AlumLink matches your institution’s own alumni records to Steppingblocks data, so each record in your database comes back with current, detailed career information. Instead of relying on surveys and alumni sending in their own updates, you get an enriched file you can load into your alumni or advancement systems, keyed to your own IDs.
How AlumLink differs from Graduate Insights
Graduate Insights needs no data from you. We identify your alumni in our database using your academic catalog, and you explore them in dashboards.
AlumLink works the other way around. You send us your alumni records, and we match each one to a Steppingblocks profile. Every match is tied to your own constituent ID, so you can connect the results to everything else you already know about that person, such as giving history, program or engagement.
What you get back
Each matched record is enriched with current and longitudinal data:
Employment: current employer and job title, with classifications for analyzing post-graduation outcomes
Income: salary estimates based on job, industry, location, education level and years of experience
Continuing education: schools, degrees, certifications and skills earned after graduating from your institution
Demographics: location, age, gender, highest education level and military service
Contact information: drawn only from publicly available profiles.
Your delivery also includes a summary of match results and a data dictionary defining every field.
How it works
Send us your alumni records. Your Partner Success Team Member will share the list of fields we need. The core fields are constituent ID, first name, middle initial, last name, date of birth, gender, graduation year, degree level and major. We can still match with fewer fields, but every additional field improves accuracy.
Transfer the file securely. We set up a private, upload-only Box folder for your team.
We match your records.
We enrich and audit the data. Our team adds the Steppingblocks fields and run quality checks. These check that degree levels and dates are consistent, that ages make sense against graduation years, and that names, job titles and employers aren’t placeholders. Records that fail are corrected or removed.
We deliver and review it with you. The final file is delivered securely through Box, and your Partner Success Team Member meets with you to walk through the results.
How partners use AlumLink
Update your alumni database. Replace stale employer and job information with current data, without manual research.
Measure program effectiveness. Link career outcomes to each graduate’s record to evaluate academic programs.
Target advancement and engagement. Group alumni by employer, industry, income and location for personalized outreach and campaigns.
Run custom analysis and benchmarking. AlumLink is also how we handle custom projects. See the AlumLink FAQ.
Get started
To learn more or scope a project, contact your Partner Success Associate or request a demo.