Hey WSO! Recently, I've been contacting private-wealth-management firms near me for a Summer internship. I'm a Freshmen at a non-target so it's been tough but I emailed one of the branch managers regarding my interests, and asked for my resume. It's been around 2 weeks now, and no response.
I feel like I'm approaching this incorrectly though. I read some older posts about getting an internship into a PWM firm, and it's not as of a clean-cut process especially in my position. So I have to go the extra mile (as I should) and reach out to HR, or someone high up in there. I found that most of the time when I ask to have a phone call regarding my interest in the industry and wanting to learn more, it's just ignored (they have better things to do). But I've gotten responses to drop my resume when I just get to the point when I just introduce my self in the email, my goals, and inquiring about Summer internships.
I had another instance lately as well -- got on the phone with a VP, went great. I learned a lot. I asked how I could get ahead early on and he said internships -- from there he basically told me to email the branch manager. Did so yesterday and no response.
Sorry if this post seems scattered. I'm new to this entire thing, and don't want to mess it up.
