I am planning to reach out to a few alumni from my university as I think about off-cycle PE recruiting. I only have their personal addresses through the university alumni database. Is it weird if I contact their Gmail and Yahoo accounts? Will be reaching out through my personal email as well.
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No not a big deal given the source of the connection. If they want to transfer it to work email they’ll do so. Might be a bit delayed on response depending on how often they are checking
Would your answer change in the cases where I found their emails in my MBB alumni directory?
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