How important was the alumni network for you/your D/S?

momocarly
Wed, 27 Mar 2019 15:20:11 +0000

For my son the alumni connections have been valuable. He is a college sophomore this year. His senior year in hs he was looking for a summer shadowing job with a vet or a vet assistant paid position. Through his network he saw a friend sharing a FB add for a local vet hiring a full time vet tech. This was an equine vet (what my son wants to do) but son of course could not do that job. He chose to go ahead and contact the vet to see if he could shadow him. They had a phone conversation and it turns out the vet is an alumni of the vet school that my son will be attending (OOS). That got him a foot in the door. After his interview he has had a paid position for the past two summers and this one coming up. The alumni has become his mentor and has taught him a lot, giving him much more responsibility than he would have had at most other clinics.

He has also become very good friends with the alumni advisor to his fraternity (since he is the President of the fraternity). The alumni is a recently retired CEO of a major corporation and currently on the board for several national companies. He has learned a lot about the business world from this connection and has a great LOR source when he needs it.