For the unemployed, the standing advice about how to find work involves doggedly attending job fairs and reaching out to everyone in your e-mail address book. But increasingly, a lesser-known avenue with the potential to be effective, thanks to the emotional bonds formed during undergraduate years, turns out to be the alma mater.
… In April, Middlebury College assembled an evening panel in downtown Manhattan — “Career Advice for Tough Times on Wall Street” — featuring graduates at Goldman Sachs and the Blackstone Group, as well as a career services representative from the college.
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