The Orange and Blue Network- alumni networking platform: Find connections through New Paltz's Global Community. Advance your career with professional networking.
Connect: Find and reminisce with fellow graduates, see what they have been up to and stay in touch. Give Back: Introduce, employ and offer to act as a mentor to our graduating students. Expand: Leverage your professional network to get introduced to people you should know.
What Is Networking?
“Creating a group of acquaintances and associates and keeping it active through regular communication for mutual benefit.” Business Dictionary
Increase credibility and visibility
Reach new circles of people
Practice communication skills
Learn new things
New opportunities
Grow your resources
Identify the people in your network
Reach out
Conduct an informational interview
Follow-up (and keep in contact)
Grow your network
People You Know
Friends, relatives, co-workers, classmates, friends of parents/parents of friends, teachers/professors, university staff
Social media platforms
LinkedIn
People you do not know but can create connections to
Bonsai- Career advice platform that connects students and young professionals with experts who have built relevant and successful careers
Consider contacts who seem like the obvious choice
Who are you comfortable talking to?
Whose career is interesting to you?
Who do you want to learn from, and what do you want to learn?
Reach outviaLinkedIn or email
Write a short note indicating the reason for your message, who you are, and kindly ask for the opportunity to speak with them (informational interview).
Simply ask open-ended questions
How did you…? What brought you to…? What do you think about…? Tell me about…
