A2 PE Recruiting

Half a year until I'm finished with this god awful two year stint and I have yet to secure a PE offer for this summer. How concerned should I be and how much harder does it get as the date approaches? I have a feeling my MD / VP are onto me with the recruiting so a third year seems unlikely....

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What's the problem here? Have you

1. not been trying for PE until recently

2. been recruiting the whole time - or been through a lot of processes and lost out

3. HHs don't reach out to you (or not enough HHs/not roles you'd consider)

Those are all different problems to have with different solutions. There's usually a decent number of short-term/immediate start positions available, but less so in this climate... unless dying to backfill a role, most are going to sit tight and see if the market improves. I've seen people land things into April or May but obviously the next 2 months or so would be ideal.

 
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