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Originally posted by AlphaGam1019
Question becomes: if you look up alum in your area in the same industry...how do you go about contacting them? obviously email, phone or in person-- but is it simple enough to say "hi, you don't know me but I'm also a member of XYZ..." and try and get them to help you?
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I have. I contacted a brother who graduated from Yale and works for a consulting group and asked him a bunch of questions. You can't be that rude kid that just says "Hi can you get me a job"? I just went with a "Hi. My name is ___ and I'm an AEPi from UChicago. I received your name from ____ after asking if there are any brothers out there who might know more about this interest of mine. I was wondering if you'd be open to talking with me a bit about working at ____ and consulting in general". Coincidentally he asked for my resume and handed it in for me.
Our international office does have career resources as well as an alumni directory. Career resources includes alum contacts, mentors, and also a brother who runs a very large job search website. I know Pike has some sort of database too because my buddy got some contacts through that.
-Rudey
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