketing - www.salesandmarketing.com
InterBrand’s Brand Channel - www.brandchannel.com
Consumer Goods Technology - www.consumergoods.com
GMA Smartbrief – http://www.smartbrief.com/gma/
Retail Wire - http://www.retailwire.com/
‘How to Use Direct Marketing Techniques to get the Marketing Job you want’ by Karl G. Dentino –
http://www.the-dma.org/dmef/guideforcollegestudents1.shtml
Crossing the Chasm, Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers - by Geoffrey A. Moore