The best recruiters are built, not born.
Your 18-Week Path · Desk-Building Plan
Week 6 of 18 · Phase 1 / Knowledge & Activity
This week: first 3 CVs out to live mandates.
Phase 1 · Weeks 1-9Learn the 360 cycle · build lists · hit minimum standard · first CVs out
Phase 2 · Weeks 10-18Live processes · conversion · first fees · diagnostic habits
Continue where you left off
Deep Qualification · The 20-Point Framework
Sector Playbooks
The desk bibles. Terminology, client intel, 20-point qualification, deal economics.
Deal Stories
Real seven-figure placements, broken down move by move, with the frameworks behind each one.
7 of 7 deals
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Candidate |
Role |
From |
Client |
Fee |
Recruiter |
Source |
Signed |
Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sujin Park | Quant Macro PM | GSA | Millennium | $1.225M | Colin McGhee | InMail | Apr 2026 | ↗ |
| Zichong Wang | Senior PM | Point72 | Millennium | $1.25M | Rob Stubbs | Cold call | Apr 2026 | ↗ |
| Andrew Hoesley | Portfolio Manager | Teza | WorldQuant | $645.6K | Rob Stubbs | Cold call | Jun 2026 | ↗ |
| Wesley Chen | Portfolio Manager | Tower | Millennium | $525K | Rob Stubbs | Referral | Jun 2026 | ↗ |
| Nicholas Baginski | Quant Researcher | Two Sigma | Millennium | $200K | Rob Stubbs | Cold call | Apr 2026 | ↗ |
| Marsel Zaripov | Platform Engineer | Undisclosed | QRT | £76K | Jake Stacey | Loxo campaign | May 2026 | ↗ |
| Dev Gupta | Data Analyst | Freestone | ExodusPoint | £36K | Owen Burton | Apr 2026 | ↗ |
Curriculum Modules
The 360 cycle, step by step. Every module maps to a recorded lesson and a framework.
100s
Foundations
12 modules · desk choice, the map
200s
Business Development
29 modules · winning the mandate
300s
Candidate Generation
24 modules · sourcing & outreach
400s
Qualification
18 modules · the 20-point framework
500s
Selling
22 modules · the role & the candidate
600s
Managing the Process
19 modules · keeping deals alive
700s
Closing
21 modules · resignation & counter-offer
800s+
Contracts & Mindset
Unlocks in Phase 2
Flashcards & Drills
Quick-fire recall on the numbers and terminology that have to be second nature.
Alpha Watchtower
Monthly market intelligence. Who's moving, who's hiring, where the money is.