Is it actually worth applying to jobs cold with no internal references or contacts? I haven’t had any luck with this thus far, but wondering if others have. Am I wasting my time with these applications? How do you go about applying to jobs?

Background: I’m not MBB or Big 4. (but did go to a top 10 university)

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Yes. Honestly all my call backs in the past 2 months have come from cold job submissions (in tech and previously worked at ACN and Slalom for reference)

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I’m at a cloud consulting firm.

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Maybe not the best strategy but it worked for me. I’ve gotten two jobs using this strategy now. Both jobs seeking times took more than 100 applications but it worked

Used this approach for my first job out of college: $78k base pay

Used the approach again a year later: jumped to $120k base pay

Didn’t go to a T10 undergrad, just a big state school

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Yes. I’ve only had success applying without a referral weirdly. Just make sure your resume has all applicable skills and it’ll get picked up. I also previously worked at Accenture, interviewed at all the big 4s.

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Accenture experience probably helps a lot. Thanks for the input!

It’s harder but still worth it. When I was hunting it was 1/3 cold applying, 1/3 using my netowrk, and 1/3 building my network

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I applied cold to BCG from industry and got hired. It works sometimes.

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Wow what industry?

None of my internships / positions came by referral which is weird now that I think about it

Why are you asking this question? What's the harm in applying?

I’ve never written a cover letter. Your time is better spent crafting your resume to the job description so it’ll get picked up by bots.

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I’ve never used any internal references for any of the jobs I’ve been hired for. I’ve also never written any cover letters so yes it’s worth it.

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