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Is a corporate alumni program the right next step for your business? We're here to answer all your alumni questions before you start building your...
This expert guide equips you with everything you need to know to create vibrant and engaging events that elevate your corporate alumni program.
Sadhana ran the award-winning Barclays Global Alumni programme, created the London Alumni Directors Forum and continues to share Alumni Management...
Are you missing a trick by using LinkedIn groups instead of a specialised Alumni Management Platform to engage your alumni community?
The former Managing Director in Citibank’s Corporate and Investment Bank shares his experiences building the company’s EMEA alumni program.
Gen Z have shaken up the workforce and everyone's asking, what do they really want? In this guide we'll go through what Gen Z need to thrive at work.
Sadhana ran the award-winning Barclays Global Alumni programme, created the London Alumni Directors Forum and continues to share Alumni Management...
The secret to a successful alumni program is engagement. We've compiled the best corporate alumni engagement strategies that are proven to be...
Bringing former employees back into the company fold doesn't have to be a challenge if you follow these simple steps for the best reboarding...
The alumni networks that have been the most successful at driving engagement, strengthening relationships and providing the most value for their...
Use these 5 best practices to ensure your alumni network is bringing the most value to both you and your former employees.
Many businesses leverage contingent workers as talent. Get insight into the value of this workforce segment, which includes corporate alumni.
Exit interviews are the part of offboarding that will determine the relationship you have with former employees. Here's the best practices for using...
The former Managing Director in Citibank’s Corporate and Investment Bank shares his experiences building the company’s EMEA alumni program.
We talk about the 7 steps it takes to drive value and opportunity for your business and corporate alumni.
The former Managing Director in Citibank’s Corporate and Investment Bank shares his experiences building the company’s EMEA alumni program.
Organizations are recognizing the value of 'Known Person Recruiting', which refers to people who have an existing affinity or relationship to your...
A Boomerang Employee is someone who returns to work for their former employer. The ROI on a boomerang hire has been detailed in our recent research...
Steps to take during offboarding to ensure that departing employees become alumni and a source of future opportunities for the business.
Weaving your corporate alumni community into your company strategy as a business resource represents an opportunity to bolster the business from...
Without an engaged Alumni Group of former employees, an organization cannot have a complete end-to-end employee experience.
To maintain a relationship with your corporate alumni for sales & recruitment, having the right team in place to drive your engagement is critical.
Higher Education Alumni programs will often fail if they don't start by talking to the very community they serve, and ask: “How can we serve you?”
Corporate alumni relations are now at the forefront. Businesses are asking how to use their alumni program to better support ex-employees.
An alumni network is one way to counter the challenge of locating the right freelancers with the right skills, at the right time, and the right cost.
While you bid farewell to an employee, you should be setting them up for an eventual return. Here's how to start rethinking your approach to...
'Employees' and 'Alumni' are often thought of as two distinct groups. Treating them as one community can bring great benefits to how employees engage.
A strong brand is built by strong relationships - so it's worth thinking about finding the best strategies to help you achieve this.
Boomerang employees offer great value to your company. This is how to set yourself up with boomerang success.
An organizations workplace culture doesn’t stop when an employee leaves: focusing on Alumni relations remains part of the employee cycle.
Exploring professional mentorship programs within your alumni strategy can be a motivating factor in engaging highly-valued members of your program.
One powerful thing businesses can do when looking to supercharge engagement of their networks is to conduct a corporate alumni survey.
When star employees leave, recruit them for your organization’s alumni network. To do this, you need to lead with WIIFM (what's in it for me).
As we dive into a new year and many organizations engage with us to launch their Alumni Website, it is important to recognize how others are...
The fears of a recession mean that over half of CEOs have implemented a hiring freeze. Is a stable workforce plan possible at a time of constant...
Recent research shows a clear trend for retirees returning to the workplace. Retired alumni are an untapped source of talent that HR leaders taking...
Visier data shows bringing back an ex-employee not only makes financial sense for them (with an average 28% pay rise), but it's good for your...
Corporate alumni programs can't excel without internal alumni program support. Get tips to embed your program into the employee experience.
Implementing a seamless corporate alumni onboarding experience is vital for setting the tone for member engagement and retention in the long run.
Effective community management can greatly impact organizations. Read our guide for the top five pillars that make up community management.
An alumni engagement survey is the best way to understand your alumni and position them as a source of rehires. Here are 6 reasons why you should run...
