First-Year Career Milestones – Conduct an Informational Interview
Why it matters
The Alumni Career Advisor Network is an online mentoring platform that connects you with alumni to explore potential careers, job search advice, networking, and more! Whether you want to learn more about a career path, have an interview coming up, or need to give your resume a tune up, alumni are there to help. The platform uses a matching algorithm to connect you to ideal alumni advisors based on information included in your profile. Conversations with alumni can take place via phone, video, chat, or in person. One of the greatest benefits of engaging alumni career advisors is the ability to receive career advice from professionals working in the field. Student advisees who actively engage with alumni for career advice are 18% more likely to graduate with a full time job.
Instructions
- Register as an advisee
- Visit the
- Click 鈥淕et Advice鈥 and create your profile
- Enter your contact information and career goals
- View suggested advisor matches and request a consultation, or view all advisors
- Search and select an advisor
- Browse advisor profiles to find someone you鈥檙e interested in talking to
- Filter advisors by function, industry, employer, type of consultation, location, field of study, language, and more
- Once you鈥檝e found an advisor, click on their profile to learn more about them and book a consultation
- Book your consultation
- Select a time to connect with them under 鈥淏ook a Consultation鈥
- Suggest three meeting times and write a message introducing yourself and outlining what you鈥檇 like to get out of the consultation
- Submit your request and wait for the advisor to accept one of your suggested times
- Connect with your advisor
- Your consultation homepage allows you to message your advisor and upload files before your session
- Dial in to the conference line provided to connect with your advisor at the scheduled time
First-Year Milestones Submission Instructions:
- Complete the .听
- Include the name of your advisor, the date you met, a screenshot of your meeting or of the booking confirmation, and indicate one action you plan to take as a result of your conversation with an alumni advisor.
- Respond to the following reflection question. Please keep your response to about one paragraph, 100-200 words.
What did you learn from your conversation, and how will it help you as you explore careers, build your network, or prepare for future opportunities? - Your submission will be reviewed, and you will receive a notification once the milestone has been approved.