Experiences at Dow Jones & Company

Wrote and edited business articles under tight deadlines.?? Reported on corporate developments, such as earnings, lawsuits and clinical trials. Drafted headlines to explain developments at publicly traded companies and other organizations.?? Composed Hot Stock stories that account reasons behind the movement of a company's market price.?? Prepared articles that highlight excerpts from conference calls....

Researched, prepared and updated profiles for companies trading on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange or Nasdaq. Maintained the Professional Investors Report profiles database. Developed boilerplates for real-estate investment trusts and closed-end funds.

Wrote articles related to standard corporate developments such as mergers, stock offerings and contracts. Prepared?? statistical reports?? including hourly releases on key interest rates, New York Stock Exchange transactions and Chicago Board of Options Exchange most active call and put option series. Drafted earnings alerts, trading blocks, as well as price and volume alerts....

The culture of Dow Jones values education and a demonstrated skillset. The one thing that makes a candidate stand out is when they show that they are a reader of The Wall Street Journal who can apply what they have read to a variety of sales situations.

In my current role I manage the recruitment (employment) and franchise business advertising categories for The Wall Street Journal classified advertising department. My responsibilities include directing the sales activities of outside sales reps in three West Coast offices while handling an ad sales assigment of my own while being directly accountable for achieving and exceeding sales targets and producing revenue forecasts....

It's basically a nice company to work for in that it's one of the few that offers a 35 hour work week and a generous vacation package.

But on the downside, if you're looking for an IT position, there are a few things you need to know. Dow Jones is currently outsourcing more and more of its IT and accounting work overseas. This has resulted in several layoffs. There are some open positions but job security in IT and accounting is questionable at this time.

Dow Jones has a union for its non-management employees. This tends to be a real pain in the neck when the union and management are negotiating a contract and has resulted in salary freezes lasting as long as 2 years. Dow Jones is the only company I've come across whose IT department is part of a union....