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Cold emailing

Hello ,

I have started to cold email my school alums who work at MBB, instead of emailing thier personal email I have started to use their busines email by using the standard email format. 

Do you expect any partners/managers to get annoyed by this or would they simply ignore it if they don't want to respond. 

I don't want to anger anyone prior to recruiting season

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am 27. Juli 2020
#1 Coach for Sessions (4.500+) | 1.500+ 5-Star Reviews | Proven Success: ➡ interviewoffers.com | Ex BCG | 10Y+ Coaching

Hi there,

It is 100% fine to use the business email - if you use the right approach. It is also far better than LinkedIn.

You can find some suggestions on referrals at the following link:

https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/hey-everyonehope-all-is-well-3176

Best,

Francesco

Ian
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am 26. Juli 2020
Top US BCG / MBB Coach - 5,000 sessions |Tech, Platinion, Big 4 | 9/9 personal interviews passed | 95% candidate success

Hi there,

I think this is fine. In fact, it's good that you are emailing their work email as opposed to their personal emails.

As long as you're polite, respectiful, short, and look like you've put in some effort to tailor to them, they shouldn't be annoyed!

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am 26. Juli 2020

Hi Anonymous

Although I don't see any downside to this, I would guess your emails get deleted most of the time. McK at least really tightened spam controls last year and most emails from personal IDs get deprioritized 

Personally I find LinkedIn a more suitable portal for outreach. People who are active on LinkedIn are usually more open to mentoring and hopefully referring you

So rather than sending generic emails to everyone, maybe look for alums who are a little bit active on LinkedIn and try and send them a personalised note referencing some shared connections

Best of luck 

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am 26. Juli 2020
Bain Consultant | Interviewer for 3 years at Bain |Passionate about coaching |I will make you a case interview Rockstar

I think this is perfectly fine as long as you are reaching out in a thoughtful manner and not spamming them with generic emails. The question is only if you will have better success with reaching out via Linkedin first and then sending a message. Maybe you can run an A/B test and see what yields the best results?

-A

Udayan
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Top rated Case & PEI coach/Multiple real offers/McKinsey EM in New York /12 years recruiting experience

I personally would advise against it. Unless someone has given you their email to use you always risk a negative reaction by invading their inbox and seeming too aggressive. Stick to acceptable ways of contacting them - alumni email IDs and LinkedIn which most people respond to just as frequently.

Clara
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am 28. Juli 2020
McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Hello!

you have totally nothing to loose. 

If they get annoyed, the worst that would happen is that they won´t reply. 

Hence, persevere!

Cheers, 

Clara

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am 28. Juli 2020

Dear A,

It's totally fine to use business emails. 

Also, if you are polte and straight in your thoughts and point it's totally ok, and actually significantly maximise your chances to get reply. 

If your reply is delayed there might be 2 reasons:

- Either person is really busy, so you can remind in a couple of weeks

- Your message is not clear enough, so better revise it. 

Hope it helps,

Best,

André

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Gaurav
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#1 MBB Coach(Placed 750+ in MBBs & 1250+ in Tier2)| The Only 360° coach(Ex-McKinsey+Certified Coach+Active recruiter)

Hi there,

Just be polite and use the business style of emails. I agree with experts that the worst thing can happen is that some of them would not respond to you, but some of them would answer. 

Do you need any further help?

All the best,

GB

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