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Week 5:Target Where You Want to Work
How to Target Your Ideal Company
Video Time: 8 Minutes Action Time: 30 Minutes – 3 Hours
Video Time: 8 Minutes
Action Time: 30 Minutes – 3 Hours
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In this section, you will be given a multimillion-dollar tool included absolutely free with the purchase of this program. A tool that will change your life and open doors you never even knew were closed.
Do you have a pen and something to write on? If you don’t, grab a pen and paper and jot down this incredible, life-saving, and job gaining apparatus. Ready? Write: G-o-o-g-l-e-dot-
com! There you have it! The tool of a lifetime! Thank you for purchasing this program. Goodnight, and good luck!
But really though, Google is the perfect platform to look up information about the company you want to target. So take advantage of it now, before we’re all forced to use books again. We’re living in a post-net neutrality world now. You know it’s only a matter of time.
In this section, you will be given a multimillion-dollar tool included absolutely free with the purchase of this program. A tool that will change your life and open doors you never even knew were closed.
Do you have a pen and something to write on? If you don’t, grab a pen and paper and jot down this incredible, life-saving, and job gaining apparatus. Ready? Write: G-o-o-g-l-e-dot-
com!
There you have it! The tool of a lifetime! Thank you for purchasing this program. Goodnight, and good luck!
But really though, Google is the perfect platform to look up information about the company you want to target. So take advantage of it now, before we’re all forced to use books again. We’re living in a post-net neutrality world now. You know it’s only a matter of time.
Steps to Success
1
Choose a few companies that you are interested in.
To get you started off right, here’s a link to an article to help you begin making a list of your target companies.
2
Look at each company’s website.
Most companies have an “About” page, or a vision/mission statement. You want to find out everything you can about the company. From what they’re about, to recent challenges and how they were handled, and what they’re doing right now. Scuba dive your way into what these companies are and explore what they do.
1
Choose a few companies that you are interested in.
To get you started off right, here’s a link to an article to help you begin making a list of your target companies.
2
Look at each company’s website.
Most companies have an “About” page, or a vision/mission statement. You want to find out everything you can about the company. From what they’re about, to recent challenges and how they were handled, and what they’re doing right now. Scuba dive your way into what these companies are and explore what they do.
3
Google each company to find more relevant information on them.
When you Google, you may even learn about the CEO of the company. If you find videos of the CEO, don’t hesitate to watch them to learn more about your future boss. A little internet stalking never hurt anyone! Be aware that no company is perfect and that all companies have problems. That’s okay as the most important thing to learn is how businesses deal with their problems. Are they really good at problem solving?
4
Make use of Glassdoor.com and Indeed.com.
They are great tools to utilize to get feedback from current and former employees on what it is like to work at the companies you are interested in. Some companies even have Wikipedia pages, so check those out as well!
3
Google each company to find more relevant information on them.
When you Google, you may even learn about the CEO of the company. If you find videos of the CEO, don’t hesitate to watch them to learn more about your future boss. A little internet stalking never hurt anyone! Be aware that no company is perfect and that all companies have problems. That’s okay as the most important thing to learn is how businesses deal with their problems. Are they really good at problem solving?
4
Make use of Glassdoor.com and Indeed.com.
They are great tools to utilize to get feedback from current and former employees on what it is like to work at the companies you are interested in. Some companies even have Wikipedia pages, so check those out as well!
5
Use LinkedIn.
Look up the company on LinkedIn and see the different types of content that they are posting. Later on in this program, you’ll learn how to connect with employees because we want you to reach out to real live people (unless you’re applying to be a mortician).
It is critical to do the research because by doing so, you may change your mind about a certain company. A company may not be a good fit for you and that’s okay! Don’t ever feel locked
into one company just because someone recommended it to you. If no one was allowed to change their mind then we would all still be sucking our thumbs and screaming ‘NO’ at everything.
5
Use LinkedIn.
Look up the company on LinkedIn and see the different types of content that they are posting. Later on in this program, you’ll learn how to connect with employees because we want you to reach out to real live people (unless you’re applying to be a mortician).
It is critical to do the research because by doing so, you may change your mind about a certain company. A company may not be a good fit for you and that’s okay! Don’t ever feel locked into one company just because someone recommended it to you. If no one was allowed to change their mind then we would all still be sucking our thumbs and screaming ‘NO’ at everything.
Big Decisions and You Deserve The Best
Choosing your company is a lot like choosing a partner to spend your life with. Your job will help you buy a house, surprise you every day, may remember your birthday, and probably cheat on you with your tennis instructor. You can
avoid negative work environments in the same way you can avoid a costly divorce: by choosing a partner that’s best for you (although a divorce may be easier to get than a job these days).
Choosing your company is a lot like choosing a partner to spend your life with. Your job will help you buy a house, surprise you every day, may remember your birthday, and probably cheat on you with your tennis instructor. You can avoid negative work environments in the same way you can avoid a costly divorce: by choosing a partner that’s best for you (although a divorce may be easier to get than a job these days).