What would you do? - Graduating senior from a semi to non-target
Hi WSO
I'm a graduating senior from a semi to non-target (school places 15 in BB FO annually) who managed to score a trading gig at a top tier BB in London a couple of months back. But now everyone and his brother wants to be my best buddy.. Either they want HR's contact or they ask me to refer them. I'm a little conflicted about this and I wanted to get your opinions..
On one hand I want to help. Getting a job isn't easy - its competitive as hell and takes a lot of hard work. I received guidance from alumni myself and I want to pass that on. I want my school to do well and I even passed a couple of resumes to HR - even though I didn't feel comfortable doing so (who the f*ck am I to be doing that?).
On the other hand.. this "spoon feed me please " attitude is really pissing me off.. I don't mind sharing the advice of seniors, my own experiences, resources or tricks, but a lot of them are expecting me to gift wrap them a job offer it seems. Am I wrong to feel pissed off when a stranger asks you for valuable information like HR or even my MD's email? Am I completely out of line for trying to help at all?
Even good friends - guys I know to be intelligent - would rather ask for a free pass before doing everything they can themselves. Some are really capable but I feel like their lack of drive is insulting to all the hard work and effort other kids put in.
What would you do WSO?
There is one girl like that in my school and we call her a hyena. I just gave her info on the condition that she would not reveal how she obtained the info.
MD: Tell me who gave you my contact and I'll give you her job.
Bang. Now what? Haha. I'd trust a friend on this, but not some random dude from the same finance class..
I would tell them that as a new hire, you are in no position to suggest others for the department as you literaly have zero pull there. Tell them that once you are established you can see what you can do (by the sound of it, the people have way too low of self motivation to contact you later anyway, so they probably wont).
Also you can find out when the next event that your firm will be recruting at is, and suggest your classmates go there to meet your more senior colleagues.
As far as for your good "inteligent" friends, they should understand that you need to worry about your own performance during your first 6 months and show the firm that you were a good hire, rather than see how many people you can bring in right away.
Just say you passed the resume along but don't and say it's against the rules to send out e-mail addresses. If I were in HR and an incoming First Year FT was sending me resumes of kids at his school, I'd be shocked
Shocked? Oh dear.. Am I in trouble then? The couple of times I forward resumes I asked HR if they'd mind first - they said they didn't but who knows right?
Thanks for the advice trailmix.. hadn't thought of that second one..
Agree with trailmix.
You could also give them advice, it's not a requirement to pass resumes especially when you're not making hiring decisions. Perhaps you can provide tips that worked well for you...take a look at their resume, tell them to attend a specific networking event, point them to alumni that have been helpful in the past, interview guidance, etc. Often these little things add up and the candidate is able to land a position elsewhere which is just as good.
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