Ex-employee or corporate alumni Businesses embracing former workers

Ex-employee or corporate alumni Businesses embracing former workers Ex-employee or corporate alumni Businesses embracing former workers It used to be that when you left a job, you were gone. Perhaps you kept in touch with a couple of work friends, pinged your boss for a reference when changing jobs, and maybe even referred someone to a job when you heard about an opening. But that was it.Corporations have been changing that – realizing the value of former employees that they’ve already put time and resources into, they’re doing it with corporate alumni programs. In fact, 8% of Fortune 1,000 companies have corporate alumni programs, reports Quartz at Work in a story about the trend.Welcome back to the old jobWhat does it mean to be an alumnus of your former corporation, and what does do you both get out of it?For ex-employees, there are reunions, and networking opportunities, and discounts.For corporations, former employees offer something even more valuable:  they are “viewed as customers, brand ambassadors, sources of referrals, and even future employees,” writes Quartz.

x-employee or corporate alumni Businesses embracing former workers