Most Carleton alums are friendly, helpful, and eager to answer questions
you might have about different professions, industries, cities, etc.
Here's how alums can help you:
| Helpful Advice--Have questions about a particular job
or career field? Talk to an alum about their job to see if it's
right for you! Feel free to ask questions about employers, cities,
their job, and how Carleton helped prepare them for it. Set up
a business lunch or informational call (informational
interviewing) or e-mail them and find out what you needed
to know. Stop by the Career Center to ask about contacting alumni. |
| Jobs--Alumni are great resources for researching and
finding jobs. They can offer information, ideas, advice, and maybe
even names of other people to contact. However--and this is the
cardinal rule--Don't Ask Other Alums For A Job. It puts them in
an awkward spot if they can't deliver and furthermore, if they
get inundated they are less likely to help others. If you do get
to know an alumni through informational
interviewing, though, don't be all that surprised if they
offer you a job. It's been known to happen in the past.
Another possibility, and the most likely one, in fact, is that
an alum may recommend another contact person for a job opening.
(That's called networking, and it really does work!) |
Want to get in touch with an alum in a field you're interested in?
Call the Career Center at 507-646-4293 or e-mail kpeterso@acs.carleton.edu.
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