Is it just me or do you guys also notice a SHARP drop in headhunter outreach/introduction to opportunities in the past two months, since mid-June? From February to end of May I had maybe 1 email from headhunters every week or 2 weeks, but in the past two months it's been completely dead. All I'd gotten were an ops teams role and a growth equity role. Zero actual PE associate roles in the past two months. This is a typical seasonal pattern? FYI, I was recruiting for new associate roles (recently got a role but that should have affected inbounds from only the HH who recruited me).
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its summer dude we dont want to interview you - itll pick up after labor day
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