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23-year-old Ivy League student wrote 600 emails and made 80 calls to secure a job, LinkedIn post goes viral

Vatsal Nahata, an Ivy League graduate, had to patiently wait for months before he bagged a job with The World Bank. The 23-year-old took to LinkedIn and shared his story to motivate those going through a professional crisis. The young man had to give 600 cold-emails and 80 cold-calls to secure his current job.

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Updated Sep 26, 2022, 16:42 IST

23-year-old Ivy League student wrote 600 emails and made 80 calls to secure a job LinkedIn post goes viral

No matter which school or university from, there is absolutely no shortcut to success. Vatsal Nahata, an Ivy League graduate, bagged his job at World Bank after quite a journey. The 23-year-old landed his job after 600 emails and 80 phone calls. The young man took to LinkedIn to speak about his challenging career journey.

Nahata stated that he started applying for jobs as he was nearing the end of his course at Yale in 2020. Unfortunately for Nahata, the timing was just not right. Amid COVID-19, companies were firing people and hiring was not untaken by companies actively.

"I did not have a job at hand and I was going to graduate in 2 months. And I was a student at "Yale". I thought to myself: what was the point of coming to Yale when I can't even secure a job here. It became harder to sound strong to my parents when they called and asked me how I was doing," said the young man.

Despite the darkness infront of him, Nahata was not willing to give up.

"But I was determined that returning to India was not an option, and that my first paycheck would only be in Dollars. I went all out on networking, and took the risk of completely avoiding job application forms or job portals," said the young man. Within two months, Nahata sent out over 1,500 connection requests, wrote 600 cold-emails and made around 80 cold calls. The man even faced several rejections.

Ultimately, opportunities began showing up. "... I had knocked on so many doors that my strategy paid off! I ended up with 4 job offers by the first week of May and chose the World Bank. They were willing to sponsor my Visa after my OPT and my manager offered me co-authorship on a Machine Learning paper with the World Bank's current Director of Research (something unheard of for a 23-year-old)," he stated.

Nahata stated that he wanted to share his experience to encourage people who are stuck in similar situations. "If you're going through something similar where the world seems to be collapsing on you: carry on - do not go gentle into that good night! Better days will come if you're learning from your mistakes and if you knock on enough doors," he stated.

Nahata's LinkedIn post was liked by more than 15,000 people.

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