I go to a target and am networking for IB. I’m sending cold emails to alumni and have been told by others my email template I good. I include my resume in the emails and have been told I have a very good resume. I’ve emailed 26 people in IB and no responses. Is this normal or does this indicate there’s something wrong im doing that I should fix?
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Either you have some stats that are bad (3.7 gpa) or your target alumni network sucks. Kids I've talked to have not had this issue and can at least get 25-50% of their alum on the phone
My gpa is nearly 3.9 and I got to Georgetown. Could it be I have wrong email format for some banks? I have looked online and thru checkers to make sure I have the correct one though.
Perhaps is it that I’m including my resume in my emails and the company servers are putting it in spam? Or maybe that I’m using my school email to send these emails?
I go to Notre Dame with a 3.6-3.7 GPA but still get a reasonable response rate. I think there's something wrong with your email.
Same thing happening to me.
Can I ask which school? I’m at Georgetown
Columbia / Dart / Duke type
This is not normal, in my opinion. I emailed 10 people the night before and received 2-3 coffee chat requests the next day. My resume is not the best, but I attend a solid target school. You should revise your email and make sure it's not super wordy.
This is my email template. Is it ok? If not, any suggestions? Thanks
Dear (name),
I am a sophomore at Georgetown studying Government and Economics, and I came across your profile while researching alumni in investment banking. Your path from Georgetown to [Bank Name] interested me, especially your work in [specific field or project if known] where I have had exposure to in [internship and/or club].
I'm particularly interested in M&A and would love to hear about your experience at [Bank Name] and any advice you might have for someone aspiring to follow a similar path. If possible, would you be open to a quick 10-15 minute call? For additional context regarding my background, I’ve attached my resume for your reference.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration – hope to hear from you soon.
Best regards,
(Name)
I'm one of your alumni and I didn't respond because I could tell you were spraying out cold emails.
I think it’s too long. You only need ~3 sentences demonstrating your interest for a coffee chat. Your alumni won’t respond unless the email can be processed within 5 seconds.
Feel free to PM me your email template, probably something wrong with it
I PMd you. Thanks for doing this
Pre-Holidays are just bad. My response rate between the beginning of the school year and Thanksgiving break was ~55%; now it's ~20%, and a few of the responses have asked me to follow up with them in January.
Thanks for the info. Whats concerning for me is that I’m 0/26. If I even had a 20% response rate then I’d understand that it could be due to the time of year. Do you think it’s my email template?
Dear (name),
I am a sophomore at Georgetown studying Government and Economics, and I came across your profile while researching alumni in investment banking. Your path from Georgetown to [Bank Name] interested me, especially your work in [specific field or project if known] where I have had exposure to in [internship and/or club].
I'm particularly interested in M&A and would love to hear about your experience at [Bank Name] and any advice you might have for someone aspiring to follow a similar path. If possible, would you be open to a quick 10-15 minute call? For additional context regarding my background, I’ve attached my resume for your reference.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration – hope to hear from you soon.
Best regards,
(Name)
My email template is pretty generic as well, I literally change one sentence per. Probably just got unlucky with who you're emailing
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