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Too Few Results
Try a less restrictive search - use fewer search criteria
or a more general spelling. For example, instead of John and Doe, try Jo and Do,
or omit the Degree Year.
If you’re searching for John Smith who works at McKinsey & Co
in Hamburg, Germany, try searching on John Smith in Germany.
Maybe he’s moved out of Hamburg or no longer works
at McKinsey. Or try McKinsey rather than McKinsey & Co.
Too Many Results
Try a more restrictive search - use more search criteria.
For example, try using the Degree Year or the Home City
to narrow down the results list.
Searches Are Not Case Sensitive
All text field searches are case insensitive. This means
that searches for john doe and John Doe will yield the same
results.
Text Fields
All text field searches automatically place wildcards at the end of the text
fields. This means that searching on the First Name or Last
Name field using
jon will return Jonas, Jones, Jong, Jonson etc.
Additionally, the City and Company
Name fields are "contains" fields;
i.e., a Company Name search for international will return
International Paper and Household International, etc.
Wildcards
The wildcard character we use is "%", and we have
already embedded it at the end of the text fields. You may
wish to use a wildcard yourself when searching for someone
based on the last part of their name. For instance, you remember
that the last name was "something- son". Simply
place %son in the Last Name field, and all of the Anderson,
Jackson, Johnson, etc. names will be returned to you.
Therefore, if you only remember part of a name, city or
company name, you may still be able to retrieve it.
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Search Results Tips
Too Few/Many Results
Are you getting too few or too many results from your search?
Click here for search tips on how to tailor your search.
Sorting Your Results
By default, your Search Results are listed in alphabetical
order by Last Name.
You may click on any of the column headings to sort your
Search Results by Last Name, First Name, Year, Employer,
or Location.
To View More Information
To view more information on a specific person from your Search
Results list, click on the Last Name of the person to drill
down to the Search Details. From here you will see the
detailed profile for that specific person.
Last name
By default, your Search Results are listed in alphabetical
order by Last Name. You may also click on the Last Name to
view the detailed profile of that specific alum. Searching
on the last name field will search on current Last Name
as well as maiden name.
Year
At the Search Results level, the Year listed is that of the
alumni’s most advanced Kellogg degree. To view additional
Education information (e.g., other Kellogg degrees or degrees
from other institutions), click on the Last Name to view
a specific alum’s detailed profile.
Employer
At the Search Results level, the Company name listed is the
current employer.
Previous Employers
If you checked the Include previous employers
box on the search form, your query request will search through
current job information as well as historical job information.
Thus, you may search for a company name of Microsoft
and see people who currently work for a different company.
To view their previous employment information, click on their
Last Name to view their detailed profile.
If the alum has previous employment history on file, there
will be a link for Previous Employers under
the Primary / Current Employer Information section.
Click on this Previous Employers link to view
their previous employment information.
Location
Search results display the city and state or country of their
current Home address.
When using specific location criteria (city, state, province,
country, etc.), the system defaults to searching for matches
in the Home as well as Work address fields. In your list
of Search Results, the location that appears will be the
city and state or country of the alumni’s Home address.
To see their Work address information, click on an alum’s
Last Name in order to see the Search
Details.
So, for example, if you are searching for alumni in Vienna,
VA, your search results may include:
If you click on Mary Bauer’s Last Name to see her Search
Details, you will see that while she lives in Washington,
DC her Work address is in Vienna, VA.
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Detail Tips
General Tips
Search Details provides the detailed profile of a specific
person from your Search Results list. The information you
see for this person consists of:
- Home Contact Information
- Primary / Current Employer Information
- Personal Information
- Resume
Primary / Current Employer Information
At the Search Details level, the Employer information listed
is the current employer.
To view information on previous employers, click on the
Previous Employers link at the end of the Primary
/ Current Employer Information section. If the alum does not have
any previous employment information on file, the link will
not appear.
Personal Information
Civic / Corporate Affiliations include involvement in specific
social, non-profit, and / or professional organizations such
as church organizations, volunteer groups, social clubs,
professional organizations, etc. For example, Rotary Club
International member or Corporate Board of Directors, Vice-President.
Professional Interests refer to a person’s
interests in a professional field outside of their employment.
For
example, if you’re searching for alumni in Real
Estate, you may search on Real Estate in both the
Professional Interest and Industry (Employment) fields.
So, for example, your search results may then include John
Smith who is a brand manager at Kraft, Inc., but has an active
interest
in Real
Estate
and
does
free-lance Real Estate consulting on the side.
Resume
Alumni have the option of uploading a current resume into
the database. If they do not have a resume on file, you will
see the message:
No Resume Available.
Resumes may be uploaded as an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) or Word
(.doc) file only. Alumni may have only one resume on file
at a given time.
Private Information / Hidden
Fields
At the Search Details level, only fields populated with information
will appear in the alum’s profile. So, for example,
if the alum does not have a Job Title on file, Job Title
will not appear under the alum's Primary / Current
Employer Information section.
Alumni are also given the option to “hide” certain
data elements of their personal profile such as nickname,
country of origin, contact information, work information,
etc. These hidden data elements will not be viewable in the
online directory.
Alumni who have chosen to hide information will have the
following statement at the bottom of their profile page:
This alum has chosen to keep some information private.
Still have questions?
Submit questions to Kellogg Alumni Relations via email at
kellogg-alumni@kellogg.northwestern.edu or call 847-467-ALUM (2586).
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