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Company Research Paper Example

Assignment description

Company research is an effective way to evaluate suitability of a workplace and to prepare for a job interview. Learning about a company helps you understand the corporate culture of that company and provides you with insight into generating intelligent questions and comments during an interview. By researching a company, you may get ideas about how you and the company align in terms of goals and philosophies. It also gives the interviewer a good impression of you if you can speak confidently about their company and the products and/or services they offer. Finally, company research can provide information about the labour market including employment trends, job descriptions, skill requirements, average wage, and business competitors. In this assignment, you will find a job posting that appeals to you, and complete research about that company.  Finally, you may apply to the job if you wish. This assignment is worth 10% of your final score for this course. 

Assignment steps

To complete this assignment:

This is an individual assignment. Be sure to choose a different company to research than the one you chose in CPP1. 

1. Conduct a real job search and find a suitable posting in your field to which you could apply.
2. Research the company in the posting.
3. See the Company Research Paper Example below.
4. Write  one-page, double-spaced research paper about this company following the example provided.
5. Your research paper should include:
   • The name of the company.
   • The company's website.
   • The name, title, phone number, and email address of a contact from the company.
   • The address of the company (head office and/or local branches).
   • The size of the company: the number of locations and the number of employees.
   • The company's mission statement.
   • A description of the products and/or services they provide.
   • Details about their hiring situation, policies, and procedures such as: when they hire, what kinds of positions they hire for, where they advertise job postings.
   • Details about current job openings.
   • Other key information such as the history of the company, community involvement, recent growth, awards, recognition, media attention and so on.
   • Explanation about why you are interested in this role and in this company.
   • Explanation about why you would be a great fit.
6. Edit your research paper for content, formatting, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.