CEO of BB I-Bank is Alum. Should I send an email?

he has probably 10 assistant screening his email. Odds are he will never see it, but you could get lucky. Or you can get unlucky and get blackballed.

I would switch from "Looking for Advice" to "Looking to Speak" in this case, but it's not going to get you blackballed. That'd be ridiculous. It will almost certainly go to his EA - alright, it certainly will. She may pass it on, and it could certainly help if she does and he might decide he's bored and wants to talk. Alternatively, she'll write a very nice email, sign his name to it, and you'll move on with your day. I don't see you getting blackballed. If you do, just make it a point to rise to a high enough level that you can one day put that bank out of business. Why do you think BSC went down? They fucked with the wrong MoFos (well, in the case of LTCM, about a dozen of the wrong MoFos)

Get more creative. Send him something from your school in the mail- a mug, car sticker, banner - with the note and your resume saying you'd love to take no more than 5 min of his time to talk. His assistant will definitely pass it on. It would stand out more and he'd probably get a kick out of it. I'd say you had a 50/50 chance of getting a call or a note saying that he'd sent your resume to the recruiting team. Make sure the "gift" is not expensive.

When you get your 5 min, be ready to tell your very tight story about why you're a great candidate. The ask, of course, is a job working at his firm. example of strong/weak elevator pitch: http://bit.ly/ngDBH

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wow that is actually a great idea hahaha. very Bud Fox. i would not include the resume though, i highly doubt its anything a CEO of a BB will find impressive, it can only hurt rather than help

FormerMD... good idea. I think I'll try it as well.

On another note, I would advise everyone on ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS having an elevator pitch ready, even if you're not actively job hunting.

I learned this lesson the hard way. While I have in the past been in the elevator with executives, a few weeks ago I was visiting a friend at work and I ran into a multi-multi-billionaire in the elevator. He's not easily recognizable, but if I said his name there isn't a single person who wouldn't know who he is.

I was quickly scrambling to come up with some kind of quick blurb to capitalize from potentially having 30 seconds of his attention, but didn't come up with anything really.

I have contact info for some VERY high-up executives, any tips on what I can send to get their attention, since they're not alum from my school?

i guess with networking i always take the approach of genuinely being interested in getting to know the other person, rather than trying to get something out of them.

if i ran into someone interesting in an elevator, i would never "pitch" myself to them... does a CEO really give a crap about a 22 year old analyst's accomplishments? would you really break into a 30second "walk me through your resume" if you ran into Jamie Dimon in an elevator?

I got an interview which led to an offer at a well-known consulting company by emailing my resume to the CEO directly. He forwarded it within the day to a recruiter and a week later, I had an interview.

Just Do It. You never know. Plus, august is a slow month.

I actually cold-emailed a top level exec at a BB (alumni) back in April. He replied within an hour but told me he was way too busy with all the crap thats going on...told me to contact him during summer. Still haven't done it though.