Are these people actually going to help me out?

So I've been reduced to cold-emailing random people at banks looking for a job sophomore summer (before junior year); I've hit up several MDs/exec. directors in a few divisions, offering to work unpaid because I want experience.

A few (8-10) have gotten back to me within a day with lukewarm to positive responses (ranging from "hiring's over but I'll see what I can do" to "I'll forward this to some of my people" to "send me your resume and we'll talk"). So I shot my resume over to those people...do they actually want to help me? And when should I email them again?

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dude worst case scenario you get 8-10 contacts out of it for next year. I'm sure they want to help you, its a question of how busy they are and their respective hiring processes given the current market.

 

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