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Chicago Headhunters
 

Hanhzo's picture
(Baboon, 101
 
Points)
 on 4/14/12 at 5:22pm

So I did a search and it seems like this topic does not get any responses.

I'm looking to lateral (or start as a first year again) because I am not getting the best experience, especially in M&A at my current "MM" bank in NYC. I'm fine going to a boutique or a MM, in fact it's almost preferred as the deal teams tend to be lean and I want the added responsibility.

So as the post says, I really want to lateral to Chicago and am looking for names of any headhunters. So far I have only been able to come up with Harris McCall and am even looking into dropping my resume into the PEAC resume book hoping that maybe I'll get picked up by a lower tier PE shop and work my way up to something better.

if anyone here could be helpful in getting a fellow chicagoan back home I'd really appreciate it... in fact it's the midwestern thing to do so come on! Let's see those names.

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Hanhzo's picture

Silver Bananas to the 3

(Baboon, 101
 
Points)
 on 4/14/12 at 5:23pm

Silver Bananas to the 3 people who are most helpful! (since I only have 3)

IlliniProgrammer's picture

How do you know that you're

ST
(Almost Human, 9,235
 
Points)
 on 4/14/12 at 5:58pm

How do you know that you're not getting the best experience? The fact is that most first jobs aren't fun. The second job gets a bit more interesting.

After 12-18 months at your first job, talk to Robert Khoury at WWFIRS.com. I met him when he was working at GETCO; he's a pretty smart guy and he's aware of a lot of finance-related opportunities in Chicago, although I think his specialty is more on the trading than IBD side.

Work hard, play hard.

Hanhzo's picture

I would say I'm not getting

(Baboon, 101
 
Points)
 on 4/15/12 at 12:38am

I would say I'm not getting the best experience because there's barely any deal flow at my firm. It's just pitch after pitch and then there's no modeling experience. I feel like i don't get credit when working on anything. I'd really like to get some M&A exposure but that just is not possible. I've been to a few lateral interviews and always get the feeling that my experience is worse than any other candidate there.

I will definitely look into that, especially since I really would like to make the transition to trading too. Thanks for your help

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