Company Research

Name: Chelsea Gonzales

Week 4: Career and Company Research

Template and Grading Rubric

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This document contains the template you will use to complete this assignment. Save the file by adding your last name to the filename (e.g. Week4_Career_Company_Research_Template_Smith.docx). Be sure to proofread and spell check your work before you submit it.

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A grading rubric is also available at the end of this document.

There are TWO parts to the Career and Company Research assignment.

Part 1: Complete the table below and link your one-, two-, and five-year goals (recall that you identified these in the Week 2 Self-assessment Assignment) to specific company research. You can also use employers you identified in the Week 2 assignment if you wish. (50 POINTS)

GOALS | One-year Goal | Two-year Goal | Five-year Goal |

| My one year goal is to remain with my current employer to gain more skills needed to be an asset in today’s job market. | To continue working on my accounting skills at an entry level position while also attending school for my Bachelors degree. | To obtain my degree so that I can be employed at a stable public or government accounting position |

EMPLOYERS | Employer of Choice for One-year Goal | Employer of Choice for Two-year Goal | Employer of Choice for Five-year Goal |

Name, location(s), contact information | Gonzales Brothers Transport | | |

Products and/or services | Transportation and selling Metal | | |

Number of employees | 7 employees | | |

Annual sales/profits/growth for the past year | 1 million | | |

Potential for growth of the firm and the industry as a whole | According to The U.S. Department of Labor considers transportation a high-growth industry. It has benefited from new technology that allows cargo to be tracked and delivery times to be more precise, but also it is cyclical and often mirrors trends in the...