The Networking Course

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The step-by-step methods to network your way into an internship without prior experience, unproductive calls, and awkward encounters.

These are the same steps I’ve used to successfully secure my internship then full-time offer and help others get their first internship in just a few weeks.

A common misconception of networking is “who can I reach out to, to get something” this is the complete opposite of how you should be framing conversations. The point of networking is to build a strong relationship that turns into “”.

In Wall Street and Tech, it’s a pretty intense environment, so one definite way is to be an exciting, curious and interesting person they can talk to, almost like their own student to brighten up their day. And given they have stressful hours, you can imagine they’d probably want to spend their time with people they enjoy the company of. .

Since there’s often a hierarchy (MD-VP-ASC-Analyst) you’re going to want to make sure you impress the people higher up, they have a bigger weight in your hiring decision. It’s basically their stamp of approval that overrides any other opinion on you during the process.

(friends, family, relatives, alumni, professors, fraternities, LinkedIn, neighbors) and then you’ll be moving online for cold emailing and phone calls. Being able to meet the person is way better than a phone call by the way, so offer to meet over coffee, a meal or drinks whenever it’s convenient for them (many classes have been skipped for this lol). All you gotta show is that you’re .

Here’s exactly what The Networking Course covers:

- How to find industry you’re interested in

- How to find professionals to contact

- How to set up your first call in 5 minutes

- How to format your resume properly (bulge bracket style)

- How to guide the conversation

- How to show you have transferable skills

- Asking the right questions

- How to maintain the relationship with soft touches

Companies that students have gotten into:

- Goldman Sachs

- Google

- Sumitomo Mitsubishi Banking Corporation

- Morgan Stanley

- Bank of America

- Madison Square Garden

- Coca Cola

- Credit Suisse

- EY

- Deloitte

- MM Private Equity

- Tech Sales

- And more!

Bonus Updates (Free Game)

We’ll be updating with new information, tactics and questions every now and then, so keep the feedback coming

You’ll often get advice on this from career advisors and other students, some of which might not be helpful at all, so we want to cut out the unnecessary and get this info in front of you quicker to . These are the things they don’t teach in school :)

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