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It's a good living if you don't mind talking to people, cold calling, rejection, etc. The one headhunter I know brings home between 200-400k depending on the year and works no more than 50 hours a week. And he takes a lot of vacations because he can just work on vacation for 3-4 hours a day and not miss much.

 
sayandarula^^^is it a requirement to go through the whole IBD/PE experience yourself??
Well, full disclosure, the headhunters I know working with engineers not finance professionals. That said with the headhunters I know not all of them have an engineering background, but most of them do. And it's much easier to be successful if you have those contacts already and have the industry knowledge already. So is it necessary to have that experience to be a good headhunter? No. But it's extremely helpful.
 

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