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In the past this would not have been a big issue. Today it is,
because all of that information is so easily accessible. The tools
are readily at your disposal.
One of the significant changes in the job-hunting process
over the past ten to fifteen years has been the arrival of the

phenomenal power of the internet, not just in terms of being
able to find job opportunities on job boards and through online
recruitment agencies, but in terms of the access it provides to

a huge amount of information that is in the public domain and
can be discovered in a few clicks.
You can research most prospective companies by starting
with their website. I don’t mean spending five minutes on the
morning of the interview having a quick look at the home page

while still munching a piece of toast – although, unbelievably,
many, if not most, candidates do not even bother doing that
bare minimum of preparation.

Every company has a website, every company has a whole
stack of information. It is a gateway to their way of doing
business, their beliefs, their mentality, their whole personality.
If you were coming in for that interview at Hamilton
Bradshaw, and you tapped ‘Hamilton Bradshaw’ into Google,

you would be able to find, from our site alone, all of the
deals that we have done, the companies we’ve invested in,
press articles on individual investment directors, plus media

coverage of all our activities. Company websites contain press
releases on new product launches, Careers sections listing
current job vacancies – both of which will tell you which areas
they are actively expanding into. You can find out their o≤ce

80 get the job you really want