An alumni engagement survey is a tool that can help you understand your alumni community. Read our top 5 engagement survey sample questions to ask
One of the biggest questions when setting up a virtual alumni network are how best to keep your alums engaged. Here are 6 ideas for boosting...
Read our guide to discover the eleven effective alumni engagement tools that can strengthen an alumni network and drive business growth.
Want to know how to implement community engagement in your alumni network platform? Read our guide on the strategies for your business
Supercharge the management of your corporate alumni community. Read our guide on how to use corporate alumni software.
Looking at implementing an alumni network platform? Read our guide about the six questions to ask when going through the selection process.
Sometimes the talent you’re looking for is nearer and more familiar than you think. Once you have parted amicably, the priority is to keep in touch.
We provide actionable tips to help you expand and leverage your corporate alumni referral network in support of your business.
Rehiring laid off employees can benefit your business - find out why clients celebrate when you bring boomerang employees back into the mix.
We help you understand how to track metrics and network sentiment to get a close measure of the success of your alumni engagement program.
We walk through the 4 steps to conduct an Alumni sentiment analysis. Find out how corporate alumni feel about your platforms and network.
We dig into why it's important for CEOs to extend dynamic skills and continuous learning opportunities to their alumni and employees alike.
In this new whitepaper, Professors Alison Dachner and Erin Makarius discuss how to systematically design your Corporate Alumni Program for success.
Here are seven alumni engagement metrics that innovative companies have been known to track inside of their corporate alumni platforms.
If the timing isn’t right to re-hire former employees, are they motivated to act as brand advocates who can attract talent to your business?
As the working landscape looks to new horizons amid the Great Resignation, now is the time for corporate alumni networks to shine.
We hear about three ways to navigate the future of talent management, as outlined by HR expert and speaker William Tincup
Referrals are sought after job candidates. Get tips on how to leverage your employee referral networks to access top talent for your business.
Insights from Deloitte's retired Director of Alumni Relations on why the company never says goodbye to talent
A deep dive into retention stats and how often people change jobs. It's not all bad news for the businesses that have alumni programs.
Get expert tips on audience segmentation to pave the way for effective relationship-building with your corporate alumni network.
Develop career paths for your best people to boost long-term talent retention, even after they exit the business.
Five actionable tips to help community managers strengthen their Corporate Alumni Community Management efforts to boost network engagement.
As organizations face difficulties in hiring and retaining staff, employers are not paying enough mind to the benefits that effective offboarding...
A close view of the importance of CSR in corporate alumni relations. We unpack how to get departing employees involved in your initiatives.
Find out how a corporate alumni program can boost your talent and employer branding, helping you attract the top talent to your business.
Six actionable tips to help Community Managers prepare for and see better corporate alumni retention in their business's network.
How do corporate alumni fit into the employee journey? We look at why successful organizations invest in an end-to-end employee experience.
Pointers on how corporate alumni engagement changed after the pandemic caused every aspect of business to tailspin.
Alumni could and should be valuable allies in driving transformation and helping retailers emerge stronger.
It's time to redefine employee retention. Businesses should be looking to retain loyalty and positive sentiment rather than a daily clock-in.
Kathi Enderes of Josh Bersin Academy talks about how organizations can leverage their Alumni Community to rapidly access pre-qualified talent.
Want results from an engaged network of colleagues who are ready to help each other and their former employer? Time to appoint an alumni community...
Recruiting millennials can be a tall order. Find out why your corporate alumni program is a tool to attract them to your business.
Your corporate alumni talent pool is a goldmine. Find out how keeping in touch with people who leave can come full circle later on.
Tips to ensure that your alumni network is a value driver for the people in the alumni community - because engagement doesn't simply happen on its...
We look at how to develop an alumni content strategy that takes your community beyond a glorified mailing list & organically drives engagement.
To reap the rewards of its alumni program, organizations should know who its alumni are: ex-employees, retirees, seasonal workers, and contingent...
Alumni can support an organization’s employee development strategy. They are mentors, coaches, and brand advocates to call upon to support the...
As leaders, it may be difficult to identify what is meaningful and what isn't. Learn how Alumni Community Leaders can drive meaningful member...
Alumni programs have a part to play in organizational success, and can support talent relationship management to achieve business and employee goals...
15 Alumni engagement ideas for Alumni teams to ensure that the talent pool is ready to serve the needs of the business when called upon.
We share expert tips on the 10 business alumni best practices to consider when building a business case to breathe life into your alumni program.
Your future events program will see a blend of self-contained experiences in personal spaces, wrapped with an on-demand and live digital program.
