Asking your boss to float your resume around

Also interested.

Are you asking if you should build a closer relationship with the chief executive officer who handed you a job because you guys emailed a few times? Is that what you're asking?

Boy, you must really be knocking the cover off the ball in Equity Research land with those analytics

If the CEO already got you the job, he already did you a solid. As an intern, you haven't had a positive impact on the company in any way. Now's not the time to be talking about floating your resume like the CEO of this firm is your personal agent. That's just not how the world works.

The right way to approach this is to try and schedule a coffee or a lunch with BOTH your direct boss and the CEO before summer is over and talk about what you have done so far, what you've learned, if they have any advice or criticism for you, and what you want to accomplish before your internship ends.

During this conversation, if they have good things to say about you, you ask about your future with the company you're currently at. "Do you hire interns full time?" "Do you expect the office to grow over the next year?" etc. If they say yes, you don't bring up any other company. Don't treat your current company like the girl in a chick flick who has a secret crush on a guy and then tries to help him win over the girl he's obsessed with. They showed an interest in you by hiring you - don't friend zone them and ask for help with the next firm.

At some point, perhaps at the end of summer, perhaps a few months down the line when you check back in to see if they're hiring, you will eventually get a no (or get offered. it's one or the other). It is then and ONLY THEN that you ask him to put you in touch with some other people. You don't ask him to send the resume - you ask him to give you a name and maybe write an intro email. Do the work yourself.

The other alternative is if you explicitly said you don't want to do Asset Management. If that's the case, you still wait until you're done and are able to check back in with him. You want to leave with a good impression, not a "this little shit is using me as a stepping stone" impression, so that he can genuinely recommend you.

When it comes to networking, there's a fine line between using people and using people. The difference is striking.

Come on, man. Put yourself in the CEO's shoes. You gave this kid an internship just because he went to the same college as you did. And he asks you to put your neck on the line in front of your peers in the industry just so that he can get a job. Would you do that?

Getting you an internship is company-internal - he can manage that since he's the CEO.

Getting you a job by floating your resume is company-external - if you fuck up, that's a big egg on his face. Why would he risk that? "I'm not entirely close to him" --> This is the hint right there.