Program Information for DukeConnect Alumni Volunteers

DukeConnect is an online database of Duke University alumni from various career fields and geographic locations who have volunteered to share their knowledge and expertise about particular career fields with interested students and alumni.

Being a DukeConnect Volunteer As a DukeConnect volunteer, you are asked to assist students with some or all of the following options: 

• Career Information: provide advice and consultation via email, phone, or in person.

• Networking: assist students with resume referral, job leads, and/or contacts for internships, summer jobs, and entry-level positions.

• Job Shadowing: allow a student to observe your work setting or others in the organization during a mutually agreed upon visit (arranged between the you and student).

• Campus Career Events / Panels: indicate an interest in being contacted by the Career Center to participate in career panels, fairs, student networking events, health shadowing, and more.

• Complete the DukeConnect Alumni Registration form including creation of a username and password for future system access and updating of information. To complete your registration, you will need to get your Alumni ID verification code from the Duke Alumni Directory (www.dukedirectory.com).
  

• If you are currently registered in the system and have received a DukeConnect username and password from the Career Center, use this information to enter the system and verify/update your registration.

• If you are currently registered and have forgotten your username and password, click Retrieve Login or contact us at alumnicareer@daa.duke.edu.

• Additional Education: If applicable, please indicate any advanced degree including the college or university.

• Career Industries: You may select as many broad career industries that reflect your current position and other areas of career experience or knowledge. Students and alumni will use these categories to search for alumni by broad career fields of interest.

• Other Area(s) of Expertise: Indicate any qualitative comments regarding career areas you can advise on.

• Contact Information: Indicate your preferred contact method and whether you wish to display or hide your home contact information.
  

• Comments: Use this section for any additional information including previous experience, affiliations withint social or professional groups, special instructions on contact procedures, etc.

How Students Will Contact You:

Current students and alumni will have password-protected access to DukeConnect, enabling them to search for alumni contacts by career industry, major, state, etc. Students will be limited to obtaining contact data on 10 alumni per month and each alum will be limited to 10 students obtaining their contact information per month. If your monthly limit has been reached, your contact information will not be viewable for the remainder of the month. If you wish to raise or lower your monthly contact limits, please contact alumnicareer@daa.duke.edu.

All students using the DukeConnect system will be advised to review the DukeConnect Alumni Contact Procedures outlining appropriate contact methods. Doing advance career research prior to contacting alumni is also recommended to students. Students utilizing DukeConnect will be at varying stages of the career development process, including those just beginning to explore majors and/or careers as well as others with very focused goals. As a liberal arts institution, there is frequently not a strong correlation between the student’s major and possible career interests, and as such, students from a wide variety of academic backgrounds may contact you. In such cases, internships, campus activities, shadowing experiences, and networking may be helpful to students in reaching their goals.

Although it is expected that all students will be professional, courteous, and appropriate in their contact with alumni, from time to time there are exceptions to the rule. Alumni are encouraged to provide direct feedback to students and should contact alumnicareer@daa.duke.edu regarding any concerns.

Stay Updated In DukeConnect!

Should your professional or personal contact information change, please be sure to update your registration in DukeConnect. We also encourage students and alumni to report outdated contact information of volunteers.

Your Support Is Appreciated! Thank you for your continued support on behalf of Duke University students. Your career advice and guidance are an invaluable resource to our students as they navigate their career development and job search process!