Initial Contact/Networking

Dear A,

Use this an opportunity for your networking. If you have such contacts, you never know, how they might help youin the future.

Best,
André

Hi,

Pls by the book "Never Eat Alone". It has the cases exactly like yours with the templates to be used.

Good luck!

**Written by original poster** Thank you all for your comments--unfortunately we live on different continents so meeting in person is not an option (student income). I have done the Tim Ferris thing here in my country and it works well and I have made good contacts, but the advice I need is for someone I do not have the opportunity to meet in person. Thank you!

Hi,

if you really, really want the job, you can take inspiration from Tim Ferriss:

When he was gunning for a job but the guy kept turning him down or not responding. He bought a plane ticket to San Francisco and wrote the guy an email saying: "I'll be in town tomorrow anyway, do you want to meet for lunch/ coffee/ dinner"

Landed meeting, landed job...

High risk, high reward strategy...

Hey there,

I understand why emailing can be a little uncomfortable at first.

If you are in the same city as this contact, I would suggest a simple and polite email asking if they would be willing to meet for a coffee or lunch somewhere convenient for them. Generally meeting in person is a much better way to make a good impression - especially since you say that you are more comfortable with meeting in person.