Advice for target freshman struggling to land internship
Hey all, freshman here at a lower tier target with a 4.0 GPA, 1590 SAT and previous consulting (PwC) and PE experience. Over the last few days, I have sent out more than 70 emails and reached out to almost every IB boutique in my area either offering to work for free or trying to network with VPs. In spite of my strong CV, all I’ve gotten is emails telling me I have an impressive resume, but to come back next year or calls that have more or less lead to the same outcome despite going well. Not that I’ve reached out to almost every shop in my area, is there anything more that can be done to find an IB internship for the summer? Is it worth reaching out to boutiques outside of my area. Just feeling a little lost, particularly since I was able to cold call my way into my last internship (PE)with no experience as a high school senior. My CV and emails have been reviewed by a number of people, so I know nothing is wrong on that end. Fortunately, I’ve got a return offer with pay at the shop I worked at last summer, but I really want to get some IB experience on my resume so I can be competitive for BB sophomore internships. Does anyone have any advice on what more can be done/ what could be done differently to land a boutique internship? Thanks!
I was in your boat and I’m going to be real with you. Nearly every person I know who got an actual early IB internship beforehand either got lucky or had family. Don’t beat yourself up.
What do you mean by boutique? If you're looking at a place like LionTree, of course there's no way they're going to take you as a freshman.
I’m talking random places in my area with 10 employees and 3k followers on LinkedIn who close maybe 3 deals a year
Most of the boutiques that take freshman have under 1k followers or so. Aim a bit lower and you should be able to find something. I sent out 300 emails before I landed something.
Try reaching out to places outside of your vicinity (like diff state, country even continent) and bring up the option of working remotely. Lots of places are remote now and are happy to help people who genuinely want hands on experience.
Good after the fact suggestion lol I landed a PE internship in KSA (in person) for the first half of the summer and used that to get my way into an MM PE shop for August . Super excited for it. Ended up with 7 offers
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