IB Lateral Process - are Headhunters helpful?

Hey all -

For those of you who have successfully lateraled or have seen a lateral hire at your respective firms, would appreciate any insight into the process. For reference, current An1 on the West Coast looking to make a move to NY. At a solid BB/EB so should be minimal issues moving up market.

Specifically, are there legitimate headhunters that recruit for lateral positions or is the vast majority of successful moves accomplished through connections / networking?

Many thanks.

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I used headhunters when I tried to lateral and they had contacts at many true MMs (like Piper, Blair, Jefferies--not RBC/Wells, etc), some EBs, and boutiques.

Dayman?
 

What specific firms had the MM connections? Also did you find that getting introduced by a HH had better worse or equal impact on your chances as opposed to networking yourself?

 

No name boutique looking to lateral now - were you successful? Any insight on the process and interviews, case studies, modeling tests would be extremely helpful

 

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