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Undergraduate Students

How to Network

Networking Tips

• Networking Your Way to a New Job: Using Traditional Contacts and Social Media to Enhance Your Job Search (pre-recorded webinar available for viewing)
• Video Podcasts:
  • Networking Tips
  • Trustees Council of Penn Women: Career Advice Videos (PennKey required for access)

What to Say

• Whether you're speaking with Penn alumni or potential employers, it's important to make a good impression and ask the right questions. To make the most of your interactions with networking or mentoring contacts, check out our tips for informational interviews.

Networking Using Social Media

Creating an Online Persona – Tips for using social networking sites, blogs and Twitter in your search Facebook Tips and Penn Regional Groups on Facebook Twitter Twitter Tips and Penn Career Services Accounts LinkedIn Penn Affiliated LinkedIn Groups and Tips LinkedIn Guide for Recent Grads - Demonstrates how to effectively utilize LinkedIn to maximize your job search.

Not sure how to effectively network and research organizations using LinkedIn? Watch this presentation to get specific tips.

 

Where to Look

Alumni Contacts

• Penn Alumni Career Network (PACNet) - a database of Penn Alumni who have volunteered to be contacted for career-related questions. Although it is not appropriate to ask PACNet advisors for jobs, they can provide a wealth of information on career fields and employment outlooks.

  Need assistance with PACNet? Watch this quick presentation on Networking Efficiently with PACNet.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

• Penn Alumni Clubs
• Penn Alumni Group on LinkedIn has tens of thousands of Penn alumni and sub-groups by specific industry

Peer Contacts

The Penn Internship Network is a database of current students who have agreed to speak about their summer experiences with other students. You can search it by class year, industry or location!

Graduate Student Contacts

If you're considering graduate school, take advantage of the Graduate Undergraduate Mentoring Program
to connect with current Penn grad students in your field of interest. For additional pre-grad tips, speak with one of our pre-grad advisors.

Employer Contacts

There are many great ways to connect with potential employers. Chat with them at a career fair or learn more about an industry through joining a professional association or LinkedIn. Our Researching Employers page offers additional resources for locating employers in your field of interest.

Career Fairs

• Guide to Navigating Career Fairs - offers tips for preparing and presenting yourself successfully to employers
• Penn Career Fairs - calendar of Penn-sponsored career fairs
• Regional Career Fairs
  

Mentoring Programs

• College: The College Alumni Mentoring Series engages College students and alumni in mentoring relationships to help students determine how their current academic paths coincide with career aspirations. The series is composed of events that help to facilitate students’ understanding of life beyond Penn.
• Engineering: The Penn Engineering Mentoring Program pairs selected current engineering freshmen with Penn alumni. Contact Jamie Grant for more details.
• Wharton: The Wharton Externship Program is a "shadowing" program which allows Wharton undergraduate students a chance to observe a “day in the life” of professionals in careers of interest to them 

Updated 8/2011