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All networking emails

📪General

Example 1

As someone who is passionate about career support, I am very excited about companies that advocate for employees and help them advance their careers. I have spent the last 2 years at Disney Parks & Resorts, focused on helping our people operations develop their hiring and retention practices as we expanded our parks globally. I would be very interested in learning more about Mento, especially in regards to the methodology you have applied to job searching.

Please let me know if you have the time for a quick call!

Best,

Alex Marcus

afmarcus1@gmail.com

Examples 2

Hi Susan – thanks so much for offering to connect me with Patricia. As an endocrinologist and digital health enthusiast, I’m very excited about Livongo’s analytics-driven approach to chronic disease management. I’ve spent the past five years at FDA, focusing for much of that time on developing medical device and digital health policy with inputs from a wide range of stakeholders. I think my clinical and regulatory background aligns well with XXX's missions and goals, and I would be very interested in helping them to build out their product strategy and roadmap.

Thanks!

Lily

💌Warm Intro

Example 1

Subject: Connecting to Jamie at Mento

Hey [first name] -- thank you again for offering to introduce me to Jamie at Mento.

As someone who is passionate about career support, I am very excited about companies that advocate for employees and help them advance their careers. I have spent the last 2 years at Disney Parks & Resorts, focused on helping our people operations develop their hiring and retention practices as we expanded our parks globally. I would be very interested in learning more about Mento, especially in regards to the methodology you have applied to job searching.

Please let me know if you have the time for a quick call!

Best,

Alex

Example 2

Part 1

Subject: Connecting Jordan and Mike

Hey Mike,

I wanted to send a quick email to introduce you to Jordan. Jordan and I met earlier this year and he is interested in joining the team at XXX!

Jordan has a great background in deep science, consulting, and business development. I hope you will get a chance to connect with him.

Jordan - Mike and I have worked together for a few years now, including on the XXX's strategy team. He is a brilliant colleague and also a great friend. I think you would truly enjoy hearing his story.

Obviously, I think you two will hit it off, so I hope you’re able to connect this week.

Best,

Nicole

Part 2

Subject: Re: Connecting Jordan and Mike

Nicole – Thank you so much for the introduction! Your continued generosity through the process has been invaluable and is greatly appreciated ☺. Moving you to BCC to save your inbox.

Mike – Pleasure to meet you! As Nicole said, I am very interested in joining the team at XXX. If it is possible – I would love to find time to connect next week. I will ping you again in the morning once I have more info on my schedule and hopefully we can find a time to connect in person!

Best,

Jordan

Example 3

Part 1

Subject: Introducing you to Naomi, PMM at XXX

Hey Jordan –

Good to talk to you earlier today. Connecting you to my friend and colleague Naomi Lim who is happy to talk to you about her product marketing role at XXX. I’ll let you take it from here.

Best,

Sarah

Part 2

Subject: Re: Introducing you to Naomi, PMM at XXX

Thanks Sarah! – Moving you to BCC.

Naomi, it is a pleasure to meet you. As Sarah mentioned, I am a [insert personal description] with a strong interest in PMM roles, particularly at XXX. I had a great conversation with Sarah earlier today about her role and when she mentioned that you would be a great person to talk to in order to get a different perspective, I jumped at the chance.

Do you have a free 15-20 min to hop on the phone sometime next week to connect?

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Jordan

👀Follow-up Message

Example 1

Subject: Formally Connecting - Brian Chase

Hello Susan,

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy week to grab coffee with me last week, it was a pleasure getting to speak with you. Hearing about your perspectives on recruiting and time at Microsoft was invaluable. I am hoping that we can find time to continue the conversation. As we discussed, there is a lot of variation across product roles in the tech world, particularly the PMM title at big tech companies like Microsoft. As I learn more about the marketing organization at Microsoft, I become more and more interested in the work that PMM's do and am always looking to learn more!

If you are willing, I would love to find a time to reconnect over the next week or two to learn more about your unique experience at Microsoft as well as your time at Anderson! I am happy to accommodate your schedule in any way that I can.

I look forward to hearing from you,

Jordan

Example 2

Subject: Thank you - continuing the conversation

Morgan,

It was an absolute pleasure getting to speak with you this morning, thank you for taking the time to meet with me. The insights you provided will be invaluable as I move through the recruiting process.

Honestly, it was the most productive conversation I have had all year. You were candid and to the point, which I really appreciate. It was very exciting to get direction and advice of that caliber. I will be working on the strategy/job description document as I move forward and I hope that we can continue the conversation via email and through additional follow up.

One final thing – During our conversation, you mentioned that you would be willing to introduce to me to some of your colleagues. If you are still willing to do that, I would love to take you up on the offer.

