Use targeted cold outreach built around genuine common ground rather than high-volume generic messages.

You may not share a school, but you can still connect through geography, industry background, prior employers, professional groups, or specific firm interests.

A student interested in healthcare could contact consultants in the target office who previously worked in healthcare and ask a focused question about that transition.

Build a small list of highly relevant people, write concise personalized messages, and measure conversation quality rather than outreach volume.

No alumni makes it harder but not impossible. Shared industry background works too.

I'd send fewer, more targeted messages tbh.