The Purdue Alumni Association is excited to announce the launch of a new job board, designed to connect Purdue Alumni members with job openings posted by partner organizations.

“As we evolve our programs and services to meet the needs of twenty-first century alumni, one of the main opportunities we’ve identified is employment and professional development,” said Ralph Amos, president and CEO of the Purdue Alumni Association.

The job board is available to Purdue alumni and students via the association’s alumni portal, purduealumniassociation.com. The alumni portal is an exclusive online Purdue community that features affinity-based discussion groups, local events, personalized news feeds, and a mentorship platform in addition to the job board.

One of the first organizations to leverage this new platform will be KAR Global (KAR), a Fortune 1000 company headquartered in Carmel, Indiana.

“We’re thrilled to officially welcome KAR to the Purdue community as a Purdue Alumni business member,” said Amos. “As the alumni association for Purdue University, we serve as the gateway to connect innovative companies such as KAR to our accomplished graduates. The team at KAR recognizes how talented, engaged, and focused our members are. This partnership is a definite win-win.”

As one of Indiana’s largest employers, KAR has more than 15,000 employees across North America, the United Kingdom and Europe. KAR provides sellers and buyers across the global wholesale used vehicle industry with innovative, technology-driven remarketing solutions. KAR’s unique end-to-end platform supports whole car sales, financing, logistics, and other ancillary and related services.

“Purdue commands respect on a global scale,” said Lisa Price, executive vice president of human resources at KAR. “We not only see firsthand how much we benefit as an organization from all the Purdue grads we’ve hired, there was also a 2018 study showing that Purdue ranks in the top 50 universities worldwide for graduate employability.”

As hiring the workforce of the future becomes more competitive, the ability to reach an audience with a known set of skills gives Purdue Alumni’s business partners a head start in finding qualified applicants.

Learn more about business membership with the Purdue Alumni Association