Incorporating Student Career Development into Alumni Engagement Strategy
Career Development and Alumni Engagement departments each have unique goals to focus on. However, the work we both do regularly overlaps in scope, format, and impact. From the student perspective, alumni can provide professional insights and career connections providing great value to their career development journeys. From the alumni side, engaging with students can be a meaningful way of giving back to the campus community, creating a significant experience that can positively affect their relationship with the University. As career development practitioners, we regularly engage alumni in student career programming in various forms from panels, career chats, site visits, externships, interviews, and more, which have multi-faceted benefits. As a career services professional that recently merged into the Advancement Department, the intersection of department goals and collaboration opportunities are top of mind. Learn about the role career can play in student and alumni engagement and things to consider when planning your alumni engagement strategy. Hear ideas to strategically plan programs benefiting both students and alumni, partnering together in a way that is impactful to all involved.