Cold calls working too well?
So I've been cold calling/emailing and following up with informational interviews with alumni from my school at one of the major consulting firms. It is a firm that seems to put a lot of emphasis on referrals, so far two of the people have offered to refer me, and I have a 3rd informational interview coming up. Essentially they said to fill out the online form, list them as a referral and then send them a resume that they will pass along to the recruiter. How should I choose which one to use? They're all from different locations, none of which I want to work at.
A is a partner at the firm, but the conversation was not as lively, didn't "click" as much as the other person, conversation didn't go poorly, but it was certainly not as good as the 2nd
B is a "Senior Consultant" although she recently transitioned into a slightly different arm of the company. We are both the same major and had what I thought was a much better conversation
So which one should I go with? I figure I can't go with both, or can I since they're at different locations, would presumably be giving my resume to different recruiters...
I should mention this is for an entry-level, undergrad type recruiting position
If you think the Partner's actually going to go through with the referral... then that.
I don't understand why you can't list both of them.
Same here. Wouldn't multiple referrals be viewed as favorable?
That's what I"m saying would it be okay to do so? Is that generally considered okay? If the 3rd person I'm supposed to talk to also offers, can I list three?
Yeah I would list all the individuals that you've spoken with. Any personal connections to the company that you can display will be very helpful, and it shouldn't really matter that they're in different locations.
In fact I think its better that you've spoken to a broad range of employees at the firm, and not just people from one location or level at the firm.
I think what he may be concerned about is offending his contacts; i.e., the first contact questioning the reasoning for a continuation of his networking / "learning about the industry" efforts, wasn't he useful enough?.
However, if this isn't the case using both is undoubtedly the preferred angle of attack.
There is certainly the issue of offending the contacts. Also I'm worried the contact might see, oh he put down this person too, well I won't really waste my time going to bat for him since he's already got that other guy. Would you folks agree that could be a problem?
Advice from someone who has been through it a few times? Just do it, and stop worrying so much. It's going to be fine. You can't control or predict what people are going to think, and trying to do is a complete waste of time.
Thanks for all the help guys, any other advice?
Assume that recruiting will see all contacts. Be transparent...mention all...also be candid about your preferences...want to cover your backside....send an email to each of the 3 contacts as well...with them all on the same email...express gratitude for the opportunity to have spoken to all of them, then say something like given their collecive feedback and XYZ (whatever rationale you have) that you submitted your online application with the following preferences. They'll have heard it from you first. When recruiting reaches out to them...they will hear the same story as your on-line application. You will come across as a strong, effective and honest networker - someone firms want to hire.
Looks like you can only use one person to refer per application. So I think it's not smart to submit three separate applications. I ended up talking to another person (senior manager?) but because of some connection issues on the phone the conversation wasn't too smooth. So I think I'm still down to the partner v lower ranked "operations" person.
Use the partner. List the other person in your cover letter.
Partner's referrals get real traction with the recruiting department: they need a reason not to interview you then. Other referrals are helpful but don't really count for that much; they are pretty common.
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