How Important Is Networking?
I am applying to 2022 summer internships and haven't networked at all since I was crazy busy this semester. Is it too late to start networking if I sent in apps and if not how would I go in reaching out to people from my school?
Very important. No just for now, but later in your career. Just had a friend make a crazy lateral due to a connect he made a few years back when he was in college. Also, it's never too late.
Should I message people using my school's alumni database or by using LinkedIn messages.
Both. Use all channels you can including organizations you are apart of. The goal is to get to a VP/MD level contact but often times if you reach out to an analyst/associate they have a mentor or 2 they can point you too.
Completely unimportant. Don't do it! /s
Know this: I am at a target for a particular top group and they ran two processes last summer because of Covid. Even though I (in the words of the career center head) was the top candidate at my school, the group didn’t shortlist me the first time around for a phone screen. After the first process, I networked with them and got the interview invite in the second process and was the only one to get the offer.
Here, networking was the key for me even though I had a great resume. Thus, would mention that networking is really important.
I go to a top 10 school and would say that I have a decent resume although my GPA is on the lower side this is made up for by my activities section. So I am assuming that if I network I could be in a similar position as you were?
Yeah, good networking with a good resume makes for a killer combination. One without the other will make it very difficult to recruit at the best place. I seriously networked at 4 banks looking back now and I got superdays from 3 of them (one bank had a selective hirevue as a first-round and I suck at hirevues so didn't get past).
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