Mass e-mailing alums asking for internships directly?

I have contact info for hundreds of alums at my school in the financial industry, so there's no way I will be able to do informational interviews/phone calls with all of them.

What do you guys think about just sending tons of e-mails to alums at boutiques and inquiring directly about internship opportunities (rather than the usual, indirect "interested in speaking" method)? Obviously the success rate will be lower than if I built actual connections, but I will be able to reach out to a lot more people. All I am hoping is that they will forward my resume to whoever does recruiting at their firm.

Any thoughts on this?

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I usually include a paragraph about why I want to intern at their firm specifically, so that probably doesn't work with a mass email. Sometimes mass emails may seem impersonal, so I'm not sure if it'll help you, unless if your school alumni absolutely love helping students and automatically jump in excitement whenever they hear your school's name.

 

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