| I.Alumni Interface with Recent Graduates: |
| Resume Counselor: |
Alumni who are interested in offering their services for critiquing resumes of
recent graduates, and offering customized, one-on-one advice |
| Interview Counselor: |
Offering your time to conduct a mock interview for a recent graduate will help
him immensely in his job search. |
| Mentor: |
Act as professional mentors to recent graduates and junior alumni. As a mentor
you would make yourself available to discuss career related and workplace
issues, and handhold someone as they progress through the initial stages of
their career. A frequency of a bi-monthly or quarterly phone call/meeting is a
suggested guideline. It gives you a chance to assist someone who shares your
interests and goals. |
| Host: |
Recent graduates sometimes need a place to stay during the period they are
interviewing for jobs in various cities. You can offer to accommodate someone
if you and your family are comfortable with the idea. Alternatively, you can
point out economical and convenient housing options in your city, and offer to
be a local contact. |
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| II. Alumni Interface with Departments of SSSIHL: |
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| Become a Class Contact: |
Help the department keep a tab on your classmates’ contact information. Share
information and reconnect with your classmates through e-groups. Identify
classmates to serve as career mentors, event or classroom speakers, and for
other relevant opportunities. |
| Share Academic Insights: |
Come forward to share educative films, games, annual reports, and journal
subscriptions with the department. |
| Syllabi Sounder: |
Update the department on the latest trends in your academic area, along with
your suggestions for improvements in the syllabus. |
| Help develop a Databank of Interview Questions: |
Share your interviewing experience by listing out the questions asked for
specific jobs and companies. Outgoing graduates can benefit from your
experience. |
| Help develop a Resume-Building Expertise in the
Department: |
Share tips that may be used by outgoing graduates while they are writing out or
sharpening their resumes. |
| Develop Case Studies: |
Do indicate if you would like to develop a case study (particularly in the
Indian context) with a faculty member. Alternatively, you can also share
existing case studies that may be relevant for students. |
| Help with Workshops: |
Help source speakers and provide other support to the department in running
Workshops successfully. |
| Create Awareness about the Institute and the
Academic Program: |
Share your experience with Swami and in Parthi with prospective students, and
within your company. The department will support your efforts with brochures,
VCD presentations etc. |
| Sharing of Inspiring Moral/Ethical Real Life
Situations: |
Alumni in Senior positions could share their practical experiences on how they
have benefited their organizations and in turn their careers by the strength of
character and the practice of “Mind On Baba Always”. This constitutes the
uniqueness and real strength of our great Institute and its academic program
and it would be inspiring and useful to all the alumni to learn about stories
of success built around these Core Strengths. |
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| III. Alumni Interface with Current Students: |
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| Become a Summer Project Resource: |
If you see research opportunities within your department or division, find out
if it can be converted into a summer project and inform the faculty at SSSIHL.
Alternatively, if you are working in or have acquired an expertise in specific
functional areas, you can offer to work with the faculty guide in giving your
views on specific summer projects. |
| Help with Data Collection: |
Students often need to collect data for their summer projects. Sign-up and you
can be a valuable resource to help source this data for them. |