Hey guys! I have a question regarding the best medium for networking. I‘m a freshman at what some would consider a semi-target with solid representation on the street. Through LinkedIn, I’ve been able to connect with several alum at BBs, but I don’t know where/how to get the convo started. Any advice is much appreciated!
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Current analyst here. Email 100%. Cold calling would be creepy imo. LinkedIn requires too many steps (plus no one uses the app)
good to know, thanks for the help!
This was my five step plan. It worked.
1) Connect on LinkedIn
2) Find their email address. You can very easily find the general company email format and can pretty easily deduce what said person’s email address is based off this.
3) Email and ask for a phone call within the next week if they have time. Express immense gratitude and acknowledge that they are busier than you.
4) Make any time work. This may sound either cliche or impossible but seriously- if they offer to speak Monday at 10 pm and you usually hang with friends on Monday evenings in the summer, you honestly don’t deserve any benefits of networking. They are so much busier than you. Make it work, DO NOT RESCHEDULE and ESPECIALLY do not tell them a time works only to have you cancel the call. Again, they are 20x busier than you and this is a terrible look and shows disinterest and/or entitlement.
5) Sorry for rambling on the point above but I heard this advice at a seminar at my school and after speaking with countless ppl through networking I can assure you that you must work around their schedules.
Anyway, point 5 is to Follow up with an Email and ask them to connect you to a higher up (Associate or VP if IB, maybe a MD, Senior Analyst or Associate if ER)
Hope this helps. Connecting on LinkedIn is always a good start but finding emails and getting those calls in is really how networking leads to interviews.
down to a science, the way I like it lol. I appreciate this a ton! thanks!
I agree with 3K on all points except 1. I've been on the receiving end of this tactic and it feels a bit off (don't know how to explain). Every other step is spot on and it's very easy to find a person's email
Being referred in by the upperclassmen who are incoming FT/summers to people at the bank is ideal. Although, we've all cold-emailed and cold-LinkedIn-connected.
This. Had no luck reaching out on my own, but they all do if someone incoming could loop me in. The point is tho, be super chill and never say sth like "hey you didn't respond to my initial email". It's a huge damage not only to you but also whoever gave you the shot.
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