Prototype & Validation of an App to Connect Alumni to Employment via Professors

Abstract: Faculty member Greg Goralski and his team of students collaborated with Nascent Digital to design, develop, and validate a prototype app that will connect Humber alumni with industry opportunities using the social connections that they made while studying at Humber. The app is intended to be a way that alumni privately signal to their professors and trusted colleagues that they are ready for a new position or are available for mentoring. This allows professors to connect interested alumni to industry opportunities beyond entry level positions and reinforces the bond between Humber and alumni. The prototype is currently being tested and may be taken up by some of the students that were involved. The funding was provided by the Research & Innovation Fellowship (RIF).