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Vault CareerInsider Online Library

  • In-depth eBook employer guides as well as career field guides
  • Snapshot profiles for 2500 companies

Case Questions Interactive

  • Business case interview questions
  • Practice for management consulting and technology company job interviews
  • By Marc Cosentino, author of Case in Point: Complete Case Interview Preparation

    Rich's Directory of HighTech and BioTech Companies

    1. First click on Product Code button to search by categories such as: Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Medical Device, Pharmaceutical and Drug Discovery, Aerospace/Aircraft, Lasers/Optics/Photonics, Robotics, and Semiconductors.
    2. Click the Proximity button to restrict by zip code or area code.
    3. Click the Company button to restrict by size of company.

    Lexis-Nexis Create a Company List

    1. Select blue "Companies" button in left-hand column
    2. Choose "Dossier tm Create a Company List"
    3. Search by:
      • North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code
      • Geographic location
      • Number of employees
      • Sales/revenue

      BIG Guide to Living and Working Overseas

      The BIG Guide provides guidance for those considering going abroad to intern, volunteer, study, teach, travel, or work. It is focused on helping users develop their International IQs, build strong cross-cultural skills and learn about international job hunting.

      Access is available for those who have a Stanford University or Stanford Alumni Association email address.

      Uniworld

        • U.S. companies with overseas branches
        • Overseas companies with U.S. branches
        • 200,000 companies in 190 countries

        The Versatile PhD

        With funding support from the Vice Provost for Graduate Education

        A resource on non-academic careers for grad students in humanities and social science:

        • Read first-person stories written by real humanities and social science PhDs and ABDs who have established non-academic careers.
        • Join a thriving, supportive web-based community and dialogue with "Versatile PhDs" in and outside the academy.
        • Completely confidential. No one at any university will know you are on this web site unless you tell them. Not your advisor, not your peers ... nobody.

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