Career Research Guide

Job Search Focused Industry Sources

Use these resources to quickly learn career-specific industry information, like employment projections and salary details.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
This website produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides an overview of various occupations, which are often concentrated in specific industries.
MyGSB Career Resources
Current students can find additional GSB Career Resources in MyGSB.

Popular industry databases are listed below. See the General Industry Sources guide for additional resources.

CB Insights
Available to current Stanford faculty, staff, and students. Valid Stanford email address required for registration. 6,000 downloads per user per year.

CB Insights tracks VC- and angel-backed private companies and their investors and private company M&A and IPO activities.
It contains some industry reports and you can drill down to company-level funding metrics to learn more. Note certain portions of the database (such as Expert Intelligence Reports) are unavailable to us.
IBISWorld
U.S., Global, and China industry reports, and business environment reports.

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D&B Hoovers (formerly: OneSource)
One stop shop for analyst reports, company information, industry information and news.
- Industry overviews by Datamonitor, Freedonia Group, U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook
- Key financial ratios
- Details of major industry participants
- Market share statistics and tables
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
- Industry Surveys providing an overview and trends of major U.S. industries and select sub-industries
- Key industry players, ratios and statistics
- Guide to further key resources in an industry in the Industry References section of Industry Surveys
BMI Research
- Country Risk reports
- Key national developments globally including country SWOT analysis
- Global analysis on industries such as Commercial Banking, Information Technology, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, and Renewables.