What should you know about a company?

leave-a-replyThe page “What should you know about a company?” gives you a list of topic you should research before you write a cover letter

1. The company

• Size of organization (comparison to other
companies in industry)
• Number of years in business; history of organization
• Geographical locations, corporate headquarters
• Products and services, clientele
• Background of top management
• Values, company culture
• Organizational structure, climate
• Current financial condition
• Annual sales growth for past five years
• Competition
• Reputation
• Future outlook
• News stories about company; any new
developments, trends

About the author: Vic Grosjean

Chartered Engineer with 15 years of Ocean experience, Vic Grosjean is Principal Consultant at OceanX Group, an Engineering Consultancy specialising in Environmental Monitoring solutions. As a leader and community educator, he strives for projects to reduce water pollution on a global scale and make a long-term difference for humanity. His career focus is to build collaboration between organizations in order to advance Engineering and preserve the Environment with the ultimate goal of Saving our Oceans.