Potentially fucked up a relationship??

Hey, I'm a 2nd year at a semi target in Canada and I had a coffee chat with an alum from a BB in the summer of my first year and he told me pass my resume along to him. The problem was my gpa was bad and I had no relevant work experience. So far my experience was being a cashier and a stock boy. He never reached back and I obviously think I know why. Now my grades are up and I'm interning at a search fund. Should I try to connect again? What should I say? Or did I really fuck this up?

Thanks for any advice!

 
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Don’t overthink it. There’s a ton of people in the industry who have no actual experience beyond the school they statistically should’ve gone into based on the socioeconomic status they were born into. Finance experiences are a nice to have, but not a need. Remember the entire industry is driven by relationships - whether it’s an MD / Client one or prospective intern / banker.

I would just have your resume updated for backpocket, and followup with a nice note about how your conversation only reaffirmed an interest in the industry. You’ve been making strides academically and secured an internship to better position yourself. The alum could have not replied for a whole host of reasons: personal health, busy at work, firm timeline not good to submit resume, etc. Also you stated you met summer of first year, so recruiting just may not have kicked off yet for the program he had in mind.

Don’t overthink, just shoot your note as a touchpoint with an update of better grades and internship.

(Edited to delete lines in-between paragraphs - WSO app sucks lol) 

 

Just email him. Wish him well and attach an updated resume. 

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