Reference #104: Tours of Duty
The key benefit of alumni networks is not the opportunity to rehire employees, although some companies with strong alumni networks see an increase in rehire rate. It is instead the external business news alumni can bring.
Alumni can share competitive information, business practices, emerging trends, and more.
Hoffman, Casnocha, Yeh. Tours of Duty, 2013. Reprinted in Reinventing HR, 2019. (108)