EVE New Citizens Q&A

There is an ingame recruitment system.

You can find it using one of the panels of the captain's quarters screen or via the corp window.

Set some filters and get to serachin ^^

There is in game recruitment and there is also a corp recruitment forum.

It is hard as the choosing of a corp is a big deal and will probably determin your level of enjoyment in EvE.
Make sure what ever corp you do join you get to know them first. Most corps will have a public chat channel you can join and ask questions. Get to know them and maybe fly with them before joining.

Some questions to ask.

1) what time zone are you most active in?
2)how many are active during your play time
3)What do you focus on in EvE
4)What sort of noobie programs do you offer(eg free ships and skill books)
5)Do you use a voice chat program(ie vent team speak)

As I'm a dedicated recruiter for some time now I have a lot of tips and tricks to find a right corp:

First of all, take your time to find a corp. Search for multiple corps in EVE that you think are the ones you really like, don't just jump into the first corp you see on a list it might not be the best one.

When you have a list of corps that you consider to join do some research on them. With research I mean take a look at their history (how old is the corp, which alliance is it in (or has it been part of in the past). Also you could use evemaps.dotlan.net and evewho.com to check more info on the corp (dotlan has graphs on for instance how many people are in the corp, so you can see if it's a growing or shrinking corp etc. Evewho.com has a list of all known members in that corp, so you can see who is in there and check these members out a bit in EVE).

Last tip. Most (if not all) corporations in EVE have a dedicated recruitment / public channel (usually listed in the corp description), join those. Most of the time the recruiters of the corp are active in it and sometimes even the general members hang around, if you are lucky there might even be old-corp members in there (usually a good sign as they left the corp but still keep in touch with them, which means they left on good terms). In these recruitment / public channels you can ask any question you might have for the corp and in the same time get to know a couple of people who are part of the corp so when you join not everybody in corp-chat is a stranger to you.

Here are some basic questions you can/should ask when you are talking to a new corp:
1.) What is your main time-zone? *It's best if their main time-zone is the same as yours*
2.) How many players are active at this moment? *If the corp is say 120 people in size but only 3 are online usually you are out of their prime time-zone or it has a lot of inactive members / alts*
3.) What is the main focus of the corp? *No need to join a PvP corps if you like to be a miner*
4.) What services does the corp supply? *Ship replacement, logistics to move stuff around, etc.*
5.) What is the attitude of the corp? *Are they real-life first or hardcore EVE players who think EVE is a fulltime job*
6.) How do you communicate? *chat only, eve voice, 3rd party voice comms [TS3, Mumble, Vent]*
7.) Are there any requirements to join? *Some corps have a minimum amount of SP you need to have, this is mainly to minimize spy risks and maximize your survivabilty in for instance null-sec / WH-space*

Under NO circumstances pay anybody money to join a corp, it will always be a scam.
Also when you join a corp that pushes you into shipping your stuff by others, first try it out with small stuff. See if they don't steal it. Upgrade from small to larger more expensive stuff in small steps. And always keep 1 or 2 ships in a spot you like, just in case something bad happens, so you can always return to your safe station and use those 1 or 2 ship(s) to start over.

EDIT:

When a corp doesn't work out for you, just leave and find a new one. You are in no way bound to the corp you joined, you can switch if you want. Keep in mind though, try to research them before you join them for 1 day and leave again, as recruiters will look at your corp history (public information) and having a long list of corps you are in for 1 day might get you rejected by others.

Also there are AFAIK 3 ways to find a corp:

1.) EVE Forums, it has a separate forum folder just made for corp and alliance recruiting. I believe as a trial you can look into it but just can't post there. (not that many people post in there besides the usuall recruiter adverts and related bumps)

2.) Ingame chat channel, this is called recruitment. To open it, go to your chat window and on the top right there should be a speech balloon. Click it and in the pop-up typ in recruitment and then click join. In there you will find a lot of recruiters spamming adverts but it is also possible to ask questions.

3.) Ingame search program. If you open the corp-window (9th from above in the old UI, which is going to be overhauled on the 24th, it looks like 5 stars located around a planet) and then go to the recruitment tab. In the recruitment tab there is a sub-tab called Search. in there you can fill out a lot of options about what you like to do, when teh corp should be active etc. Once you filled everything out, hit search and EVE will list you all possible corps (keep in mind corps can manipulate to be more on top of most requested searches, also some corps that have wider range of stuff or active timezones will be more down teh list but might suit you better, don't just join the top listed corp).

EDIT 2:

There is no real easy list of all corps in EVE, as corps are made or closed every day. That list will be thousands of corps long and would have to change/update every hour or so.

And how much I (and others) would love to point you towards a corp you should join, it is not that easy. Most people will direct newer players to E-UNI for 1 reason, as they are good at teaching newer players (which will in the end mean, those players will get to like EVE more as they had good guidance). Suggesting any other corps will be near impossible (unless it is another teaching corp like E-UNI) as we don't know what you like to do in EVE so we can't see which corps would best suit you.

That is one of the main advantages of EVE in my opinion, it's a sandbox, so you can do what you like at any time (true ISK and Skills help with certain things) but there is no level-restriction on stuff, if you want null-sec from day 1, you can, it will be hard though. So when you search for a corp, the main question will always be, if I join them, will I have fun playing this game? If the answer is no, move on and look for another corp. If the answer is yes, might want to check them out a bit more and maybe even join them to find out.

Thank you, tried to make it shorter, but wasn't possible to word it shorter without loosing the important stuff