Will I be fine skipping on cycle PE recruitment? How to approach
So I just started at a Tech M&A group, at a strong boutique- I didn't have a summer internship here before. I want to focus on just doing good/learning the ropes in this role first, however I have started getting emails from PE recruiters. After starting IB and talking to people in the PE industry, I feel like I have little/no interest in traditional PE, if anything I want to try a corporate role at a scaling tech company after 1-2 years, or perhaps pursue a growth equity/venture capital type role later on (or maybe even circle back to this after having some strong operating experience).
Given this info, would I be fine or would I be missing a major opportunity with these recruiters? I am fairly confident in my stance against pursuing traditional PE after IB (just not a lifestyle that I want to keep up for many years). How should I approach communicating with them, I figure just ghosting them isn't the proper way to go about it. Any alternate views? Thank you!
You should absolutely skip on-cycle if you feel this way - it’s silly to fomo into a job you already know you don’t want. These headhunters typically specialize in PE, but just responding with “I’m not recruiting right now, thanks for reaching out, I will let you know when that changes” is enough for emails.
Pretty common to skip oncycle and you're making the right choice if you're undecided. Sounds like you have a good path figured out. If corp PE suddenly starts to be interesting, you can do offcycle or oncycle next year. Really no reason to lock yourself into a tough career just for prestige.
Just email back politely that you're not doing oncycle this year but would like to stay in touch down the road about potential opportunities.
Also it's really perfectly fine to ghost them and respond when you're ready as well. It's very normal to interact with recruiters like that, majority of the people they reach out to are not recruiting but they will reach out if they are.
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