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Need advice: What kind of message should I send
Posted on 12/23/10 at 11:57 am
Posted on 12/23/10 at 11:57 am
So, I go to New York last week to shake some hands and do the "networking thing" and a couple of days ago, a VP at a asset management fund adds me as a contact on linkedin.
I was kind of hoping he might shoot me a message, but it looks like I need to initiate contact.
The downside: I have no idea what to say without being creepy. This is definitely not something covered in the handbook.
Any suggestions?
TIA
ETA Details:
I don't know the guy, but we have one mutual friend who is a VP at another Asset management shop.
I was kind of hoping he might shoot me a message, but it looks like I need to initiate contact.
The downside: I have no idea what to say without being creepy. This is definitely not something covered in the handbook.
Any suggestions?
TIA
ETA Details:
I don't know the guy, but we have one mutual friend who is a VP at another Asset management shop.
This post was edited on 12/23/10 at 1:01 pm
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Posted on 12/23/10 at 12:15 pm to TheHiddenFlask
My first instinct is to call him, because it makes it a lot more personal. Any sort of facebook, linkedin message can be semi-creepy, and you might be sweating it for a week when he hasn't even read it.
Posted on 12/23/10 at 12:16 pm to TheHiddenFlask
How about, "Thanks for adding me as a contact and Happy Holidays!"???
Posted on 12/23/10 at 12:25 pm to LSURussian
quote:
"Thanks for adding me as a contact and Happy Holidays!"???
:kige:
Posted on 12/23/10 at 12:31 pm to TheHiddenFlask
I wouldn't wait on him. This is a scenario where it may pay off HUGE to be proactive. Give him a call.
Posted on 12/23/10 at 12:35 pm to I Love Bama
No phone number. I just have his personal e mail.
Posted on 12/23/10 at 12:44 pm to TheHiddenFlask
If you have his email, then maybe a short message about it being great meeting him and you wish him a happy holidays. I don't know if you would want to include anything about being interested in a job...
Posted on 12/23/10 at 12:49 pm to TheHiddenFlask
If he is a
getting the phone number should not be a problem.
You want to make contact before he forgets who you are.
quote:
VP at a asset management fund
getting the phone number should not be a problem.
You want to make contact before he forgets who you are.
Posted on 12/23/10 at 12:50 pm to lynxcat
Never met the guy.
That is what is making this so hard not to come off as creepy.
That is what is making this so hard not to come off as creepy.
Posted on 12/23/10 at 12:51 pm to TheHiddenFlask
Dear ________,
It was a pleasure meeting you in New York. I've always been interested in this side of asset management so getting a "birds eye view" was appreciated. If at some point your firm is looking for competent and highly dedicated employees, please feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Hidden Flask in my crotch
It was a pleasure meeting you in New York. I've always been interested in this side of asset management so getting a "birds eye view" was appreciated. If at some point your firm is looking for competent and highly dedicated employees, please feel free to contact me.
Regards,
Hidden Flask in my crotch
Posted on 12/23/10 at 12:53 pm to TheHiddenFlask
quote:
Never met the guy.
Well, who did you meet that told him about you?
Because evidently he knows of you somehow....
(maybe you already said this and I missed it from earlier in the thread?)
Posted on 12/23/10 at 12:55 pm to lynxcat
Wait, he didn't even shake this guy's hand? If that's the case, my email will sound absolutely dumb.
Posted on 12/23/10 at 1:00 pm to lynxcat
Sorry,
I'm writing this from work and I've got 1000 things going on right now.
I edited to add the details.
We have one mutual connection who is a VP at Paulson.
I'm writing this from work and I've got 1000 things going on right now.
I edited to add the details.
We have one mutual connection who is a VP at Paulson.
Posted on 12/23/10 at 2:33 pm to TheHiddenFlask
Tell him you post on TD, and what your screen name is. 
Posted on 12/23/10 at 4:38 pm to LSURussian
quote:
"Thanks for adding me as a contact and Happy Holidays!"???
This. He initiated the friend request on LinkedIn. No contact from there can be creepy. He initiated it.
I got the above message from a guy I recently started following on Seeking Alpha. I really thought it was great for some reason. No one else had ever done that.
Posted on 12/23/10 at 5:00 pm to LSURussian
quote:This.
How about, "Thanks for adding me as a contact and Happy Holidays!"???
Posted on 12/24/10 at 4:49 pm to TheHiddenFlask
Be sure to tell him you only deal in billions.
Posted on 12/24/10 at 7:30 pm to cwill
That's in my sig.
Posted on 12/27/10 at 5:18 am to TheHiddenFlask
You've gotten some decent advice - but decent at best.
You're going to definitely want to mention the name of your mutual contact; that way he'll feel on the hook to get back to you. I'd tell you more if you gave some more context. I don't understand why he added you if you've never met him.? Does he know you share a contact Paulson?
You're going to definitely want to mention the name of your mutual contact; that way he'll feel on the hook to get back to you. I'd tell you more if you gave some more context. I don't understand why he added you if you've never met him.? Does he know you share a contact Paulson?
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