FT analyst trying to lateral right now, and it seems like my cold email response rate is abysmal, even worse than when I was recruiting for SA. I get there has been a lot of layoffs recently and there are a bunch of people scrambling for seats, but it seems like no one is even willing to talk to me. I have a good resume and I know my emails are written well (concise, slightly personalized). Anyone else experiencing this?
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Crazy times. Would recommend re-evaluating your duration here. Market is pretty weak in most areas so would avoid cold outreach and instead look via headhunters or warm connects to build sustainable leads
Honestly days have been longer than ever at least at my group, but speaking to friends it seems to be a trend. People likely just don't have the bandwidth to respond to anything right now, would try other avenues of getting interviews or in front of people
Deals picking up or more pitch work? My group is always decently busy friends at other banks are generally less busy these days compared to this time last year at least
Mostly pitches rn, in a TMT group at mid BB (not CS)
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