How do you find alumni at a company to ask for a referral?

Steps

How to find alumni at a company for a referral

1. 1

   List your overlap

   Schools, internships, prior companies. Those are the filters that make a cold note less cold.

2. 2

   Search who is there now

   People currently at the company with that overlap. Then people on the specific team in the posting.

3. 3

   Pick a few, not a roster

   Two to six names with a real hook. A blast to the alumni group is spam with a school logo.

4. 4

   Ask for a referral or a take

   Shared context, one-line fit, small ask. Copy a Puvio draft if you used the role card. Send it yourself.

What counts as alumni?

Same school, same internship program, same prior employer. People treat that as a reason to open. Strangers do not.

If you have no overlap, you can still message people on the team. The note has to work harder. Their work, your record, a small ask.

What Puvio ranks on the card

Alumni first, then other people at the company, on the same card as the posting and the research. A hiring_manager tag in the product is a heuristic, not a guarantee you found the req owner.

Discovery never assigns a “peer” type. You still choose who to send to. Product: puvio.app/answers/what-is-puvio