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On-Cycle Private Equity Recruiting: Will PE Firms Start Recruiting 10-Year-Old Children Soon?

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But that timeline crept up over time, slowing down only in “crisis periods,” such as in 2009 (financial crisis aftermath) and 2020 – 2021 (COVID). PE firms want to lock in candidates before they burn out from banking and have second thoughts. They just want the most motivated/hardcore candidates.