Looked back at the desperate networking messages I sent to alums during the job hunt... I want to crawl into a hole and die 😂
Graduated a year ago in probably one of the more brutal MBA job market in recent times. I decided to scroll through my old LinkedIn sent messages and emails from my recruiting days.
Holy shit. The absolute, unadulterated desperation. When the market is bad, you completely lose all your pride. I looked back at messages where I was basically begging alums for 15 minutes of their time like a Victorian orphan asking for gruel.
I was sending essays disguised as "quick questions" to people I had zero connection with, just short of essentially offering to wash their cars if they could get my resume past HR.
If you are currently in the trenches of this terrible market and feel like you're losing your mind and your dignity….don't worry, we've all been there. And to the alums who didn't block me lol thank you for your mercy. Now in a decent role in tech. Hope I wont get fired and start that cycle ever again 😭🫣