Comments on: Networking Your Way Into Investment Banking Jobs http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/02/25/networking-investment-banking-jobs/ Career advice for ambitious college students and recent graduates: how to get a job in finance and how to maintain your sanity. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:03:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Inquisitor http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/02/25/networking-investment-banking-jobs/#comment-1206 Inquisitor Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:29:10 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/02/25/networking-investment-banking-jobs/#comment-1206 Great tips, Jane. Awesome that you managed to get that internship via cold-calling as well. Great tips, Jane. Awesome that you managed to get that internship via cold-calling as well.

]]> By: Jane http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/02/25/networking-investment-banking-jobs/#comment-1184 Jane Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:30:09 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/02/25/networking-investment-banking-jobs/#comment-1184 Because I had started hunting for a summer internship late in the game, all the roles of summer analysts had been taken so I had to resort co cold-calling. I was so nervous every time I picked up the phone (and still am whenever I have to do cold-calling) but I took the initiative to do so, and also set up informational interviews with contacts I obtained through networking. And with that I was able to get an internship with a mining company - not investment banking, but some similar experiences. Having been in the situation of cold-calling, I would recommend to anyone who wants to try this, to remember when you call, don't sound formulaic. Don't rehearse your script over and over every time you call, rather make it personal and sound very interested in that particular firm and that particular VP (if that b**ch receptionist even let you through!) =D I'll do a helluvalot more networking to land a full-time job in September. Thanks for the post Inquisitor! Because I had started hunting for a summer internship late in the game, all the roles of summer analysts had been taken so I had to resort co cold-calling. I was so nervous every time I picked up the phone (and still am whenever I have to do cold-calling) but I took the initiative to do so, and also set up informational interviews with contacts I obtained through networking. And with that I was able to get an internship with a mining company - not investment banking, but some similar experiences.

Having been in the situation of cold-calling, I would recommend to anyone who wants to try this, to remember when you call, don’t sound formulaic. Don’t rehearse your script over and over every time you call, rather make it personal and sound very interested in that particular firm and that particular VP (if that b**ch receptionist even let you through!) =D

I’ll do a helluvalot more networking to land a full-time job in September. Thanks for the post Inquisitor!

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