Moving from a top MM to a distressed debt hedge fund

Hey guys, I'm a 1st year analyst at a top MM (think RBC, Wells) looking to make the shift to a distressed debt hedge fund shop. What are your recommendations as to how I should approach this? Contacting the headhunters, contacting the hedge funds themselves? Is there anything that particularly shines to headhunters/hedge funds in a resume to get the interview?

Also, do you guys know anyone who made this shift from a strong MM bank, and any insight on how they approached this?

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