Library: Private Companies: Interviews and Media Sites

Interviews

An important method of of finding out what is happening within a private company is to locate interviews of the CEO or senior management. By peering into their thoughts, you may determine what makes them tick and what determines the way they run the company. You will find out about their attitudes, opinions, and strategic thinking. In addition, they might reveal their revenue, the number of employees in their company, their culture, and their growth rate.

Vault Provides company profiles that offer interviews of employees who work for individual companies. Atone time, their profiles were free but now there will be charges for some info.

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Provides nearly 3,300 full text scholarly publications, including more than 1,000 peer-reviewed journals. Subject areas include: accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, sales, etc. Indexing and abstracting from 1965-present. Some cases indexing go back further than 1965. Updated daily.

Follow the steps in this video to find an interview in Business Source Premier:
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Follow these steps to find an interview in this database:

From the home screen, under Nexis Uni, select: Advanced Search

Select News,
then, type your search (eg. warren buffet and interview* (don't forget the asterisk to find both singular and plural)
then, change the field search box to: Headline and Lead Sections

When the Results screen opens, use the navigation column on the left to limit to People, then specify the person you're searching.

Continue using the Limit functions in the left column. If you're interested in News shows and transcripts, under Publication Type, highlight News Transcripts.

New Media Sites

You can learn a great deal about any company based on the publicly accessible feedback you glean from professional and employment websites. Based on what people list on their employment histories, you can fill in isolated bits of information such as: salaries, type of employees, job openings (which would lead to knowledge of their projects and priorities), etc. When searching, use as many titles as you need to complete the picture; sales, business development, account manager, etc.

GlassDoor Glassdoor is a website where current and former employees anonymously review companies and their management.
LinkedIn LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Founded in 2002. It is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs. As of 2015, most of the company's revenue came from selling access to information about its members to recruiters and sales professionals. As of March 2019, LinkedIn had 610 million registered members in 200 countries.
PayScale PayScale links individuals and businesses to the largest salary profile database in the world. Use PayScale to discover what you are worth
ZipRecruiter.com Provides direct employer data by location. There is an interactive widget that students can use to see prospective majors, they might be interested and see job titles and salary data.