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THE RULES OF THE GAME

Monster has tremendous resources on individual companies.
Click the tab called Communities. Then, under Resources,
click on Company Profiles.

BUSINESS PERIODICALS
Read what the leading business magazines have to say about the com-
pany. A good place to start is the website portal CEO Express (www.
ceoexpress.com). From this site, you can launch to dozens of spe-

cific publications and information resources, or you can do a search
across all the sites it aggregates. Other good resources include:
www.businessweek.com
www.fortune.com
www.forbes.com
www.inc.com
Most business journals periodically make lists of the best employ-
ers. Fortune magazine has its “Most Admired Corporations” issue
and lists the best places to work, generally in its January and February
issues. Working Woman publishes a list of the companies most sensi-
tive to women professionals. BusinessWeek lists the best- performing
companies in America (usually in the last issue in March). Techni-
cal publications such as Computer World (www.computerworld.com)
and Info World (www.infoworld.com) publish similar evaluations of
the best high-technology companies to work for.

LOCAL AND NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS
If the newspaper in the company’s hometown has a business section,
you will usually fi nd good coverage of the company. Fortunately,

most newspapers these days are online. So find the newspaper’s web-
site and search for the company you want to research. While you
are at it, check out what the New York Times (www.newyorktimes
.com), Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com), and Chicago
Tribune (www.chicagotribune.com) have to say about the company.

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