LibGuides: Career Research: Research an Industry

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Look Before You Leap (Industry Research)

Knowing a lot about the company you are applying to is key, but you should also have an understanding of the industry or industries in which the company operates.

Check out industry reports for an overview, keep up with industry news, and learn about what percentage of a specific market ("market share") a company has, using online resources available on the open web or through Clovis Community College.

Business Source Complete
Provides full-text articles from more than 2,300 journals in all disciplines of business, market research and industry reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses.

Current Industrial Reports (US Census Bureau)
The Current Industrial Report (CIR) program provides monthly, quarterly, and annual measures of industrial activity, including data on production and shipments of selected products.
ValuationResources.com
A free resource that covers more than 400 industries. For each industry, it includes overviews, key issues, trends and the industry's outlook as well as financial bench marking, compensation surveys and valuation resources.
International Trade Administration Office of Industry Analysis
Provides information including international statistics, industry analysis, competitiveness, trade data as well as recent reports and news about a number of different industries.
Industry Outlooks (Deloitte)
Deloitte offers industry prediction reports for state government, banking and securities, commercial real estate, energy and resources, insurance, payments, process and industrial products, renewable energy, retail and talent strategies industries.
Yahoo Industry Center
Yahoo Industry Center offers a browsable Industry Index where you can find financial market data by industry, compare performance of top companies within an industry, and find news and top-ranked analysts.
Industries at a Glance (US Bureau of Labor Statistics)
From the U.S. Bureau of Labor, includes reports on over 100 industries, organized by NAICS code or industry name, focusing on employment, labor, and trends.