I found a directors business card. What do I do?
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on 9/10/11 at 4:14pm
Was at a restaurant and there was a bowl with business cards in it. Saw one on top from someone at a top BB(think GS, JP, MS, etc). Person is a director there. I copied down their email address but don't know what to do?
Should I email them or just disregard?
Was thinking I could say I came across you while browsing on linkedin or something like that






You're creepy
You're creepy
mail, what do you have to
mail, what do you have to loose
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hahahah that IS pretty damn
hahahah that IS pretty damn creepy. With that being said, do what you gotta do to get where you need to be...
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Kinda creepy, but it's still
Kinda creepy, but it's still good thinking. Maybe come up with another way of how you found out about him ha.
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for the record, do you think
for the record, do you think someone of importance would put their business card in a fishbowl? doesn't really seem like something a hot shot would do. I'm not saying the guy isn't important, but think about the kind of person that would do such a thing.
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bump.
bump.
LIBOR nailed it. If he's such
LIBOR nailed it. If he's such a baller, why's he trying to win a free lunch? Was it IlliniProgrammer? Probably a director in IT or something.
Better than an AIDS walk
Better than an AIDS walk list.
free office lunches are
free office lunches are fantastic. this summer one of the traders won lunch from qdoba. dont be hatin
He is going to be pissed off
He is going to be pissed off at you when he finds out you took his business card out of the bowl and he is no longer in the running for the free lunch.
I suggest the following: Email the guy. Tell him he has won lunch for himself and nine co-workers. Tell him it is fully catered and that the food will be delivered to his office. When the day arrives, buy the food yourself and bring it to his conference room. You then have the attention of 10 bankers and you can make your pitch as to why they should hire you.
You know, I started typing the above as a joke, but hell, it could actually work....
CompBanker
CompBanker wrote: He is going
He is going to be pissed off at you when he finds out you took his business card out of the bowl and he is no longer in the running for the free lunch.
I suggest the following: Email the guy. Tell him he has won lunch for himself and nine co-workers. Tell him it is fully catered and that the food will be delivered to his office. When the day arrives, buy the food yourself and bring it to his conference room. You then have the attention of 10 bankers and you can make your pitch as to why they should hire you.
You know, I started typing the above as a joke, but hell, it could actually work....
What's funny is that I had the same exact thought--a first I was like oh that'd be pretty funny...but it actually COULD be effective, and so much different than anything anyone else has ever done. Especially because you don't actually have any connection to the guy.
leveRAGE. wrote: CompBanker
He is going to be pissed off at you when he finds out you took his business card out of the bowl and he is no longer in the running for the free lunch.
I suggest the following: Email the guy. Tell him he has won lunch for himself and nine co-workers. Tell him it is fully catered and that the food will be delivered to his office. When the day arrives, buy the food yourself and bring it to his conference room. You then have the attention of 10 bankers and you can make your pitch as to why they should hire you.
You know, I started typing the above as a joke, but hell, it could actually work....
What's funny is that I had the same exact thought--a first I was like oh that'd be pretty funny...but it actually COULD be effective, and so much different than anything anyone else has ever done. Especially because you don't actually have any connection to the guy.
that is actually pretty creative... i'll be back in 20 mins... im off to scrounge through the local restaurants lunch draws...
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ConanDBull wrote: leveRAGE.
He is going to be pissed off at you when he finds out you took his business card out of the bowl and he is no longer in the running for the free lunch.
I suggest the following: Email the guy. Tell him he has won lunch for himself and nine co-workers. Tell him it is fully catered and that the food will be delivered to his office. When the day arrives, buy the food yourself and bring it to his conference room. You then have the attention of 10 bankers and you can make your pitch as to why they should hire you.
You know, I started typing the above as a joke, but hell, it could actually work....
What's funny is that I had the same exact thought--a first I was like oh that'd be pretty funny...but it actually COULD be effective, and so much different than anything anyone else has ever done. Especially because you don't actually have any connection to the guy.
that is actually pretty creative... i'll be back in 20 mins... im off to scrounge through the local restaurants lunch draws...
Can this please happen!?
If I were the MD I'd still initally be freaked by may listen if the guy seemed normal enough, and impressed at the drive to get in.
I dunno, I'd feel a little
I dunno, I'd feel a little weird hiring a guy who does something like that. Though I'm sure others feel differently.
If your dreams don't scare you, then they are not big enough.
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Oreos wrote: ConanDBull
Can this please happen!?
Man, I really want the OP to do this. I wouldn't take it any further than this: show up when the food arrives, ask for the director, explain it to him, tell him all you want to do is give him your resume, hand it to him, tell him thanks, walk out and let them eat their free lunch. It's a 30 second thing.
Otherwise, the whole thing would turn into an obligation for everyone and would be reminiscent of those free lunches where you have to sit through a pitch to buy timeshares.
Unfortunately, the guy is probably a "director" in operations or something like that.
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