Communicating at Work: Principles and Practices for Business and Professions, 7/e

Ronald B. Adler
Jeanne Marquardt Elmhorst

Types of Interviews

Annotated Links

Searching for Company Information
Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com) This directory is the electronic equivalent of the card catalog in a traditional library. Typing the name of a particular company into a directory will produce a list of Web pages which have identified as focusing on the organization in question.



Alta Vista (http://www.altavista.digital.com) Utilize this site to generate a far larger list of pages in which the name of a company is mentioned.



Yellow Pages (http://yp.yahoo.com/) If you are looking for the address or phone number of a company, consider using this lookup tool.



Company Locator (http://www.careerbuilder.com) This Web based tool is specifically designed to locate information about organizations.

Job Leads on the Internet According to the Internet Business Network, over 40,000 employers will be posting job announcements on the web by the end of 1998. Some of the best job sites on the Web include:
America's Job Bank (http://www.ajb.dni.us)



America's Employers (http://www.americasemployers.com)



Career Builder (http://www.careerbuilder.com)



Best Jobs U.S.A. (http://www.bestjobsusa.com)



The Monster Board (http://www.monster.com)

Negotiating a Salary It is usually best to save a discussion of salary until you have been offered a job. The way you handle this issue can make a significant difference in the pay and benefits you receive. To discover what others are paid for the kind of work you do you can explore compensation levels in your field or industry through information provided on sites such as:
Jobsmart (http://jobsmart.org)



CareerBuilder (http://www.careerbuilder.com)



Career City (http://www.careercity.com)



Metacrawler (http://www.metacrawler.com)

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