College student networking via bloomberg?
Hello, I am a college student in the FT job search for roles in IM/S&T/research in a markets facing role. I have been doing the networking, but feel like it’s not as effective following up on email. I have access to a Bloomberg terminal at my college and got pretty familiar with IB chat this past summer, if you received a cold message from a college student looking to connect what would turn you off from it, and what would actually make you be willing to connect and chat? Obviously having something smart to say, but beyond that.
Please god no
Shortest path to get blacklisted.
Why so?
Pulisic69 might hate it, but in my experience, especially if it's not a totally cold reachout, like you went to the same school or something, I have had a MUCH higher conversion rate to actually getting a coffee chat than just email or linkedin
nah it comes off hardo, like ok you found me on linkedin and then looked me up on Bloomberg (of all places) in the hopes that you could maximize your chance of a response at the expense of that persons time and attention.
Congratulations braxtonberries, you have learned the one common thing among people: everyone is different.
Some people will appreciate the bravado whatever, some people like me, dont like it. It's a numbers game. You will get scolded by some, appreciated by others.
For OP, if you really want to do it, go ahead.
lol definitely don't, especially if the people you're messaging work at an actual bank/financial instituion. Communication through Bloomberg is strictly for work purposes only and is monitored given the amount of sensitive info dealt with. Regardless of that, it won't give people a good impression, they expect outreach/networking messages to go to their linkedin/work email. Imagine they see theyve got an IB on their phone, rush back to their desk to see what it's about, only to realize it's some kid trying to set up a coffee chat lol. Fairly easy way to annoy someone immediately.
The nice thing about IB is that it acts as a sort of walled garden. That is you can only be pinged by someone whose employer is paying big dollars to give them access to that terminal.
One student would be no big deal, and probably have success with it, but if this got out and became a new recruiting tactic, I would literally tell my Bloomberg sales rep that they need to turn IB off at the college trading lab terminals.
This wouldn't be a problem if people in finance stopped pretending they have money
Tbh this would probably work on me. If someone takes that much initiative that they reach out to me on IB, I would at least hear them out and give them some advice.
As a graduate seeking first-time role, i can say that everytime i'm being honest and humble to the seniors, they always give me the most respectful and valuable advices, whether here in WSO or any other social media platform or community.
And like @braxtonberrios said above, the best thing is to contact seniors face-to-face while a coffe break, that may sound annoying because he wants to have a BREAK, but just try to have random but interesting conversations not especially related to work, once he appreciates you and your personality, he by himself starts giving you career advices.
And most important thing, never force yourself to one, no ones likes that.
Do you even like trading? There are plenty of other places - both irl and digital - you can go to just have fun and chat about markets. It's a very nerdy discipline if you can see through the façade,
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