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Guys & Gals,

Headhunters, recruiters, executive search firms:

For many of us they hold they keys to the golden gates of buy-side badassery (i swear i'm not really this big of a tool in real life).

I'm calling on all of you to please reply back with names of active PE recruiter firms I have missed. Also please feel free to comment on each firms areas of strength / weakness. The more details you provide the better. If we all work together we can build a really useful tool.

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My list has grown by 13 names and is now up to 37. Please keep em coming!

Alpha Search - http://www.alphasearchadvisory.com/index.php Armstrong International - http://www.armstrongint.com/ Boyden Associates - http://www.boyden.com/index.html BSD Associates - http://www.bsdassociates.com/ Capital Markets Recruiting - http://www.capital-markets.net/ Carter Pierce - http://www.carterpierce.com/ CPI - http://www.cpiny.com/index.html CT Partners - http://www.ctnet.com/ctnet/ CW Partners - http://www.cwpartners.com/default.htm Dynamics Associates - www.dynamicsny.com F.S. Von Strade & Assoc - http://www.fsvs.com/index.html Flatiron Group - http://www.theflatirongroup.com/flat_overview.html Forrer & Associates - http://forrerusa.com/index.html Gerson Group - http://www.gersongroup.com/overview.asp Glocap Search - https://www.glocap.com/ Gold Lion Recruiting - http://www.glrecruiting.com/ Hammer Haley - http://www.hammerhaley.com/ Juno Search Group - http://www.junosearch.com/ Lechner & Associates - http://www.lechner.net/ Leland Shaw West LLC - http://www.lelandshaw.com/index.htm Long Ridge Partners - http://www.longridgepartners.com/ Marks Sattin - http://www.markssattin.co.uk/content_static/home.asp Mercury Partners - http://www.mercurypartner.com/ Michael Page - http://www.michaelpage.com/content.html?subsectionid=36 Oxbridge Group - http://oxbridgegroup.com/ Permanent Solutions - http://www.permsol.com/index.html Phoenix Group - http://www.phxgrpintl.com/ Pinnacle Group - http://www.pinnaclegroup.com/default.aspx Private Equity Recruitment - http://www.perecruit.com/ Revolution Search - http://www.revolutionsearchpartners.com/Revolution_Search_Partners/Welc… S&T Group - http://www.thesandtgroup.com/ Sextant - http://www.sextant.com/ SG Partners - http://www.sgpartners.com/index.html Smith Hanley Associates - http://www.smithhanley.com/ Wallstreet Options - http://www.wsollc.com Weatherly Group - http://www.twgco.com/default.htm Whitney Group - http://www.whitneygroup.com

 

Thank you sir!

[quote=spinner]My list has grown by 13 names and is now up to 37. Please keep em coming!

Alpha Search - http://www.alphasearchadvisory.com/index.php Armstrong International - http://www.armstrongint.com/ Boyden Associates - http://www.boyden.com/index.html BSD Associates - http://www.bsdassociates.com/ Capital Markets Recruiting - http://www.capital-markets.net/ Carter Pierce - http://www.carterpierce.com/ CPI - http://www.cpiny.com/index.html CT Partners - http://www.ctnet.com/ctnet/ CW Partners - http://www.cwpartners.com/default.htm Dynamics Associates - www.dynamicsny.com F.S. Von Strade & Assoc - http://www.fsvs.com/index.html Flatiron Group - http://www.theflatirongroup.com/flat_overview.html Forrer & Associates - http://forrerusa.com/index.html Gerson Group - http://www.gersongroup.com/overview.asp Glocap Search - https://www.glocap.com/ Gold Lion Recruiting - http://www.glrecruiting.com/ Hammer Haley - http://www.hammerhaley.com/ Juno Search Group - http://www.junosearch.com/ Lechner & Associates - http://www.lechner.net/ Leland Shaw West LLC - http://www.lelandshaw.com/index.htm Long Ridge Partners - http://www.longridgepartners.com/ Marks Sattin - http://www.markssattin.co.uk/content_static/home.asp Mercury Partners - http://www.mercurypartner.com/ Michael Page - http://www.michaelpage.com/content.html?subsectionid=36 Oxbridge Group - http://oxbridgegroup.com/ Permanent Solutions - http://www.permsol.com/index.html Phoenix Group - http://www.phxgrpintl.com/ Pinnacle Group - http://www.pinnaclegroup.com/default.aspx Private Equity Recruitment - http://www.perecruit.com/ Revolution Search - http://www.revolutionsearchpartners.com/Revolution_Search_Partners/Welc… S&T Group - http://www.thesandtgroup.com/ Sextant - http://www.sextant.com/ SG Partners - http://www.sgpartners.com/index.html Smith Hanley Associates - http://www.smithhanley.com/ Wallstreet Options - http://www.wsollc.com Weatherly Group - http://www.twgco.com/default.htm Whitney Group - http://www.whitneygroup.com[/quote]

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I would add the following:

McKibben Group ([email protected]). I never used it and not sure whether it has a website, but it got some of my coworkers jobs / interviews at MM PE shops.

Broadreach Group, http://www.broadreachgrp.com/ (hedge fund focus)

And actually I just got an email from this new exec search firm (I recoginized that one person used to work at SG): www.amitysearchpartners.com

 

Spinner are you going to post a list that segments these out a bit; that would be most appreciated if you have that info. Then people could comment on that list too to really refine it. Also BSD Associates is probably bogus, there's not even a phone number and the site seems like bullshit. Probably just trying to get kids' resumes.

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arsenalcapadvisors:
I would add JM Search on the retained side as they specialize in C-level searches for PE backed middle-market companies. They also just opened their NY office. Would say the guys did an exceptional job on both searches for us (COO and CEO).

Should have provided some contact details:

contact either Steve Baumruk or Gog Boonswang for Private Equity related search work

baumruks at jmsearch dot com; boonswangG at jmsearch dot com

 

Get your resume into the PEAC book, as a lot of them use that, sometimes in conjunction with a recruiter(s).

Chicago also has a fair amount of "word of mouth" recruiting. Usually the way this happens is someone from the PE firm will reach out to a senior banker and ask for the resumes of interested analysts.

There are also a lot of smaller recruiting firms that had some Chicago openings, so don't neglect those.

I also got a couple interviews by networking, but found this to be somewhat more difficult than it was in banking (fewer openings, more competitive, different recruiting timelines/structures for different firms, etc.)

 

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