Lateral as a senior associate
I'm currently an associate at an infra MF. I'm up for senior associate next January. I came from an M&A group at a BB so not an infra-focused IB background. My plan is to get the senior associate promotion and then quit after 3 months so I have some work associated with the title. Normally I'd work until I found a lateral offer, but I want to spend a few months traveling after I quit. So a few questions based on this:
What are the chances of me lateraling from an infra MF to an UMM generalist role?
What are the chances I can line up a position for 6 months in the future (time I spend traveling)?
And if the chances of the above are low, what are the chances of me lateraling with a 6 month gap on my resume but something I can obviously explain (travel, not fired)?
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Just as one comment, it’s much easier to find a job if you are currently employed. If you are able to line-up the lateral job you want before you start traveling that may lead to a better outcome. Once you are unemployed or something it’s a bit harder to get back into the employed world. I have seen people currently employed interview for another job and then as part of the move, negotiate a gap between the day they leave their current job and the date they start the next job. If possible, that may be the smartest move from the little I know/have seen
goong from a specialized role at a big fun to a more generalist role at a smaller fund seems reasonably possible and I believe I have seen people do that
Negotiating a 6 month gap between jobs may be a bit tough but not impossible
after doing nothing work related / only traveling for 6 months, it may be a bit hard to then get a lateral role from what I have seen
I may be very wrong on all of this. Just trying to chime in with what I hope is helpful information as you pursue your decision. Happy to try to be helpful in some other way if I can. Either way, good luck and best wishes :)
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