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Michael Kim, 27, a violinist turned first-year finance-and-information-management student, has gone high tech to get help in landing that perfect job after graduation from the business school at the University of Texas at Austin. He is using an online service called BranchOut--not to look at help-wanted ads but to network with other professionals in the world of finance who might be able to point him in the right direction. The website offers Kim a nationwide choice of 40,000 potential tipsters, organized by school, industry, company, geography and job function. Kim spent barely...
...clearly getting faster to let the Internet do the walking. The BranchOut database, for example, began in 1997 and was initially open to Ivy League graduates only; the general public was given access last October. Users can register for free by offering a short profile of themselves and their aims. They can indicate if they want to be a volunteer mentor; about 15,000 of the 40,000 current members (average age: 36) have done so. Searches can be based on undergraduate and graduate schools, job function, company, location, industry or a combination of any of these. Most...
...Although BranchOut does not intend to expand the current set of schools, the company does have plans to create additional affinity groups...
According to a company press release, BranchOut seeks to provide "a clubby environment that builds on pre-existing social circles...
...Both BranchOut and OurSquare have attracted thousands of users since their inceptions in February, according to the Web sites