Gathering Information About a Specific Organization
Gather information about a specific organization, using a minimum of three of the following methods.
• Use the most current edition of The Career Directory.
• Check the company’s website.
• Read a blog about the organization.
• Read the company’s annual report.
• Talk to someone who works there.
• Pick up relevant information at your local board of trade or chamber of commerce.
• Read articles in trade publications and online at the Globe and Mail, National Post, Wall
Street Journal, and Financial Post that mention the organization (check the indices).
• Get the names and addresses of its officers (from a directory or from the Web).
• Read recruiting literature provided by the company.
As your instructor directs
a. Share your findings with a small group of students.
b. Summarize your findings in an email to your instructor.
c. Present your findings orally to the class.
d. Email your findings to the other members of the class.
e. Form a group with two other students to write a blog summarizing the results of this research.