Trying to receive an SA offer for this summer, have no luck so far. I understand that I have to focus on purely regional botiques at this time, and have been doing so.
What should an approach look like this late into recruiting. Lately I have been cold-emailing people at firms, with a reasonable success rate, with the pure intention of getting a phone call. I never mentioned interest in a job at all. Should I keep doing this and then start asking something along the lines of "What can I do to receive an interview/internship at your firm? BTW I am willing to work for free". Or should I instead cold-email and make it clear I want to work for the company, and offer to work for free right on that first e-mail?
Would appreciate any advice on this topic.