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Using HPAA for Networking
If you are not already a member of the HP
Alumni Association:
Join HPAA
There are several ways to use HPAA for
personal and professional networking:
List yourself in the Alumni Directory. Behind Yahoo Groups security; available only to
HPAA members. Although you completed a questionnaire to join, you are
not automatically added to the Alumni Directory; you control
your information. So that other members can find you, please add
yourself.
Search the Alumni Directory. Behind Yahoo Groups security; available only to HPAA
members. Find HP alumni at a company of interest or locate a former
co-worker. The Alumni Directory lists several thousand HP alumni. It includes
contact information for HPAA members who have listed themselves – and
company information for prominent HP alumni. If you are unable to locate
any contacts in the directory, post a contact request on the
Career and Networking Forum.
Join LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a
professional networking tool. You control the information in your
profile; you control how you make your contacts visible to others in
your network; you control your openness to unsolicited contacts. All
initial contacts are through LinkedIn – your email address is not
exposed to anyone until you choose to do so.
Join the HPAA group on
LinkedIn. Available to full HPAA members (not available to
Recruiter Members.) You set whether or not
HPAA members can contact you directly. You choose whether or not to
display the HPAA logo on your profile to non-HPAA members.
Find a local or divisional
alumni group. There are dozens of local and divisional HP alumni
clubs, forums, and sites operated by groups independent of the HPAA.
Some post jobs; some have events such as parties or picnics; some have
discussion forums or email lists; some have regular meetups.
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