Hey guys, pretty new to this so please go easy on me. In no way mean to post this as a way of "showing off," just looking to see what I should be doing next.
I'm a Sophomore at a non-target and have spoken with 200+ IBankers across the Street. I average around 10 calls per week, and don't treat the bankers I network with as numbers in any way, I genuinely enjoy speaking over the phone and learning about other peoples' stories. I've had many quality calls, the usual terrible ones, and some average ones as well. With recruiting season still a couple of months away, what should I be doing now in terms of networking?
Do I continue to increase that number to 250? Target different banks? Stop networking as hard? Any advice?
Hey BankerHopeful , looks to me like your well on track - don´t stress out oo much about it. You´ll hit the jackpot at some point, just stay on your track, stay open-minded and the right call will come at the right time. Fortune favours not only the bold, but also the well-prepared.
I got my foot in the door at BB AM by literally just talking to a guy on a trade fair, whose colleague was looking for interns, so I might be biased here.
Hey @Matchwood" appreciate your reply! For sure man, already feel like I've met some incredible people that are more than willing to help down the line, but definitely continuing to work hard. Pretty cool that you got the offer through that trade fair as well haha
Build on the relationships you’ve already started and network yourself into teams you’re truly interested in.
Calls are great but follow up calls are even better
I was in a similar situation to the OP but was terrible with follow up calls. What do you suggest talking about in a follow-up call? I did the occasional email, but as soon as I had a second conversation I shot myself in the foot.
It's often best to follow up for specific reasons. This is often easier with target ocr, but generally my first contact/talk would have been right after the event and one more right as review/interviews were about to happen. I'd ask about more interview-specific stuff and for them to refer me to more people. Chances are if you're shooting yourself in the foot, you're just reaching out for the sake of doing so, and bankers will feel like they're wasting their time on you.
Couldn't agree more. Sending out emails for now since a lot of Analysts have told me that it's very busy these days, but definitely working on setting up coffee chats and follow up calls in the winter, hopefully it's less busy by then
Out of curiosity what have you been talking about during your 10 calls per week that you don't already know the answer to your question? "Do you have any advice on what to do next / anyone I should talk to / etc" is a pretty standard networking call question.
Hey ValueJedi. Well for now, it's mainly getting exposure to banks I haven't had much contact with yet. There's a lot of MMs and a couple EBs that I don't know much about (simply because I haven't had a call with any of their Analysts/Associates yet), so the usual "anyone I should talk to, why your bank, etc." questions are pretty important for those. Other than that, because I've had some exposure already to the BBs and some other EBs, I'm trying to target specific groups, ask specific questions about those groups, get some early info on recruiting, more specific questions than general ones.
Bad news, you're horribly under-networked going into recruitment season. 200 bankers? You gotta pump those numbers up, buddy. When I was in your shoes, I had networked with every banker at each firm even down to their shoe shiner. Honestly shocking how people think they can get into banking with such little effort these days...
Hahaha, those shoe shiners must've been key!
Those are rookie numbers son, you gotta pump those up
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