Professional networking sites are a natural fit for industry veterans, but what about recent grads? AfterCollege is a great way for those embarking on their career to begin setting up connections with employers and alma mater. Setting up a profile is easy and takes a few minutes, or you can import data from Facebook with one click. Here are some of the reasons why you should establish an AfterCollege profile.
1) BRING YOUR ACADEMIC NETWORK WITH YOU TO THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD
Employers are ramping up their efforts to recruit students and recent grads. An AfterCollege profile lets you stand out and improves your chances of getting a good job. An AfterCollege profile also connects you to your alma mater and to mentors that can provide you with relevant job leads. AfterCollege can also connect you to professional associations you belonged to in college.
Group officers, faculty, and administrators at over 16,000 academic programs and groups at 2,300+ universities use AfterCollege career networks to maintain contact with students and alumni and to share relevant career opportunities with them.
Professional networking sites allow you to showcase your industry experience. But for recent grads with little to no experience, these sites don’t provide as much value.
An AfterCollege profile allows you to highlight your academic affiliations, internships, and professional associations. It also lets you stay connected to classmates and faculty who can have a positive influence in your career down the line.
2) LEVERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM FACULTY AND CLASSMATES
AfterCollege allows you to request recommendations from professors, advisors, coaches and classmates. These individuals can easily write an endorsement for you without having to register on AfterCollege. Your recommendations will be displayed on your public AfterCollege profile. If you choose, you can also make your profile private and share it only with employers whose opportunities you’re interested in.
3) LEARN ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES YOU MAY NOT KNOW WERE OUT THERE
When you set up an AfterCollege profile and join relevant career networks, you’ll receive weekly email digests with relevant opportunities that have been posted by employers interested in your background or matched by AfterCollege based on your profile.
These emails are useful for students actively seeking internships or jobs and for alumni interested in seeing what opportunities are out there. Students and alumni often comment on how AfterCollege makes them aware of relevant opportunities they didn’t know pertained to them.
4) CUSTOMIZED JOB ALERTS FROM YOUR FAVORITE COMPANIES
When you sign up on AfterCollege or update your profile, you can enter companies you’re interested in working for. AfterCollege sends you email alerts whenever these employers post relevant entry-level jobs or internships.
5) CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE
AfterCollege has a strict privacy policy and it does not sell user information. You can make your profile private while still taking advantage of AfterCollege’s services.
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