Thanks again,

Jordan

Example 3

Hello Steve,

Thanks for getting back to me via LinkedIn! It is terrific to connect with you as well.

Closing the loop on your message about finding at time during the week of 11/11. My available times are below (but I can be really flexible. If one of them doesn’t work for you, just let me know and I will move my schedule around to fit yours). I will confirm numbers for a D48 and we can talk more about the specifics on setting that up when we talk during the week of 11/11. Thank you so much for being so willing to connect with my classmates and me, we really appreciate it!

11/11 Availability

  • 11/11: Any time before 12:45, any time after 4PM
  • 11/12: Any time after 4PM
  • 11/13: 9AM -11AM
  • 11/14: Any time after 4PM
  • 11/15: Any time other except for 12:30PM – 1:30PM

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Jordan

🧊Cold Outreach

Example 1

Subject: Call: Jamie & Alex

Hey Jamie -

My name is Alex. I am very interested in applying for Mento’s BD & Operations position listed on your website.

As someone who is passionate about career support, I am very excited about companies that advocate for employees and help them advance their careers. I have spent the last 2 years at Disney Parks & Resorts, focused on helping our people operations develop their hiring and retention practices as we expanded our parks globally. I would be very interested in learning more about Mento, especially in regards to the methodology you have applied to job searching.

Please let me know if you have the time for a quick call!

Best,

Alex Marcus

Example 2

Subject: Time to talk food tech?

Hello John!

My name is Jordan , and I just started my first year at UCLA Anderson. We are just getting into the heat of our first fall quarter, and I was excited to see your background in plant-based food technology during my recruiting research.

Like you, I have spent time in my career working with XXX and am set on pursuing a career in food technology after graduating from Anderson. Additionally, I have been following the news on "insert their company here" recent capital raise and your panel discussion at the XYZ conference (congrats!). I would be very interested to learn more about the company and your experience working in Business/Corp Development at Motif.

If you have any time over the next week or two, I would love to talk for 15-20 minutes about your experience at XXX and your perspective on recruiting in the food/ag technology space.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Jordan

Example 3

Subject: Seeking advice on entering the Hospitality industry

Hi Chris, my name is Tom Brady and I am a [insert a short description of yourself]. Alex Marcus mentioned that you would be a great person for me to contact as I am interested in pursuing a career in hospitality. Prior to working at XXX, I worked for American Airlines for three years in a sales strategy capacity. I joined during the merger with U.S. Airways so it was a great opportunity for me to learn the business, work through a merger integration, and develop new sales strategies for dealing with corporate and travel agency customers.

I’m interested in shifting to the hotel sector and XXX is obviously one of the premier global firms. I’d love to chat with you sometime in the next few weeks about your path to XXX and thoughts on the hotel industry. I would be happy to chat on the phone or in person whenever is most convenient for you.

Thanks in advance,

Eva

👥Existing Connection

Example 1

Subject: Congrats on Retail Launch!

Hey Dana!

Hope you are doing well! I wanted to send you a quick note of congratulations Re: the soon to come launch into retail that just hit the news. I know it has been a long time coming. Please pass along my congratulations to the rest of the team!

Additionally – I wanted to make sure that you had my new contact information (see below). I will be up in the bay area in mid-October for a few meetings and if you are able, I would love to meet up for coffee again. I really valued the advice you have given me in the past and would like to continue the conversation as I kick off recruiting.

I will reach out again in a few weeks once I firm up my travel dates in hopes that we will be able to connect!

I hope you enjoy your weekend!

Jordan

Example 2

Subject: Reconnecting and Congrats on the Raise

Hey Tyler,

It has been a long time! I wanted to reach back out and connect with you to see how things were going. Obviously, [XXX company] has been in the news quite a bit recently, which has been great to see (Congrats on the big Series A!)

As I mentioned when we last spoke, I really enjoyed my time working with you and the team at XXX. I will be up in the city next week and was hoping to reconnect. I know that your schedule is jam-packed, but if things settle back down I would love to find a time to grab coffee to catch up!

Regardless – I hope you and your family are staying healthy and you are enjoying your spring as best you can!

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Ethan

Example 3

Subject: Meeting/Coffee with Jordan

Hello David,

It has been a while since we last spoke, I hope you are doing well!

I am currently going through the process of deciding on the next steps I would like to take in my career. You have been very generous with your advice in the past and I was hoping to continue some of our past conversations.

If you are open to it, I would love to find time to meet with you to get your take on the various options I am weighing. Are you available at any point on Wednesday or Thursday of this week? I am able to make almost any time work (early coffee, lunch, post-work) as long as I know a day beforehand. If the short notice is an issue, let me know and we can try for next week instead.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Jordan Stern