Verizon.com is a site which offers Local Exchange Carrier (LEC), long distance plans, and Internet services to business, government, and wholesale customers. If you are looking for a job at Verizon, the “Verizon Careers” area offers links resources for finding jobs at corporate headquarters; business centers; customer service, IT, and sales; and internal service. In a different bar there are options for students, including summer internships.

You can create a Verizon.com account. Residential you can place items that range from televisions to phones in your shopping cart in the top right, and can navigate a wide variety of options for your devices online. For example, cell phone you can upgrade your phone, change your plan, and pay a monthly bill. A bright red drop-down menu makes it easier to navigate the site, and includes options for support, including customer forums and FAQs, a menu that facilitates monitoring “My Verizon” account, options for businesses and businesspeople, “features”, which include ring tone selection and games, an exhaustive selection of plans from home phones to business phones, and an array of devices to select, such as Blackberry phones.

In the top right corner, you can locate a store, selecting either a Zip Code or State to refine your search to a city, and eventually arrive at individual stores listings with store hours, contact information, a map, and services available at the location.

There is an area under “Wireless” for you to sign up for phone deals and packages, which vary in price and features. There are also options which vary from information about employee discounts to text messaging.

Verizon attracts an audience who generally do not have a college education.