2020: Looking beyond the company website: Developing business research skills

**Part of the ECR Network's Explore ~ Consider ~ Redefine: A suite of career events for ECRs

Business research skills can be very beneficial. As a job seeker in a competitive job market, reliable information about a company, it’s executives and the industry it operates in will help give you a competitive edge. As a researcher at Macquarie University you have access to commercial databases for company and industry research.

As part of the inaugural ECR Careers Week 2020 Lisa Fittock from MQ Library will show you through the databases available to you to enhance your understanding of organisations relevant to your areas of research. Through the use of these tools you can start to create a list of potential employers (or research partners) in order to tap into the hidden job (research opportunity) market, develop an understanding of company strategies, culture and values to refine your list down to companies you would want to work for, and gain insights into the company and its leadership team (essential for interview preparation).

GR Supervisors

Mid Career/Senior Researchers

Graduate Research Students

Early Career Researchers