The Job Hunt_How's It Going

[KrazyHorse]

How'd you know?

[Japher]

He applied to it too.

[KrazyHorse]

This phone interview went okay, but not as good as the last one. The guy talked really, really fast and it made me nervous, so I screwed up the first question. He held my hand through it, and after that it was all right. Lost a sign on another question, but no biggy.

I think he was still pretty happy with me. He started talking about coordinating with the other group at Goldman that I talked to in order to bring me up on a joint in-person interview day and short-circuiting the rest of the telephone interviews.

[flash9286]

The law market right now is brutal. Can't even get a summer associate job

[Darius871]

The law market right now is brutal. Can't even get a summer associate job

You haven't given up already?

[flash9286]

You haven't given up already?

Loans to pay off . Plus, I keep getting threatening letters for the career office.

Some of my classmates have gotten mulitple offers but they are applying to bigger markets (i.e. NY and DC)

[DanS]

Why aren't you applying to the bigger markets?

[Darius871]

Loans to pay off .

Same here, but I'm one of the fortunate few who's already acclimated to living conditions just a small notch above cardboard boxes and catfood, so even living on $12K/year with a $30K/year administrative gig burns through that debt mighty fast. It's not all bad.

Plus, I keep getting threatening letters for the career office.

Why would they ever be "threatening"? Do you mean just hounding you to apply and network more?

Some of my classmates have gotten mulitple offers but they are applying to bigger markets (i.e. NY and DC)

Why aren't you applying to the bigger markets?

Though being bigger means more total slots, they also attract enough top-tier hotshots to make it an overcompetitive lost cause not worth our time. Depends on tier & grades though of course.

[Solomwi]

How far along are you, flash?

[flash9286]

Why aren't you applying to the bigger markets?

I don't want to live in DC or NY. Though if I can't find a job after my third year I would probably consider moving.

Why would they ever be "threatening"? Do you mean just hounding you to apply and network more?

That and it is a honor code violation not to report offers at my school and since I don't have any offers to report they think that I'm just lazy and not reporting the offers.

Though being bigger means more total slots, they also attract enough top-tier hotshots to make it an overcompetitive lost cause not worth our time. Depends on tier & grades though of course.

True, but I think they have weathered the financial crash better than some of the bigger southern markets (Charlotte, Atlanta, etc) that I applied to.

How far along are you, flash?

2L

[Darius871]

2L

In that case I'd highly recommend picking up a clinic or practicum while you still can. It goes without saying that both the practical experience on your resume and the opportunity to meet real players vastly improves your chances even if it's unpaid.

[azzaman333]

I won the job hunt.

[flash9286]

In that case I'd highly recommend picking up a clinic or practicum while you still can. It goes without saying that both the practical experience on your resume and the opportunity to meet real players vastly improves your chances even if it's unpaid.

I'm definitely going to look at something more practical this summer. May be a clinic, like you said, or a internship with a judge. Last year I was a research assistant for a professor, which was fun and paid but didn't give me much legal experience.

[Solomwi]

What Darius said is exactly where I was going if you said 2L. Just make sure you do something to avoid a time gap on the resume. As a last ditch, take classes if you can. Also, are you in repayment on your loans already?!?

[flash9286]

No, but I have been trying to pay the interest.