 "Here's how to not email a recruiter in reference to a job")
Listen up, kids, today in Social 101, we will tell you how not to write an email to a potential recruiter. This comes courtesy a mail sent to a recruiter by a student of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, that seems to have gone viral all over Wall Street.
The email was first hosted on BroBible.com, a website dedicated to making the “Bro” life easy, especially in college. A little background on the letter: it was sent to by the student to a recruiter he met he met on accounting night and seems to be a follow up on their meeting.
Is that a zit on your lip or are you just annoyed with my email? (Image credit: Getty Images)
After reminding him about where they first met and how he was looking for equity research positions, the student opens up with the most cringe-worthy line ever. “[I] had a zit on my lip that could have passed for a cold sore. Lol. Whew. It was not. You’re probably like, ‘uh.. What?’ Maybe that helps you recall, maybe not. Not completely important, I suppose. (sic)” So, here’s a little lesson, guys. Rule number one: You do not talk about zits on lips with potential recruiters. Rule number two: You do not talk about zits about lips with potential recruiters. Finally, rule number three: If you’re unsure, let it go, bro.
The fellow goes on to do something not entirely unseen in letters these days – he uses smileys. The art of writing a good, formal cover letter cringed and died right about now. While it is good to be open and forthright about your life, you must never cross the TMI (too much information) line. While that ship sailed a long time ago for this poor accounting student, it wasn’t enough to deter him from revealing more after zit-gate.
“Obviously I don’t have an offer so this is all hypothetical thinking, but if I get the job, the reality of the situation is that I’m getting old. 25,” he says. “I know you can’t force love and I know it just comes when you’re not looking, but would working for a big four completely squash any possibilities for potential relationships if one came along?” He asks an important question, “Is working for a big four a potential career - love trade off?” The student ends the letter with asking for the recruiters “thoughts” on his situation. Now, you may want to look at his situation and understand that a letter to a recruiter is very, very different from the diary you hide under your pillow.
While it isn’t sure whether the student managed to land a job after this letter – your guess is as good as ours – but it has at least made the guy famous in the New York banking and financial district.
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