The New Way to Network
The old way of networking isn’t serving students and alumni. And it isn’t serving universities either.
Solutions
Higher education’s first Career Access Platform™ that connects students with peers & alumni.
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All learners, students and alumni alike, deserve a career network that’s truly helpful – and that’s PeopleGrove.
Universities
When schools give complete career support, they create greater value for their entire community.
For Universities
Platform
The first Career Access Platform™ of its kind where learners can explore, connect, and grow.
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Mentorship
Programs easy for learners to engage in and for admins to manage.
Students & Alumni Groups
Create a strong university community and boost engagement.
Network Builder
Smart technology to drive growth and user engagement.
Networking
Reinventing access to social capital and opportunities.
Event Management & Promotion
Reach all audiences with one channel to promote and manage events.
Admin Control
Increase productivity and reduce manual work with easy-to-use software.
Career Exploration
Learners can discover career paths and get information about them.
Alumni & Business Directory
Bring data to life with an improved alumni and business directory.
Add-ons & Integrations
Easy to integrate with the best-in-class career access apps.
Job Connections
Find job opportunities and a clear path into a career.
Analytics & Data
See the tangible transformation PeopleGrove makes.
Success Stories
Read how schools leverage PeopleGrove in their communities.
See All StoriesUniversity of Kansas
How University of Kansas scales career services to their 375,000 alumni
Michigan State University
How Michigan State ensures academic and career success for students
University of Miami
How the Toppel Career Center joined forces with alumni to provide career guidance to students
Resources
Explore blogs, webinars, whitepapers, and more resources to enhance how students and alumni connect.
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Resources for all users.
Blog
Read posts about how PeopleGrove meets higher education’s ever-changing needs at every turn.
Events
In-person or online, join PeopleGrove for unmatched experiences, conferences, webinars, and more.
Research Library
A collection of stories, events, research, and best practices to transform learners’ experiences.
Super Mentors Book
The ordinary person’s guide to asking extraordinary people for help.
Training
Your one-stop-shop for all things PeopleGrove training.
Innovators Community
Learn from thought leaders and practitioners in both higher education and workforce development.
About
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The old way of networking isn’t serving students and alumni. And it isn’t serving universities either.
With as many as 80% of jobs going unposted, getting one can be all about who you know. But for students and alumni without connections, including first gen learners who don’t have an inherited network, there’s PeopleGrove.¹ With it, schools help learners build the social capital needed to succeed in their careers – leading up to graduation or years after.
No Prior Network Required
With PeopleGrove, all students and alumni can easily tap the entire active alumni community to build their own wildly helpful professional network, access unposted career opportunities, and create a personal Board of Advisors. And it teaches learners how with smart recommendations for who to contact and what to say.
Networking Impacts Universities
say they plan to network with alumni or professional while in school.²
Gen Zers pursue higher education are good jobs, good pay, and career foundations.³
say their network through PeopleGrove makes them more likely to see their degree as "worth it."⁴
For every group a university serves, PeopleGrove makes career networking simple, accessible, and enjoyable. There’s no reaching out cold to strangers – and a whole lot less to fear.
Students and alumni seeking career help can easily connect with more experienced professionals.
Institutions can offer their communities a network that’s helpful, healthy, and active for years to come.
Tips & Tools for Talking
Students shouldn’t have to know how to network like a professional when they’re not a professional yet. With all kinds of writing help, including prefilled chat messages, PeopleGrove lights the way.
Message Helper suggests how to sound more professional as learners type.
Pre-formatted templates teach learners how to make a specific ask.
Friendly Video Faces
Only PeopleGrove has video intros that make alumni feel less like strangers. Way more than static resumes, alumni profiles are richly annotated career journeys, painting a picture of who the alumnus/alumnae is and how friendly they are.
Online Now helps prioritize who to message for help right now.
Super Mentor pathways teach learners how to aim high and ask again.
Real Job Results
When asked, students report they are making networking connections in PeopleGrove that are helping them get jobs.
of students said a connection in PeopleGrove opened doors that got them employment.⁴
first generation students with 5+ connections are more likely to say PeopleGrove got them a good job or internship.⁴
Increase Ways to Give Back
Alumni want to give to their alma maters — but not everyone has money or time to contribute on a regular basis. With PeopleGrove, it’s really easy to start giving back as a knowledge sharer, making a difference in a matter of minutes.
LinkedIn integration imports a user’s education and work experience instantly.
Calendar sync allows users to block in availability, even if it’s just a short (but still impactful!) window.
What a Resume Should Do
Unlike Graduway and LinkedIn, where learners see just resumes, alumni profiles in PeopleGrove come to life. In addition to education and work experience, PeopleGrove prompts alumni to tell the how and why behind their career moves. This multimedia content is instant to record and add, and it makes alumni more approachable, sparking conversations between users.
When surveyed, alumni report networking in PeopleGrove is helping them find value in their alma mater.
agreed that, because of PeopleGrove, they’re more likely to recommend their school to potential applicants.⁴
agreed that, because of PeopleGrove, they’re more likely to give back in other ways to the community.⁴
More Networking Moments
Since more networking happens when it’s easier to do, PeopleGrove pushes new messages out to a recipient’s device. This unified inbox neatly ties all emails and texts together in a single thread, and recipients can respond back directly in the channel they prefer. Plus, face-to-face video chat is built right in.
Book a DemoSupport to Build Networks
Network Builder, is a collections of initiatives and tactics to support network growth. While other tools really only benefit the student, creating an unbalanced network, PeopleGrove's guides and toolkits support best practices to drive interest and engagement equally for both students and alumni. Universities save time as their PeopleGrove network builds itself up, and continues to encourage connections, flash mentorship and career connections between learners.
PeopleGrove's Career Access Platform™ prioritizes security and gives users and admins powerful privacy controls.
Users can restrict their profile availability to only students or only alumni.
To connect, users don’t have to share contact information like phone numbers, email, or Zoom accounts.
Users can limit the number of inbound requests they can receive.
Users can report and block others from their inbox or profile.
Admins can check on how meetings are going and receive notifications when low reviews are left.
Admins have the power to monitor and flag for inappropriate word use.
Universities Using PeopleGrove
Browse resources that support universities in learner-first strategies.