Contacts offered to to passy my resume, now what??

I wouldn't be too pushy... If you have had your resume forwarded to HR and they have put in a good word for you, I don't think you can do anything more than that. Apply through their online application tool as well. Thats my two cents.

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perhaps try to set up an informational interview if you have a particular group interest...

could call them and check up on things

Chill out man. No internship recruiting is going on at this time, so you are wasting your time if you try and go through any formal method. Just keep talking to alumni and get touch with HR towards the end of the year.

what's the best was to keep in touch with them..... and sometimes I email contacts and I ask them in my email that i want get some advicem information and blah blah blah and that I am interested in their internship program, then they would ask for my resume directly, it happened once recently to me even though he is an MD- a global head..... what else can I do especially the recruiting season start in Dec/Jan?

I know there is a fine line between being desperate and persistent

Can you guys share your experience of how do you follow up when a contact asks for your resume thanks

you wait. summer 09 recruiting hasnt even started yet

Yea wait but also remember the phrase "I will pass your resume along" is usually french for "Leave me the hell alone"

when is the beginning of summer 09 recruitment? mid December?

Thanks I have 2 questions:

1 There is a MD for operations that offered to pass my resume along to HR, however I am interested more in S&T, if he passes it along to HR, what my chance are to garner an interview?

2. After my resume is passed along, is it ok to contact HR and let them know that a reference has vouched for me?

People who have experience in this matte, please reply.

Thanks

I wouldn't tell HR that a reference has vouched for you. Just be patient about it.

but, based on your experience, what can you do to insure that the HR you are talking to knows that a reference has vouched for u?

thanks

1) chill out

2) follow up with your contacts in a week or so and ask "what is the process from this point on at your bank" ?

Thanks, I followed up with them and they told me that HR will follow up with you

how long does it usually take for somebody in HR to get back to you. I applied online and had my resume passed on the 14 of November. Online it says that my application is under consideration. How long should I wait before checking up? How long does it usually take for them to get back to you after they review your resume?

Contacts aren't working as well as they used to and it seems HR realizes that there are more applicants for fewer positions and so the filtering process is more rigorous. I would say wait till mid January or so. If they don't get back to you by then, it's a sign of trouble.

Alrigth, I tried to ask HR about my status they said that they have not received my resume at all. What can I do at the point? Can I ask my contacts which HR worker are they dealing with?

Do nothing.

Most likely this MD isn't very enthusiastic about helping you. For one of 2 reasons, either he just doesn't go out of his way to help students in recruiting, or he's just not very impressed by you. That being the case, at least you have a medium of communication. And he will at the very least be polite and answer your questions, as long as you're not annoying. So talk to him once only unless he suggests you chat again. Ask him about something you can do between now and recruiting to improve your candidacy, then go do it. Learn it inside out, when your done, drop him an email to touch base, thank him for the suggestion and tell him how you got a lot out of it.

The trick is, you didnt impress him the first time around. Now just slip away with whatever suggestions he gave you to work with, come back when you're done, and convince him he misjudged you the first time around by giving off a persona that you're focused and driven with a go-getter attitude. If he's still not biting, do the same thing again(get a suggestion, work on it, touch base), you'd be surprised how far being persistent and determined gets you.

But DO NOT BE ANNOYING. And I would NOT recommend telling him you don't want to work in Ops, otherwise you will most likely rub him the wrong way. Out of all the people I ever networked with, only one of them was blunt and astute enough to come right out and tell me what I was looking for without me even telling him, and he ended up referring me to very good contacts in those areas. In most cases, if you tell a networking prospect you're trying to get into S&T/IBD etc... and they are in ops, they will flake out on you and say something to the effect of "Well, Im prob not the right person to ask about that, but I do know a few people, and I'll pass along your resume." And now you can pretty much never get anything constructive out of them, you can't go back and ask for suggestions etc.... because they are no longer a point of reference, since you're not looking to get into their world.

I have another question, as I am networking and talking with people, is there a certain protocol that most people use to really stand out to the bankers. Whenever I speak with people, I ask them how they got to where they are, listen to their story and try to go from there. Sometimes it works, others it doesn't. I don't want to be pushy to prove that I know my stuff, but sometimes they just dont ask enough about me and talk about themselves. At the end of the convo, they really still do not know too much about me.

Your going about this the wrong way. I never cared what/how-much ppl asked about me. You should be trying to get AS MUCH information from them as possible, how they got where they are, what there job is like, what skills you can work on right now to make you a more attractive candidate, etc... And none of that is accomplished by telling them what you know. What you can do is listen to their story, then explain how your situation may be slightly different and see if they have any suggestions on how to overcome that obstacle.

Think of interviews/recruiting as a test. Networking with ppl who insiders(ie. administering the test), is like getting a sneak peak as to what the test will look like. The more you know what to expect, the better prepared you'll be. And the more you seem like you know what to expect and have your shit together, the more people will be impressed.

Its always a good idea to ask a networking contact for a reference to a colleague or someone else they know so you can get another prospective. That way your growing your network out, and the next person you contact is kind of a warm lead since you can say "I was talking to so and so, and he suggested I reach out to you."

Like interviewing, its an iterative process.

Thanks for your detailed answers, but when I said the contacts said that they passed my resume along to HR, these contacts were not the operations MD I was referring to, they are different and it's a different bank.

As I said before when I contacted HR they told me that they have not received my resume. It seems that there is a disconnect between HR and my contacts? What do you guys think? Anyone has experience on this, if so can you weigh in on based in your experience?

Thanks.

I think you're missing the point. If a contact is really going to do something for you, he/she takes ownership of you as a candidate and pushes you through the system, in that situation HR is just a formality.

In the situation you've described, the contact is not taking ownership of you, but rather handing you off to HR, where you will be processed like all the other candidates.

This is not a disconnect between HR and the contact, it is disregard by the contact.

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