Taking concepts from Michael Arena's Adaptive Space, we look at the four key alumni network roles that enable alumni program adoption in an...
From lead acquisition to conversion to engagement, organizations should approach the alumni digital experience in the same way they would for...
Reach productivity sooner, engaged workforce, consumer-tech grade experience. Find out why an employee experience platform is critical to business...
Reskill, Adapt, and Rehire. Learn strategies to tackle skill shortages, boost talent and optimize your recruitment for the digital age.
For Alumni Leaders, now is the time to engage your Alumni Community, get them involved, & showcase how they can assist the rest of your organization.
Success of an Alumni Network and Platform should be measured based on the goals and objectives defined in your Alumni Strategy
Building an alumni platform on a home-grown, in-house solution might get you off the ground, but it won't get you far if data security's a priority.
Considering the mechanics of hiring & ROI, it makes sense to engage with former employees who will cost a lot less to integrate into your...
Chasing passive candidates typically only fills 11% of roles. This leaves a glaring 89% of roles open, which could be filled by former employees.
Alumni Programs are making their case for a workable budget, despite the incredible returns they deliver to companies investing in boomerang...
Not every Alumni Platform is created equal and when deploying a Corporate Alumni Solution to a global company, it needs to be as contextual to be...
Corporate alumni platforms are a vital step in enabling a re-entry program, re-engaging people who have had a career break or absence from your firm.
An Alumnus is an individual who has had a prior formal relationship with an organization of some form (corporate, non-profit, educational).
Your focus should be on 'How' to launch an alumni network, not 'If' - for competitive advantage & corporate insights, as well as for community...
As we think in terms of the boundaryless organisation, we understand more deeply the central and ongoing role that our alumni play in their wellbeing
Best Practices to deploying an engaging and successful corporate alumni program that delivers value to the Alumni population and drives business...
New customers launching an Alumni Group for their prior employees often make an early decision to exclude pools of people from the program before...
HR has started to shift its focus toward the entire workforce, including their alumni. Here are the ways to attract the brightest and best among them.
Alumni programs are enabling companies to directly impact the bottom line with measurable results across the entire organization, quickly and at low...
Alumni Communications are often overlooked when considering corporate reputation. What's the value of building stronger relationships with former...
For companies establishing or enhancing an existing corporate Alumni platform, how they handle their 'regrettable losses' is an important starting...
Engaging Alumni to drive bottom-line impact in the retail and food-service industry is critical. Look at a departing employee as a promotion to...
A survey identified that over 420,000 professional-level women are currently taking career breaks and were ready to return as boomerang hires.
At Alexander Mann Solutions, our clients are showing real progress in total talent management - an understanding mirrored within our own agile...
Are Alumni Networks Valuable? What do Tesla, YouTube and LinkedIn all have in common? They were all created by the alumni of one company – PayPal.
For many organizations looking to launch an Alumni Program, the first question is often, “Where should our alumni association ‘sit’ – Marketing or...
I used to think it meant someone wasn’t loyal if they left. But now we’re actually reaching out to former employees to see who's interested in...
Do companies actively recognize the value of a strong alumni network? Your employees - past, current, and future - are the core of your company's...
Building a functional mentor program can bridge the gap when keeping talent engaged in their roles - if employers are willing to think outside the...
The alumni database has evolved from an excel spreadsheet with incomplete data into a high performing engagement tool to drive recruitment and sales.
It's time that corporate alumni take their place at the table, fully recognized as a force to be cultivated and nurtured - as well as reckoned with.
Starting a Company Alumni program from scratch means recognizing no program suddenly conjures a herd of former employers stampeding to return.
A Corporate Alumni Program is often prioritized due to a specific organizational need. Dan Klamm delivers a series of Alumni best practices &...
A Boomerang Employee is someone who returns back to their former employer after leaving to go work for another organization or go into retirement.
While corporate alumni shares with university alumni the basic premise of staying in touch with a purpose, its goals are broader and more competitive.
Sodexo’s corporate alumni program is celebration-worthy: boomerang hires had a 44% higher retention rate over a 3 year time frame than other external...
Linking up with corporate alumni networks eliminates the stress and uncertainty that typically comes with managing and recruiting in a modern...
The simple 'Alumni Directory' is no longer enough in delivering value to your alumni network, who want a modern and intelligent experience.
A Corporate Alumni Platform for the Enterprise means it works as part of the ecosystem, is simple to integrate, access & operate and doesn't live in...
Build new revenue streams, save on recruitment and enhance your employer brand, all through the power of alumni.