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ESSEC

DANS LES MÉDIAS

ONE YEAR LATER

ESSEC Alumni
Digitalization strengthens ties
One year after the first lockdown, ESSEC Alumni network has taken advantage
of the necessary digitalization of exchanges. The result is more connections,
more solidarity and more visibility!

Nearly 50 online events were
proposed by chapter presidents.
Some events gathered up to
100 participants from various
programs and countries of
residence. Our UK Chapter for
example launched its 19 local
clubs through virtual events.

2. More solidarity
In the face of this global crisis,
the bonds of solidarity were
strengthened. Over thirty ESSECs
offered their pro-bono services
to the community, to providing
support regarding job search,
entrepreneurship or personal
support. Many connections were
made between alumni: two
alumni who unknowingly lived
in the same building 6,000 km
away from Paris, other two, competitors in the pharmaceutical
research sector, who shared their
work on the fight against Covid!

3. Increasing networking
Over the past year, monthly
Alumni Talks allowed students to
exchange directly with graduates

from a specific sector benefitting
from their feedback on the crisis
in their sector, including internships or jobs search for. Our
Brazil Chapter offers monthly
Talks in Portuguese with inspiring personalities and in
Singapore, regularly Alumni
Talks are offered to all ESSEC
students and graduates in
the APAC region.

4. More digital services
In addition to the monthly
network workshops our Campus
team offers students mock interviews with graduates. The number of mock interviews increased
by 36% in 2021 compared to the
January 2020 edition, and an
impressive 46% of the graduates
who volunteered their time this
year were international. A physical event would obviously not
have achieved such figures.

5. Face to face meetings
made easier
At the same time, over 120 individual meetings with students
over the course of a year helped
them to find internships or to put
them in touch with graduates.

Finally, more than 300 mentors have registered in one
during the year on our new
dedicated digital platform.

6. More and more
participants
Adapting very well to this new
situation, the clubs are taking
advantage of digitalization
and finally becoming global at
last. Their events can finally
gather alumni unable to join a
physical meeting. Pro, leisure
and regional clubs organize
between 10 and 15 events per
month, bringing together several
hundred people. ESSEC
Transition Alumni launch
conference brought together
680 participants last December.

7. More content
With the now weekly Reflets
newsletter, the communication
of both the association and the
network is getting closer to the
alumni. At the same time,
Lifelong Learning, a digital service launched some months ago,
is attracting the community with
a rich offer of online content.

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1. Bringing us together
despite the distance

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