Wisdom of mass mailing? Forum

[Pokemon]

Bro wants to hear that s/he should not mass mail. Let him or her not mass mail then. This thread is as pointless as it gets.

[bk1]

Bro wants to hear that s/he should not mass mail. Let him or her not mass mail then. This thread is as pointless as it gets.

It looks like OP is a recent grad.

[bk1]

Follow-up question: Isn't the idea of getting as many offers as possible contributing to the problem? I understanding having 2 or 3 offers to choose from, but having half a dozen or more seems like you would just be holding spots that should go to someone else would appreciate. Doesn't this just make things worse for the borderline candidates who are struggling to find interviews & callbacks? I understand the need for mass mailing for secondary markets or for employers who didn't come to your school, but it seems to me that the better strategy should be to target firms that you are a good fit for and focus on those instead of inundating every firm with your resume.

1. Only sperglords actively hoard offers. Reasonable people will actually decline an offer once they have another offer they know they'd take over the first one.

2. It isn't a binary choice. It isn't either (a) target firms that you have the best shot at, or (b) apply everywhere. You should target and spend more time on apps to firms that are more likely to respond to your massmail. You should also apply to as many firms as you conceivably can. These aren't mutually exclusive.

[09042014]

I didn't mass mail but i had 56 screeners.

[NYSprague]

I didn't mass mail but i had 56 screeners.

Don't you only get 50 bids?

[DELG]

Basically, if I knew who was going to strike out on the front end, I would tell a LOT fewer people to massmail.

[bk1]

I didn't mass mail but i had 56 screeners.

Don't you only get 50 bids?

Job fairs.

[Anonymous User]

I don't have grades yet, but threads about mass mailing are making me paranoid. I go to UT, and, from my research, it seems like every Houston firm that regularly hires SAs comes to our OCI. If I want to work in Houston, should I mass mail other markets just to be doing something? Or should I focus on networking?

My grades should be enough to get me a decent number of screeners at OCI.

[brotherdarkness]

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[DELG]

I don't have grades yet, but threads about mass mailing are making me paranoid. I go to UT, and, from my research, it seems like every Houston firm that regularly hires SAs comes to our OCI. If I want to work in Houston, should I mass mail other markets just to be doing something? Or should I focus on networking?

My grades should be enough to get me a decent number of screeners at OCI.

You should be networking and working on your pitch right now anyway, to be doing something.

[Anonymous User]

I don't have grades yet, but threads about mass mailing are making me paranoid. I go to UT, and, from my research, it seems like every Houston firm that regularly hires SAs comes to our OCI. If I want to work in Houston, should I mass mail other markets just to be doing something? Or should I focus on networking?

My grades should be enough to get me a decent number of screeners at OCI.

Even if you want to work in Houston, you should mass-mail the major markets and any secondary markets you have ties to. It's better to play it safe and have more options than end up unemployed.

I'm going to the NYC job fair, and I don't have ties besides Houston.