Career resources

Key sources

• Online Career Library (Vault Guides)
• Desautels Faculty of Management Career Services
• McGill Career Planning Service (CaPS)
• Encyclopedia of Careers & Vocational Guidance 
  Contains information on the educational and skill requirements of different careers as well as career prospects.

Company & Industry Information

Make sure you research the company you want to work for or the industry you want to work in, prior to writing your cover letter and going your interviews.

• Factiva
  Full-text news and financial information - International.
• FP Infomart
  All-in-one source of information on Canadian companies tracked by the Financial Post Data Group, as well as related stories from the Financial Post (National Post).
• Passport GMID (Euromonitor)
  Background, competitive environment, market share, outlook, related industry reports and more.
• Hoover's Company Records
  Find up to date proprietary editorial content covering more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives.
• International Directory of Company Histories
  3-6 page long public company histories
• Marketline (Datamonitor) 
  Contains SWOT, competitors, market share, related industry reports.
• Mergent Online
  International coverage, contains public and private companies (click on D&M 20M tab for private company search). Comprehensive financials, competitors, annual reports, and more.

Company rankings

• Business Week Company Lists
• Forbes Lists
• Fortune's Top 100 MBA Employers
• Working Mother's Best Companies

Tech Industry

• Canadian Business Tech 100
• ComputerWorld's Best 100 IT Companies
• Deloitte's TechFast50

Top in Canada

• Canada's Top 100 Employers
• Canadian Business 50 Top New Growth Companies
• Corporate Knight's Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada
• Deloitte & Touche's 50 Best Managed
• Report on Business: Canada's top 1000 public companies by profit
• Waterstone HR's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures

Job Hunting & Deciding on a Job Market

Search the McGill Library catalogue for books on these subjects:

• Job Hunting
• Career Changes

• Job Futures - Government of Canada information on job duties, educational requirements, average wages, unemployment rate, & work prospects.
• Encyclopedia of Careers & Vocation Guidance - great resource for overview of educational requirements, job overview etc.
• Emploi Quebec - Quebec government information on job duties, educational requirements, average wages, unemployment rate, & more.
• Canada Salary Calculator - The Canada Salary Calculator will give you an idea about typical salaries in every region of Canada.
• Canadian Salary Survey - The Canadian Salary Survey provides a summary of the range of salaries that are currently being earned by professionals in each of numerous skilled occupations, listed as A, B, or 0 on the National Occupation Classification (NOC).
• What color is your parachute? : a practical manual for job-hunters & career-changers
• Working world : careers in international education, exchange, and development
• Starting your career as a Wall Street Quant

Creating Résumés, Cover Letters, & Interview Preparation

See this list of books at the library. 

For additional books, search the McGill Library catalogue for books on these subjects:

• Application for positions
• Résumés (Employment)
• Cover letters
• Employment interviewing

Guide last updated January 2013