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If formerly a regular, direct US employee of HP or HPE -- or in the process of leaving – join the HP Alumni Association. No charge, thanks to HPAA's Supporting Members.

If leaving or recently left, use our ASAP Checklist

Update and strengthen your LinkedIn profile. Even if not currently looking, you need a strong, credible profile on LinkedIn. Reconnect with people who know your work. Strengthen your profile to be found by recruiting bots. Changes have been made without notification, making some profiles look fake. hpalumni.org/LinkedIn

Join the "Hewlett-Packard / HPE - Unofficial" group on LinkedIn (HPAA membership not required.) Plus join the appropriate LinkedIn groups specific to your country and job history.

Before you need to find a new job, discreetly untangle your personal business from your employer's IT systems. No matter where you work, what your job situation, or how innocent your activities -- there are legal, privacy, and data loss issues with using your employer's IT facilities for your personal business. How and why based on personal experiences reported by HPAA members. How to set up professional email.

How to provide a valid HP or HPE employer address and phone number on an application.  Records are kept at the headquarters office in each country. Instead of using an address from a paystub -- which may be for a building that the company no longer occupies -- members recommend that you use the headquarters address for the country where you worked.

- HP (Hewlett-Packard Company, now named HP Inc.)  Worldwide Country Headquarters: https://www.hp.com/us-en/contact-hp/ww_office_locs.html  [U.S. Admin headquarters is in Texas.]

- HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company)  Worldwide Country Headquarters: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/ww-office-locations

Learn how it works before you need it:

Employment and Experience Verification Member advice for HP, HPE, and related companies.

Check the information being reported about your employment history.

Read What I wish I had known before layoff, retirement, or leaving -- based on input from dozens of HPAA members.

Evaluate your career situation:

Career Checkup -- hard-earned advice on evaluating your situation, based on extensive online discussions and private communications with alumni.

Advice and info on returning to HPInc or HPE -- including informal and formal restrictions.

▪ Job hunting: Members recommend spending most of your job-hunting time searching outside the company -- you are a stronger candidate while still employed. Very few members report landing during their "redeployment period" -- losing critical time and wasting energy on discussions that end abruptly without explanation. Job Hunting

Reconstructing your HP career:

You can get your personnel file to assist in developing your résumé: HPInc  HPE.

HP publications How to find references to yourself or products or products you worked on in Measure or the HP Journal -- all back issues of which are available online:

Job searching:

▪ "Job Searching for the Mature Worker" HPAA video. Pat Richards from nonprofit NOVA Workforce Services, Sunnyvale, California. Pragmatic, actionable advice. (Not the usual motivational fluff.) Questions and discussion.

▪ "PSR Methodology" -- Problem, Solution, Results -- to strengthen how you describe your experience.

▪ Online Job Search Plan. My Plan walks you through the four major stages -- with examples, tools, and short videos. From NOVA:

Job Center Locator 3,000 non-profit federally-funded Job Centers nationwide -- providing job-search assistance, skills development, and career counseling.

Job hunting advice from members  -- inside or outside HP.

Career topics:

Advice and info on returning to HPInc or HPE -- including informal and formal restrictions.

▪ How much notice to give on retirement -- at any company. Advice from HPAA members.

W-2 or final Earnings Statement to prove income:

▪ Contacts: Annual W-2 or final Earnings Statement

Obtain your tax return information from the IRS: https://www.irs.gov/payments/your-online-account

Employment lawsuits: Current status of major HP and HPE Employment Lawsuits 


Know someone who is leaving HP or HPE? They should use the HP Alumni Association's "ASAP Checklist" immediately. Member advice on what to do before losing access to company systems -- and in the following few weeks. Supplements the official checklists. ASAP Checklist  (No password required.)

Currently at HP or HPE? Whether you expect to leave HP soon or not: advice and information from HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise alumni on transition planning; stock purchase cost basis; networking; "What I wish I had known before I left" -- and more. (No password required.)

Gone from HP or HPE? The nationwide HPAA has several moderated discussion forums. HPAA Benefits covers topics such as COBRA and retiree health benefits, annual enrollment, and transition to Medicare. HPAA Finance deals with employee stock, 401(k), pensions, and other financial issues from an ex-HP/HPE perspective. Join the independent HP Alumni Association at no charge.

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(Mar 17, 2024)


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