For Alumni Business Owners
Your school community wants to support your business. Make it easy for them.
Claiming your listing on Hire Alum is free. It takes about five minutes. And it puts your business in front of every alumnus, faculty member, and staff supporter who visits your school's directory.
How it works
Head to the schools page and search for your alma mater. If it's live, you'll see the directory. If not, you can request it — we'll notify you when it goes live.
We use a simple, passwordless sign-in — just enter your email and we'll send you a one-time code. No password to remember, no account to set up from scratch.
Tell us your business name, category, tagline, city, and website. The whole form takes about five minutes. You can always update your description and details after you go live.
Our team reviews every submission to confirm alumni affiliation and make sure listings meet quality standards. Most businesses are approved within 48 hours.
Free
Always. No subscription, no commission.
~5 min
From first click to submitted listing.
48 hrs
Typical review-to-publish turnaround.
Who can list on Hire Alum?
Hire Alum is built for alumni-owned and alumni-founded businesses. Here's who qualifies:
- Alumni founders and ownersYou graduated from the school and own or co-own the business. This is the primary category.
- Faculty and staff foundersLong-tenured faculty or staff who founded a business while affiliated with the school may apply for listing consideration.
- School-affiliated co-foundersIf a business was co-founded by an alum alongside a non-alum, the listing is eligible as long as the alumni co-founder is actively involved.
Why list your business?
Alumni networks are one of the most underutilized channels a small business owner has. People genuinely want to support businesses run by fellow graduates — they just have no easy way to find them. Hire Alum changes that.
Your listing surfaces your business in a context where trust is already built-in. Visitors aren't cold prospects — they're alumni, parents, and community members who have a reason to choose you over a stranger. A well-crafted listing is a quiet, evergreen referral that works while you're busy running the business.
Ready to claim your listing?
Find your school's directory and submit your business in minutes.
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