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Career Research Guide
Job Search Focused Industry Sources
Use these resources to quickly learn career-specific industry information, like employment projections and salary details.
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Vault Career InsiderAvailable to current GSB faculty, staff, and full-time students (MBA, MSx, PhD). Valid Stanford email address required for registration
Vault guides, industry & company information, career advance, etc.
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Occupational Outlook HandbookThis website produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides an overview of various occupations, which are often concentrated in specific industries.
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MyGSB Career ResourcesCurrent students can find additional GSB Career Resources in MyGSB.
Researching Industries
Popular industry databases are listed below. See the General Industry Sources guide for additional resources.
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CB InsightsAvailable 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. -
IBISWorldU.S., Global, and China industry reports, and business environment reports.
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D&B HooversOne 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
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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.