Hello,
I am a first year analyst at a middle market bank and I have seen posts out there stating that it is hard to get into a MF given where I am at. I will not give up but long story short, I am wondering whether the Carlyle at some points have a posting about a PE associate position.
I see that there is a 2-year Financial Analyst role at the moment but I am curious whether that position is the same as the PE associate one.
I am very much interested in The Carlyle and I hope the forum can shed some lights on how to position myself better for the upcoming exit opportunity into the PE firm in one year or so.
Please refer me to a similar post that already addressed my question and I do apologize in advance if I repeat the question. Thank you 🥰
Hi Tyrone-Wells, the silence is deafening, sorry about that.... Any of the threads below helpful?
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I hope those threads give you a bit more insight.
Yes, "The Carlyle" is always hiring. The actual group may be tougher to get into tho
Thank you 😊
On a more serious note, it isn't impossible to get a look from "The Carlyle." I would recommend networking with people at the firm then reaching out to their headhunter referencing the people you've spoken with.
I appreciate your response. Will take your advice and move forward. I am just not sure who to hit on LinkedIn who is with the right team (investing side not operations side). Do you have any tip? Or is it still a number game?
#1 I would advise to work on your written (and likely verbal) English. This is a field where communication matters. Once you've nailed that down, I would reach out to mutual friends through your MM bank who may know individuals in the PE space.
#2 Begin grabbing coffee (or virtual zoom chats) with individuals who work in PE and share a similar background to you. Ask to learn about what they do and seriously start considering if that's what you want to be doing.
#3 Learn about investing and educate yourself on what is happening in the deal world through the work that you are currently doing. Use this to make your conversations value-add for both yourself and the person you're networking with. Talk about your deals as if they were your own investments and figure out whether or not you like them. Then ask who you are meeting with about their investments. Or even do research on portfolio companies the business owns and have a conversation about it. Or give good perspectives about what you're seeing in the spaces you're working in as value to them.
#4 Finally, ask who the headhunter is. When networking with the headhunter, mention who you spoke with directly. If who you networked with enjoyed your company (hard to know sometimes as people in this field tend to fairly sociopathic), then things may work in your favor to get an interview.
Now killing the interview is a different conversation. Hope this helps.
Thank you very much for taking your time to respond to me. I have struggled enough just to pivot to IB without an MBA and I am blessed.
It will be a long road ahead of me and I appreciate your candid advice. ❤️
Second this. If you work in IB at a MM you are clearly smart and qualified, but your style of writing will not get many responses in your quest to PE.
Headhunter is Henkel, one of the least pleasurable headhunters to work with.
Recruiting is on a group by group basis with principals and VPs mainly leading the recruiting efforts. You should get to know each of their sectors fairly well (unfortunately their new website makes this difficult).
Carlyle I think has a good culture. The people I spoke to there were open to networking and after each conversation referred me to others on their team (trust me when I say that says something about their people, and not about my quality as a potential job applicant)
Thank you! I like the Carlyle because I look up to their Co-CEO. I identified myself with his visions and personalities. I am sure there are many other good funds out there but I need to find one Home and not many ones. I will look up Hankel on LinkedIn.I am not even a full year at my current firm so I won't waste other people time by contacting them. I will wait at least I make a full year. I am sure you would support that 😊
You'll have a much better shot by just calling it Carlyle
Change your username so it’s not your real name
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