Regrets in job search: Make sure this doesn't happen to you.
There are 3 regrets I've had in job searching. What are yours?
1. My 3rd internship at BlackRock, I was putting bologna on my plate with Ralph Schlosstein (Ex-COO of BlackRock, now CEO of Evercore) next to me. "Hungry are we?" Me: "Yeah what's a poor college kid to do?" I walk away not saying anything else to him.
2. At Bloomberg B-Discovered Day, Dan Doctoroff the CEO gives a speech on taking risks and even tells us where his office is. I wanted to send a thank you or some sort of letter. I thought about emailing Mike Bloomberg after reading his book. "5 minutes of your time, it won't even cost you a dime." Never did. I prepared 4 weeks for BB. After a final round, rejected with a generic email.
3. In 2008, Not asking my VP for a junior internship. Entire team gets laid off Feb 09. Called her to catch up and make sure things were okay, was told "if only you had asked [for an internship.]."
I believe in "80% of life is showing up" and "what's the worst that can happen if you ask?"
Make sure you don't ever have regrets. Go to that info session, call that rich uncle, follow up with that MD who liked you. Take the initiative and have CONFIDENCE.





why did you have 3
why did you have 3 internships at blackrock?
If you just play the numbers
If you just play the numbers game, you are going to get a position which is an approximate match for your education and experience.
"what's the worst that can
"what's the worst that can happen if you ask?"
totally agree, you take enough risks and sooner or later one will pay off
"I came, I saw, I networked"
marketimpact wrote: "what's
"what's the worst that can happen if you ask?"
totally agree, you take enough risks and sooner or later one will pay off
Well you could piss somebody off, you're conversation could get posted on the internet, everybody will laugh at you, and you'll be forced to delete all your social accounts while you're black balled from the industry.
What? You asked.....
blastoise wrote: why did you
why did you have 3 internships at blackrock?
Asked back: Summer, Winter-Spring, Summer
monkeysama
"what's the worst that can happen if you ask?"
totally agree, you take enough risks and sooner or later one will pay off
Well you could piss somebody off, you're conversation could get posted on the internet, everybody will laugh at you, and you'll be forced to delete all your social accounts while you're black balled from the industry.
What? You asked.....
No crazy "I am always awake for Citi" stunts though. Just asking for info interviews, meetups, coffee, etc.
Thanks for posting this.
Thanks for posting this. Never hurts to reach out to someone.
Love the first tag.
wolfyserver
"what's the worst that can happen if you ask?"
totally agree, you take enough risks and sooner or later one will pay off
Well you could piss somebody off, you're conversation could get posted on the internet, everybody will laugh at you, and you'll be forced to delete all your social accounts while you're black balled from the industry.
What? You asked.....
No crazy "I am always awake for Citi" stunts though. Just asking for info interviews, meetups, coffee, etc.
That's true. It just takes a lot of finesse, and by finesse I mean quieting the inner crazy. Tough to do for some people. I feel soooo bad for that one girl - she just needs a crash course in socializing skills or maybe a year off traveling with people to work on her people ability. But yeah, very important to reach out to people. I wouldn't worry too much about the sandwich thing though, it happens. Plus you might have irritated the guy when he just wanted to say hi and didn't want to really start a conversation.
On second thought, I don't know. I guess I'm not the best judge of that sort of stuff.
you realize she got the
you realize she got the interview with Citi and some other banks called her because of that presentation, right?
financefan1 wrote: you
you realize she got the interview with Citi and some other banks called her because of that presentation, right?
Haha, really? Well....now I'm not so sympathetic.
http://dealbreaker.com/tag/al
http://dealbreaker.com/tag/always-awake-with-citi/
Read the article, it's short. IBs are always pitching themselves to clients, it would make sense they would prefer someone who can pitch themselves to them.
financefan1 wrote: you
you realize she got the interview with Citi and some other banks called her because of that presentation, right?
I chatted with her on LinkedIn and gave her some PR/damage control advice. She just wants it all to go away. I'm pretty sure she doesn't like be on the Huffington Post.
Kudos to her, though, for making it a meme.
I was a summer intern in 2004
I was a summer intern in 2004 at a bank in chicago and CEO talked to all the summers over lunch. As he finished up he said to email him if we had any questions.. That afternoon I emailed him and asked if he would like to have breakfast as I would like to learn more about how he spent the early years of his career. 3 weeks later he called me and asked if I was free for breakfast next day. Turns out in 6 years I was first person to email him. I ended up accepting the job and two years later resigned. He was first person I emailed and he said to stay in touch. We have overr the years and he is one of my best resources.
WSO Conf - June 29, 2013
^ silver banana right there.
^ silver banana right there.
VENUSAUR LIKES BANANA ...AND
VENUSAUR LIKES BANANA
...AND CRAP
At Goldman IBD recently I
Smooth_Nico wrote: At Goldman
Last night, I'm leaving the
Great post wolfy, I think the
I play on a softball team
I think this is true. I've
I'm talking about liquid. Rich enough to have your own jet. Rich enough not to waste time. Fifty, a hundred million dollars, buddy. A player. Or nothing.
Smooth_Nico wrote: At Goldman
But to add to that - you
NRG wrote: Smooth_Nico
MCBB687 wrote: I play on a
This pep talk has sparked me
I agree completely with this.
My man. All these kids
Stringer Bell: My man. All