Can you network TOO much?

As the title says. Currently I have landed an interview at a BB through one contact, while at other BB's I have yet to go through the FT recruiting process yet (they haven't started yet or are waiting to hear back from SA's). Should I continue to network at every BB although I've already received an interview and haven't?

Assuming I'm on the recruiters' "radar", would it come off as "excessive" if I continue to schedule cold calls with contacts at the firm?

Thanks

 

Bad analogy. You can absolutely network TOO much and become that guy. As an example, we once had a kid apply for an analyst role through every single member of our firm via email, LinkedIn, cold calls, and friends of friends. He also contacted multiple recruiters from the same agency who were working on the mandate. The guy became a running joke even years later. Most firms have an HR department and/or use recruiters to avoid these types of situations.

OP, let the recruiter do his job and if you really feel the need make sure to only contact 1 or 2 people from the same shop. None of this is to say that you should not be taking advantage of people in your network (friends, family, colleagues, alumni, etc.) but you don't' want to become another Rob Van Winkle.

 

There is no such thing as overexpanding your network, but there is such a thing as overusing one contact within that network. Don't become a hindrance to them. Only call/see someone if you have some real questions lined up, and let them control the flow of the conversation. Ultimately, especially with analysts and associates, it's more a matter of getting them to like you so they think they could stand spending 100 hours a week around you.

 
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call them everyday until they either agree to meet with you or give you a job offer. they tell you to fuck off, you tell them, fuck you! pay me! right to their face. u spam their inbox, do whatever you have to do.

i once called this big swingin dick over and over again. he wouldnt return my calls, his secretary kept cock blocking me. so i just showed up at his office on his birthday with a box of cuban cigars. believe me, they let me in. when i got into the office, this is what he said:

"This is the kid, calls me 59 days in a row, wants to be a player. There ought to be a picture of you in the dictionary under persistence kid."

..you know, in the end, life comes down to a few moments, this was one of them.


We're about to enter a Great Depression. Don't you want a president who's already dressed for it?

------------ I'm making it up as I go along.
 

Try not to over-do it. It is not uncommon for a bunch of analysts to joke around and make fun of the kid who sends a stock email to each analyst looking for info or an interview. You're far better off picking your spots rather than trying a blitz approach within a single company.

~~~~~~~~~~~ CompBanker

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CompBanker:
Try not to over-do it. It is not uncommon for a bunch of analysts to joke around and make fun of the kid who sends a stock email to each analyst looking for info or an interview. You're far better off picking your spots rather than trying a blitz approach within a single company.

~~~~~~~~~~~ CompBanker

Hit the nail on the head. We all talk and if some guy it blasting everyone in the group to meet up for coffee it can be seen as a bit annoying / too keen. Sounds like your conversations are going well so keep up those relationships but mix up your networking unless you are very set on that particular group and you've expressed as such.

 
juniormistmaker:
CompBanker:
Try not to over-do it. It is not uncommon for a bunch of analysts to joke around and make fun of the kid who sends a stock email to each analyst looking for info or an interview. You're far better off picking your spots rather than trying a blitz approach within a single company.

~~~~~~~~~~~ CompBanker

Hit the nail on the head. We all talk and if some guy it blasting everyone in the group to meet up for coffee it can be seen as a bit annoying / too keen. Sounds like your conversations are going well so keep up those relationships but mix up your networking unless you are very set on that particular group and you've expressed as such.

In OPs case, isn't it unusual in the sense that his aggressive networking with one group didn't backfire? I have multiple contacts within one group that I'm really interested in, but just don't know if contacting both of them would be ideal.

 

keep it goin man, as long as you stay in tune to what other people are thinking of you and you know you aren't bugging them, you're doing what's necessary to at least guarantee an interview come recruiting season.

 

networking is the key! as long as you've proven yourself to the contacts in your network in the past, they won't mind helping you out because i've found that most understand how hard the recruiting process is on us these days. nowadays being recommended is also such a big part of having even the slightest chance of being looked at... for me, networking was a HUGE part and one of the primary reasons I got as far as I did, especially since I wasnt from a target school and the competition pool this year is much larger since college grads are competing directly with experienced professionals as well... I say network your heart out!

 

Did you ever make the analysts aware that you have been talking to all of them? So if you talked to Jack and John last week, and you meet Jim this week, do you say something like "Oh hey do you know Jack and John at your bank?"

 

Well realistically, networking with SAs, analysts and associates won't really help you too much. Try to aim for SVPs or MDs (since VPs obviously don't have the time), and go for 2-3

Of course, this is already very hard in itself.

I'm not concerned with the very poor -Mitt Romney
 

Call him.

What can it hurt? Maybe the older guy forgets to send the email, maybe everyone in the office thinks he's a jackass and doesn't listen to him. Maybe HR gets his email and forgets about you accidentally.

Worst case scenario, HR gets your resume twice, with two positive recommendations. Call your other guy.

- Capt K - "Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. If you want to make ambitious people waste their time on errands, bait the hook with prestige." - Paul Graham
 

Well, should I call HR anyways and try to do some damage control (ie. say sorry for contacting professionals, I was advised to reach out to as many people as I could)? I actually know who the HR contact is as I talked with her during summer internship recruiting as well (back in the spring), not to mention she still remembers who I am. Although I didn't even get an interview for summer internships

Also, for future reference should I just avoid so much networking? I've never really limited myself on how many people to email/call cause there are so many people who just don't respond but...

 

Just send HR a brief apologetic email and let it be. I don't think you networked too hard, just some places might have sand in their vagina and not appreciate someone being proactive. Then again you might be understating how much you hammered this place. Take it for what it is, a blow off. Move on and keep hitting it hard.

 

Sorry to revive a dead thread, but perhaps when you sent it to their work email addresses, HR has a way of tracking it?

Anyways, has anyone else experienced this? I am thinking about cold-emailing or cold-messaging people on LinkedIn and definitely would not want this to happen to me...

 

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