Smith Connector

Now you can make automatic updates to your Facebook page while you're in SmithConnector. No more updating your profile twice in both places.
 

You can search from SmithConnector's alumni directory of nearly 50,000 alumni to find former classmates, peers and industry colleagues through. Looking for a former classmate who hasn't registered in the community? Send them an email through SmithConnector or invite them to join through SmithConnector's invite a friend viral marketing tool. When using the directory you can perform a simple search (locating an alumnus by name) or an advanced search (locating an alumnus by company, industry degree, location or keyword).

You can customize your profile page; control the layout, colors, and content of your page to reflect your personality; bring in content from around the web like news feeds, YouTube® videos, Flickr® photos and even your Facebook® badge. Build a page for your friends, other members of the community or for the rest of the world, and choose what information you want to show to others. You control it all.

Your profile page can also include content from around the web. Sport the latest Google™ gadgets, content from ESPN®, news feeds from CNN or the most popular YouTube videos on your profile page. Make it the one place it all comes together for you and your friends.

Building your Friends List, allows you to create your own professional network. It's a great way to stay connected to your peers. Click the search link in your profile and enter name of the friend you'd like to add. When your friend's name is displayed, hover over and find the Add to Friends List icon and select it to add them to your list. When you add a friend, a Invite List tab will be added in your profile. When a friend adds you to their profile, a Request List tab will be added in your profile.

You can create additional tabs in your profile and make the viewable to everyone, your friends in your network or just you. Working in your profile in "edit mode," click the add tab option. Add the name of the tab you would like to create. In order to save the tab, click the green circle. You also have the ability to select the audience of who should be able to view the tab by clicking the audience tab. You also have the ability to rename or delete the tab.

For a more personalized networking experience, join or create your own peer group based on industry, region or degree. This is the place where you can search for and join a region or industry-based group who share your interests. Suggested groups are determined by where you live and what you do and are pre-populated based on the region and industry-based fields from your profile. To create a new group, you must go to My Connections and select Create a Group from the Groups tab. Please note: A number of groups have already been created based on region, country, degree and company. Before creating one yourself, please search the list, via the search field, by typing in region, country, degree or company.

Just married? Recently promoted? You can create and submit a new class note to share recent news with the alumni community.  You may also include a photo or image. Any associated image must be less than 4MB in size, and in a JPEG or GIF format. Simply select a class note category from the drop down menu and write your class note. Click Preview to review your class note before submitting it to the site.

Have a job opportunity you'd like to post or looking for a position at a new company? Whether you're a job seeker or looking to recruit, you can search designated areas for alumni who are looking for job opportunities and employers who are looking to hire.