Am I a dud or are there legitimately no opportunities so far this summer?

Prior to ~May, I had been getting a solid stream of inbounds from most recruiters regarding PE positions, but that has mostly dried up. Perhaps my preferences are a bit too specific (MegaFund/UMM, specific industry) but there are some recruiters I have actually not seen an opportunity from in over 4 months.

I've had generally pretty great intro calls with every recruiter I've met, but am unsure if my experience is reflective of the industry's so far. For context, I am a newly minted second year analyst who did not participate in on-cycle first year, and is now looking to do so this year.

 
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As a current associate, had reach-outs from one UMM fund for a lateral associate and a ton of opps for outside out NYC (but not in any major metro) which Henkel and amity have been pretty aggressive on in regards to the follow up. One of my colleague at my mf wanted to lateral and was flat told to wait until COVID's hiring effect was over in order to have a bountiful process. He wasn't in a hurry to leave or anything as such but given the response despite his target / BB background, was quite telling of the times

 

I received and accepted an offer earlier in COVID (April timeframe). Since then I haven't seen much from recruiters for lateral associate roles. I probably get one email a week regarding a lateral opportunity (usually an obscure firm in smaller MSA, haven't seen much from NY/SF/CHI/LA/etc. lately).

General perspective is that associate hiring has all but frozen right now, save for firms that have immediate needs due to people leaving. No opportunistic hires being made right now.

"My name's Ralph Cox, and I'm from where ever's not gonna get me hit"
 

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