Alumni & Friends

FS Alumni & Friends events take place in major cities in Germany (such as Hamburg, Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt) and around the world (typical examples include New York, London, Zurich, Singapore and Shanghai). They include guest presentations as well as more informal gatherings such as after-work sessions, guided tours, cultural activities and BBQs.

It’s a chance to (re)discover Frankfurt School, meet up with old friends, make new ones, and explore the latest developments! Once a year, we invite alumni back to their alma mater to celebrate the 10^th/20^th anniversary of their graduations. Then we hold our giant annual Homecoming Party, to which all alumni, students, FS employees and faculty members are invited. Here we celebrate the Frankfurt School spirit and community in a relaxed atmosphere, accompanied by great music.

FS Alumni Insights offers in-depth analyses of job profiles, presented by our alumni. During the events the alumni describe career paths in different companies and industries from a variety of perspectives.

Our “Start Up Now – FS Entrepreneurs in the Spotlight!” series provides a forum in which graduates and students can explore every aspect of entrepreneurship and self-employment. Alumni who have already launched their own businesses present themselves, talk about their experiences and answer questions from the floor.

Our Ladies First events focus on career issues of special relevance to women, acting as a community-building debating platform for the women who take part. Designed exclusively for Frankfurt School women students and graduates, these events are held twice a year.

You enjoy learning about and discussing new trends in the workplace like Artifical Intelligence, Machine Learning or Blockchain? You like visiting Frankfurt School at its new Campus and mingle with fellow alumni? Then you need to check out our new event series “FS Skills in a Nutshell”. We will meet every second Friday of the month from 8 to 9 am in the FS Creative Learning space.

A digital network for the exclusive use of our graduates, so they can easily make relevant, personal contact with other FS alumni by specifying degree courses, companies, places of residence and so on. And with one click of a mouse, alumni can also keep their Directory profiles synchronised with their Xing and LinkedIn profiles.

 

Our alumni network offers professional exchange but it is also about commitment to each other and mutual support. It is meant as a life-long companionship. We hope this newsletter initiates communication and exchange among individuals.

As a member of the social media groups we’ve set up exclusively for alumni, and as part of our FS community, we send you regular updates via Xing and LinkedIn.

We take a close interest in the careers and professional development of our alumni. Indeed, your feedback provides us with vital feedback on our graduates’ satisfaction with the courses we offer at FS, as well as ideas for boosting the business school’s profile and improving our Career Services offering. And our graduates’ professional success also, of course, provides proof positive of the quality of our educational programmes!

Starting in 2017, Frankfurt School is offering alumni a brand-new service: an alumni e-mail address for life! Alumni e-mail addresses are always composed in the same way firstname.surname@alumni-fs.de, and allow our graduates to get in touch with each other easily, regardless of where they are in the world or how often they have changed their jobs, places of residence or personal e-mail addresses. The new e-mail addresses will also make it easier for our FS Alumni Management team to stay in touch with you and keep you updated on local events and news from our globally active alumni network. You will be able to apply for your FS e-mail address here in our Alumni Directory

Our Career Services team will help you find well-qualified applicants for positions in your company, as well as helping you enhance your own career by staying up to date with the latest developments in your field. For further details, visit:

Being a mentor gives you a unique opportunity to reflect on your own experience of work and life and pass it on to others. You provide support and advice to students in need of professional and personal development. Our mentoring programme aims to recruit Frankfurt School alumni (living in or near Frankfurt and with a minimum of five years’ professional experience) who would be prepared to support second-semester Bachelor students who have demonstrated their social commitment either within Frankfurt School or elsewhere. If you’re interested, please contact us

We use a short questionnaire to profile successful alumni and describe the highlights in their careers to date. Did you embark on an interesting career after you graduated? Would you like to share your experiences with our students and alumni?

Are you proud of your alma mater? Would you like to support Frankfurt School’s alumni activities? As an alumni speaker, you can contribute to Frankfurt School and help develop our alumni network by taking part in a wide variety of initiatives. By, for example, supporting and promoting our alumni team at events in Germany and abroad, forging links between FS talents and your company, or by giving feedback and suggesting ideas to the FS Alumni Management team. As an alumni speaker, you become an important point of contact and representative of Frankfurt School’s worldwide community. You receive first-hand information, news and invitations, and are invited to participate in exclusive networking events. In short, you are closely involved in Frankfurt School’s strategic development and make a significant contribution to the successful evolution of our business school.

Invigorate your regional alumni network and expand your own network of professional and personal contacts in your local area. In close collaboration with alumni, we organise numerous events around the globe, such as company visits,

• FS events,
• job fairs,
• workshops and
• presentations,
• and so much more!

So you’ve overcome major challenges at work or been involved in managing interesting projects? Join other alumni and students to explore issues of relevance to their academic or professional development, or discuss current business and social topics. These debates with highly qualified participants turn into stimulating dialogues with unexpected benefits. Invitations and follow-up reports on various media channels (news, social media) give you wider exposure across our global FS network.

Why not practice your interviewing skills while meeting the talented managers of tomorrow? We’re looking for alumni with professional experience – preferably involving management responsibility – for our assessment centres. You’ll conduct selection interviews, observe applicants during group exercises, and assess candidates in collaboration with in-house and external observers. Enjoy a change of perspective and take a fresh look at the world of work.

We deliver our events in all kinds of formats to many different target audiences. Examples include

• our annual Homecoming event for alumni and students;
• reunions for graduates from various courses and classes;
• business games for students,
• and exclusive fundraising events.

Working with you, we can continue to create stand-out events that will also act as ideal platforms for introducing you to your target groups.