For this report, you will research and analyze the companies (one per student) that you may want to target in your future job searches, and you will determine which company (one, both, or neither) fits your requirements.

For this report, you will research and analyze the companies (one per student) that you may want to target in your future job searches, and you will determine which company (one, both, or neither) fits your requirements.

The research paper (first and final draft) should follow the guidelines for an analytical report. The first draft will only be the 4 paragraphs of SWOT on your company. If there are 2 students in the group, your first draft will contain 8 SWOT paragraphs, and if there are three students in the group, your first draft will contain 12 SWOT paragraphs.

Because most of the information that will be presented in the report will be from secondary sources, you must follow the APA guidelines for in-text citations, and references, as well as the use of headings.

Report Sections:

Cover Page

Table of contents

**Introduction – Present the reason why the report is being written, the nature of the opportunity you are facing, the scope of your research, sources of materials, and what conclusion you reached (direct approach). This is a brief statement about which company you preferred as your number 1 choice of an employer. (There are several possible conclusions you might draw – you prefer 1 of the companies over another, or both companies are appealing to you, or neither company meets your requirements.) You will also forecast what you will be writing about in the rest of your paper.

**Company Evaluations – In this section, you will present your evidence. You will report for each company the following:

Company Background and History

SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, threats) Each part has to have its own paragraph with proper in-text citations.

**Conclusion –Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of each company and give your final reasons for choosing one company over the other.

**Next Steps – What will be your next steps in following up on this report as you begin planning for your career? What do you need to do to be ready to begin your job search and choose a company?

Reference page – following APA guidelines 7th edition (without the annotated bibliography synopsis)

Important Note:

The Word count required for this assignment must be met. (see course syllabus)

The research paper must be proofread and edited.

The paper must sound as if one person wrote it, not multiple people.

Report length alone will not necessarily result in a high or low score. Your in-depth research, details, and findings provided for your audience, along with the correct citation will factor in your grade.

Marketline and Hoovers must be cited in the in-text citation as (Marketline, Year) and (Hoover’s, Year). However, when citing them in the references, they must be cited as ProQuest and EBSCOhost