How to go about L/S HF recruitment for a pod from 2 years in IBD as analyst?

Hi Monkeys,

I'm currently entering my third year in IBD and have realized that L/S HF is the route for me, preferably at a BAM, Millennium or P72, pod-type multimanager. I had been focusing on PE recruitment for the last couple years but had been doing it in a tepid manner, since I wasn't really too enthused and I wasn't too motivated (personally, I'm not sold on the PE long term thesis, and my skills, abilities and focus leans more towards the L/S world, anyway, as I finally realized).

How should I go about prepping to making the jump? I am specifically interested in a certain vertical, if that helps, and I have credibly covered it in my current seat, working in M&A. For what it's worth, I am currently working on developed a couple of pitches, just to have a long and a short ready, but don't know how much HHs play into this, if I should be networking, and at how much of a disadvantage I am compared to ER people?

Anything will be helpful, including resources, as I am starting this party from scratch. Thank you very much in advance!