As a senior at the College of Charleston, Marshall Simmonds knew where he wanted to work: Blackbaud, a local company that provides software and services for nonprofit organizations.

But he didn’t know anyone at the company, and he wasn’t sure where to start. So he asked his school’s alumni association to connect him with other Charleston grads at the company.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/02/us-personalfinance-grad-alumni-idUSBRE8410Y220120502