Should I mass mail Texas? (See details inside) Forum

[Anonymous User]

I am in the jumble of what could possibly be medium at CCN after my 1L year


I absolutely want to work in New York at market or close to it over any job in Texas (Lifelong Dallas ties, strong Houston ties, undergraduate degree from TX school)


I bid fairly conservatively on my bidlist and am only using the Texas market as a backup. (I only want M&A/finance work/corporate; not Litigation)


KD-1 year off-JD --> No real work experience; finance undergrad; interesting resume but not professionally so


I asked my counseler and they said to focus that extra time I would spend on mass mailing TX firms into research on the NY firms I want because I should be good. If, after a few days at OCI, things feel as if they aren't going well, then I should come in, talk to them, and maybe start mass mailing then (and say I will be in TX on Sept XX, if you could see me then/etc)



Thoughts on this? Or should I just ignore what they say and start mass mailing within a week or two?

[Pikappraider]

That sounds like pretty bad advice to be honest. Research is important, but Dallas and Houston are pretty huge markets that pay 160 with a low COL. That combined with having really strong ties and I would be mass mailing the hell out of them. I wish I had ties to Texas, although I will probably be mass-mailing them anyways just because ITE you can never send enough applications out, very few people are "safe" or guaranteed a job through OCI.

[Power_of_Facing]

I am in the jumble of what could possibly be medium at CCN after my 1L year


I absolutely want to work in New York at market or close to it over any job in Texas (Lifelong Dallas ties, strong Houston ties, undergraduate degree from TX school)


I bid fairly conservatively on my bidlist and am only using the Texas market as a backup. (I only want M&A/finance work/corporate; not Litigation)


KD-1 year off-JD --> No real work experience; finance undergrad; interesting resume but not professionally so


I asked my counseler and they said to focus that extra time I would spend on mass mailing TX firms into research on the NY firms I want because I should be good. If, after a few days at OCI, things feel as if they aren't going well, then I should come in, talk to them, and maybe start mass mailing then (and say I will be in TX on Sept XX, if you could see me then/etc)



Thoughts on this? Or should I just ignore what they say and start mass mailing within a week or two?

Mass with Texas.

[Anonymous User]

Alright then; Definitely gonna start preparing for this then. Can never trust the counselors....


Thanks!


Any one with suggestions on when to send out letters?

[Dat_T_Train]

Alright then; Definitely gonna start preparing for this then. Can never trust the counselors....


Thanks!


Any one with suggestions on when to send out letters?

Now. Get it on their desk, you can always follow up in a few weeks if they're not ready for it. But some firms are already starting the screening process/setting up visits.

[JamMasterJ]

Dude it takes a few hours to get properly acquainted with all of your firms - you definitely have time to kill mass mailing those firms