Skipping Oncycle Best Practices & Advice/Thoughts on Lateraling before PE

I will be working for a MM Investment Bank and have been reached out to by recruiters and was wondering what's the best practices if I am going to sit out on PE recruiting: sending a polite message saying that I'm sitting out, but would love to stay in contact? Is it bad to ignore messages?

Additionally, I have been told by people in my network, it'd be in my best interest to try to lateral first then recruit to put myself in the best position possible and make sure I feel ready. 

Any thoughts would be appreciated, thank you! 

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You can still have the calls. They will ask you if you plan on doing on-cycle just say no and give a reason. 

 

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