Where do you find private credit roles?
Currently a credit analyst for a JPM/BOFA/Wells size bank. Wanting to move into private credit, but I never can find opportunities. Im mainly looking in Chicago, and usually the only opportunities I find are from the Golub and Antares sized firms where I am throwing my application into the bottomless void of 6,000 applicants. I am definitely interested in working for a smaller firm, but can never seem to find opportunities for them.
Besides LinkedIn, what are some ways I can find opportunities within PC? Also, is transferring from credit within a large commercial/corporate bank still a viable path to PC?
Reaching out to headhunters works too. There’s another thread of credit HHs
Your best bet will be HH. Most PE shops with PC arms will likely use the same HH for their on / off-cycle processes. Echoing the post above, find the “credit HH” forum and reach out. If no roles atm then ask to be on said HH’s distro list.
What role are you in now?
Headhunters are the only effective way really
Cold emailing is highly underrated. Get a large list of the shops you want to work at and cold email them. Works better for boutiques and smaller funds of course.
The last 2 PC jobs that I got were from cold emailing.
On what level do you reach out to them? Seniors or associates who pass on your details?
Where are you finding these firms? I can’t seem to find many firms besides the usual big names.
I work in Private Credit and a majority of non Golub/Monroe/Antares roles are sourced via HHs. I would suggest you reach out to all of the major HHs to express interest as I am pretty sure they are reaching out to folks with Leveraged Finance backgrounds. When you say you are in credit, do you mean Commercial/Corporate Banking?
Yes I’m in commercial banking for a BB. Would a move to PC be a complete longshot? We’ve had analysts leave to local PC firms but I’m not sure how anecdotal they are.
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