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Stephen B.

Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives (YAA)

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/29/2020

"Steve Blum’s review of the PeopleGrove Platform"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PeopleGrove?

Ease of use and also the availability of a community of other PG clients for advice and best practices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PeopleGrove?

PG doesn’t bake in lots of hand-holding. Clients are expected to learn the ropes mostly on their own or through training videos. Configuration is also largely done by the client rather than by PG. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PeopleGrove solving and how is that benefiting you?

The PG has helped Yale alums connect with each other and with Yale students for networking, advice, and mentoring. The PG platform far outperforms any previous Yale platform intended for the same or similar purposes. IN just 80 days, more than 11,000 Yalies joined our platform. We’re thrilled. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AE

Verified User in Education Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/5/2020

"PeopleGrove - Connecting Alumni, Posting Jobs and Building Community"

4/5

What do you like best about PeopleGrove?

The key parts of why PeopleGrove is successful is that it is comprehensive. It is an Alumni Directory. It is a job search board. It is a networking tool. It can do mentoring matching. This has helped me eliminate having to use multiple systems and provide our alumni with a better, coordinated, integrated system.

The customer service at PeopleGrove is fantastic. People get back to you within seconds, they really listen to your concerns and aggressively build/change/alter things to meet your needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PeopleGrove?

Not unique to PeopleGrove but it is always slow to get people to register for a new system and get into the habit of using it. We found the registration process a bit extensive but after working with PeopleGrove they have helped us streamline it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PeopleGrove:

Make sure you develop a plan for all generations - we found retired alumni were eager for the directory feature but did not want to be involved in anything else. So we had to do lots of segmentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PeopleGrove solving and how is that benefiting you?

We long had alumni ask for an online alumni directory. We did lots of networking and mentoring through a variety of ad hoc systems. This has helped us streamline and professionalize our offerings as well as add new options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AH

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/4/2020

"PeopleGrove is a great tool to help your community connect & learn"

5/5

What do you like best about PeopleGrove?

PeopleGrove is an amazing platform. It allows users to connect and network, to review resources, to follow learning paths to gain skills/knowledge, and to apply to jobs or attend events. It's a place where students and alumni can come together to tap into their greatest resource- each other. The PG team is always hosting workshops, webinars, trainings, and meet-ups (in-person and virtually) so their customers can learn, grow, and develop their platform with one another! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PeopleGrove?

Pulling data can be challenging at times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PeopleGrove:

Work with your PeopleGrove team! They are full of great ideas and resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PeopleGrove solving and how is that benefiting you?

By using PG, we are working on our goal of helping students and alumni create opportunities by enabling them to utilize their school network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Juliana N.

Career Advisor

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/23/2020

"Notre Dame's Partnership with PeopleGrove"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PeopleGrove?

I appreciate PeopleGrove's innovation and collaborative mindset where we are encouraged to submit ideas to enhance the utility of the platform, and PeopleGrove acts on many of our ideas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PeopleGrove?

The job board is proving timely to manage as it is a process to identify, communicate with and invite recruiters and hiring managers to join IrishCompass and post their opportunities to the job board. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Stacey L.

Director of Marketing

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/5/2020

"Associate Director for Alumni & Parent Relations"

4/5

What do you like best about PeopleGrove?

Networking between alumni and the ability to post interesting resources for our different career groups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PeopleGrove?

Id like to see deeper analytics when it comes to email/outbound communications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.