LinkedIn Alumni Tool

The LinkedIn Alumni tool is a great way to find career connections, grow your professional network, and explore companies and career paths of Villanovans like you!

In the Alumni tab you can:

  • See what alumni with your major/in your industry of interest have accomplished since graduation and expand your sense of what’s possible for you.
  • Identify alumni in industries/companies where you’d like to work and connect with them to them to share their expertise, advice, and potentially, career opportunities.
  • Learn about job opportunities and mentoring partnerships.
  • Search for alumni working at companies based on geographic location to create a target list of possible employers

To get started, visit: Villanova University’s Alumni Search Tool on LinkedIn

You can also search for Villanova University’s School page on LinkedIn and click on the Alumni tab.

At the top of your Alumni page you’ll see three subheads: “Where they work,” “Where they live,” and “What they do.”   Click the arrow to the right to view additional categories, which include “What they’re skilled at,” “What they studied,” and “How you are connected.”

All the graphs are interactive and filter alumni data with each selection: Click any of the blue bars to drill down and refine your search. Clicking “Greater Philadelphia” under location, for example, will display the names of alumni and students living locally below the graph, and update the top lists detailing the companies they work for and the fields in which that specific group of alumni work.

Find alumni for informational interviews as you begin your internship/job search: If you’re about to start searching (or just want to explore career path options) and you’d like to start by searching for your major – History, for example, use the Alumni tool by searching for your major to discover the range of employers who have hired alumni from your discipline(s) and in what types of roles these alumni are working in.

Alternatively, if you know you want to work for JPMorganChase, for example, find VU graduates—with your major—who work there. If the company doesn’t appear in your top five list, click the magnifying glass icon to search for it. Then, select the field of work to narrow the pool.

Villanova is all about community, and our alumni love to engage! Reaching out to a fellow Wildcat for informational interviews or advice for how to stand out in the application process can be a great way to get your foot in the door.

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