Thoughts on emailing IR/info email

I am a sophomore at a target, and wanted to reach out to some hedge funds to try and speak with someone. Usually, if I can find someone's email I know it's best to just email them. However, if I cannot find an employee's email is it okay to just email the firm's IR/Info email?For example at xyz capital, would it be okay to email info@xyzcapital? I would send a normal networking email, but instead of directing it towards a specific person I would just direct it towards the firm like "is there anyone who may be available for a 15 minute call?"Thanks in advance to anyone who responds!

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info@ emails don't generally feed into IR's inbox. You'll find that it'll go to either a front desk/reception team or in some cases one of the members of the HR department. 

If you want to work at funds let alone a HF then just emailing an info address doesn't show a lot of resourcefulness, you want to try and demonstrate ability to find information out. That might mean using LinkedIn or news articles online to learn the names of individuals in the firm and then trying to figure out how their email addresses are structured. 

I had success doing this to get my first job in finance and have since seen others do it emailing into my firm when our contact information isn't available online

 

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