Infrassocs? Real headhunters?
Anyone else ever dealt with these clowns?
They slide into my LinkedIn DMs. I reply. Then? Ghosting. Complete radio silence.
But here’s the joke, the kids are clearly online. I see them liking random posts, adding everyone and their mum, and posting generic engagement bait.
Are they just farming connections for clout? Or trying to hit some desperate outreach KPI?
It’s messy, rude, and honestly the most amateur hour nonsense I’ve seen. If they DM you, don't bother engaging. They are just noise.
Side note: Can anyone recommend actual serious headhunters in London? Need pros, not juniors playing influencer.
Echoing what you just said. Absolute bunch of amateurs who think they are the best. They tease you with a pseudo great roles and once they got your data, they simply vanish and don't ever respond. I put them at par with Dartmouth at best.
Overall, I have never had great experiences with HH and I put this job on an equal footing with real estate agents, a nuisance with very limited value for a hefty fee. You are just a number for them at the end of the day and they don't really have your back or advise well. However I think a good HH is definitely useful for senior investment roles or C-Suite PortCo searches. Unfortunately, HR functions at UMM/MF are even worse so you need HH to bridge the gap. The only one with whom I had some decent conversations was Madison Hunt.
Obviously the above is just my own views.
Totally related. Dartmouth at least sometimes has something real and legit.
From what I’ve heard, most of what Infrassocs push is bottom-of-the-barrel: random “boutiques” nobody’s heard of and tiny LMM funds cosplaying as they have megafund mandates. OneSearch seems broadly fine, but the Infrassocs team build is an absolute trainwreck and failure.
I genuinely don’t get why any serious fund that cares about its brand would go anywhere near them. The candidate experience is so chaotic and disrespectful — and it just makes everyone involved look bad.
Funds: if you care about your reputation, stop using these people.
I’ve had genuinely bad experiences with recruiters recently (Infrassocs and Madison Hunt included), but Alexander Chapman probably takes the cake. At this point, I seriously question how legitimate parts of their operation are. Many recruiters today are unprofessional and unsophisticated, barely being able to explain even at a high level what the role entails and what the company does.
More broadly, I don’t think recruiters add much value for VP and below level roles. You’re almost always better off working your own angles - leveraging your network, connecting directly with people at the company on LinkedIn, or finding a warm intro however you can.
That approach gives you far more control and a higher probability of landing an initial interview vs. relying on a recruiter who is often too quick to move on to the next "shiny object" once it comes along.
Another one to add to the list is Bruin or whatever their name is. This one is the cherry on the cake. Hear me out.
Unfortunately being part of a big organisation, we have a list of preferred headhunters and moving away from them is an uphill battle for which I have no time to waste on. We recently launched a search for an Associate position and had to give the gig to this firm. Those idiots sent an email and message on LinkedIn to a Senior Associate already in the team... I honestly laughed at the situation but in a hindsight, it shows the lack of professionalism and how poor the service is. I will reconsider fighting our HR group because this nonsense has to stop.
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