Should I prepare an ER Report before I start networking?

I'm a L3 CFA candidate and looking to make a career change in the ER industry. Love doing research and analytical work and think I could have a lot of success. Would like to start networking with analysts/associates in the industry and heard to send out my own research reports. Should I prepare these before I start networking or can it wait?

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Thousand percent agree. Tons of people reach out to network. Percent that send a report is much smaller. Guess who I was more inclined to follow up with?

One kid reached out with a report that was so high quality that I forwarded it to the director of research for internships after I spoke with him. Kid crushed the interviews, got an internship and then a full time. He was at a no-name school, super non-target, no way he would've got through the HR filter otherwise.  

 

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