So it's been a while...maybe too long...
Sincere apologies to anyone who's been trying to get in touch via WSO reply's or private message but I basically took a long vacation from WSO and most other social media over the last few years.
It's been great to see so many of you benefiting from my interviewing and job posts, landing great IB jobs, and succeeding in your work.
Rather than try to get through responding to all of the messages in my WSO inbox I went ahead and created a new gmail address:
If you have any questions or upcoming interviews please feel free to ping that address and I'll try and check it at least once a week. If a matter is urgent please write that in the subject line and I'll do my best to respond quickly (but no promises).
All the best, frgna
Had quite a few emails, please feel free to keep sending. Look forward to chatting with more of you and best of luck in your upcoming interviews.
frgna [email protected]
Reconnect with former interviewers / informational interviewers (Originally Posted: 04/21/2016)
I hope someone can give me an advice,
I am currently job-hunting. I started my current job in January 2015 after many many interviews (I am a career changer).
At that time (2014) I had some very nice interviews (others were not so). Most of the time, I felt that the "career change" thing and the lack of related experience put most potential employers off.
I started recently looking for a job. My job is OK but it is underpaid (career changer) and in a city I don't like to live (again, not many options at that time!). At least it is very interesting, exactly what I wanted to do (so good story-telling).
I wonder if it would be appropriate to reconnect with some of those people from 2014. My interest is obviously get a better paid job and to move back to my city (this is a very easy reason to understand).
How would you approach those people?
Sorry this should be in the Job Forum... can anyone change it? Thanks.
How to re-connect with mentors (Originally Posted: 09/22/2015)
Having recently started my analyst stint, I would like to maintain my relationship with alumni I have met that are at other banks. I can't really offer them help at this stage of my career, so I'm struggling with ways to re-engage besides dropping a congratulations every time they move to a new role. Any advice on how to go about it?
Ask how they are doing, what is going on in their life, what you are up to and would they like to grab a beer or coffee one day to meet up? TBH I really only speak with my mentors every 3 months or so.
It's about creating a friendship more or less.
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Best way to reconnect with contacts I haven't talked to in a while? (Originally Posted: 07/21/2013)
I recently started my FT position at a large AM shop after aggressively networking for it back in October 2012. I reached out to dozens of alumni during the 2012 recruiting season, but once I got my offer kind of slacked off on contacting them.
I want to reconnect with these guys, thank them for their help and potentially hit them up later down the road if I want to jump ship.
Whats the best way to do this? Should I find the year old email conversation we had to remind them or just send a brand new email and jog their memory by saying "oh thanks for meeting with me for coffee, etc etc)
Just contact them, it hasn't been that long. It's not like they've been desperately waiting for your calls and you blew them off.
Yeah I have no problem contacting them, I just want to know how to do it. Should I start a new email chain or go back and dig up the last time I spoke to them?
just update them on your new job and thank them for their insights. And of course add a personal touch and try to establish an actual "friendship"
Email or call and schedule a coffee or lunch with them. They will really like that you got the offer and your career success was helped by them.
Reconnecting with Network Contacts (Originally Posted: 10/26/2013)
What are your best ways of doing this? How long since meeting do you wait to "reconnect" and what do you say in that re connection?
I have seen a lot of posts around here suggesting sending articles and things to contacts, but I feel like as student sending what I consider an interesting article to an MD alumni is just a waste of his time. I know the idea is to add value to the relationship but I honestly can't understand way I could add value to an MD at BB as a student,
So if this is someone I might want a referral, introduction, or even interview from in the future how should I approach the relationship?
Thanks all.
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He knows that you're pretty much worthless to him so there's no point in sugarcoating it. You've done a good job by networking in advance of needing his help so just maintain a cordial relationship with him and you're doing about all you can.
Drop him notes letting him know how you're doing, what you've been up to, and anything you think he might find interesting (it doesn't have to be an article, could just be a piece of info). Ask how work is for him. Doing that will show that you genuinely mean well and will keep the relationship strong.
Furthermore any advice on when someone says theyre going to introduce you to someone and then they don't respond for a while?..
Reconnecting with connections that didn't pull through (Originally Posted: 01/24/2015)
In the summer I spoke with an associate at Jefferies and he told me to contact him after submitting my application for the junior year summer internship. I submitted my application, listed him as a reference, and reached out to him, but he never got back to me and I didn't get an interview.
Obviously I should followed up and made sure he acted as a reference, but is there any chance I could reach out to him again so that I have him pulling for me for full time or should I forget about him?
It couldn't hurt, could it? Best case scenario: he helps you get a FT. Worst case: no reply/doesn't work. Seems to me that the downside is nearly nonexistent.
I appreciate it, Ben. What should I ask him for? Just see if he can talk or ask what deals he's worked on?
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