Extremely disheartened by job hunt. I (5PQE) was laid off in December, and I took about 6 months off to travel. The job market has been much harder than I thought and the idea of being unemployed for this long sickens me. I’m in a specialist area as well, which is all the more disheartening as I thought it would be pretty easy to get a role. I feel like I’ve lost my skills and motivation and am struggling with suicidal ideations after every interview. Any advice would be appreciated.

French cuffs are for VP and up.

Idk what I want to do with my life and at this point im too scared to ask

Are you feeling a slowdown in recruitment business? If you are, how are you combatting this?

What would be suggested for long-term growth? Doing growth-related data science at a private equity firm or a role as a monetization pm in a FANG-related company? What are possible growth areas after the job at a PE firm? I'm concerned that a career in PM would plateau.

Got two offers -
L.E.K. Consulting -120K as Associate
Deloitte - 120K Strategy Consultant

Trying to figure out which is better - thoughts?

Also I I had a 4.0 for my masters but a 2.9 for my Bachelors - I actually applied to L.E.K. with 3.3 with my Bachelors by mistake (didn't think they cared) - Thoughts on how to bring it up to them/is it worth.

McK 🐠 can you work in PEPI practice in any office? Anyone in PEPI in the Midwest offices willing to chat? I’m currently in a T2 firm PE practice.

Anyone have advice on getting your foot in the door at Google or Meta for a Sales Role? I’ve only got 3.5 years of experience but have achieved Presidents Club and have had success at 2 “blue chip” organizations.

What salary can we expect for senior technical consultant from Salesforce company?

Mitch McConnell and Trump refuse to formally take up passed legislation from the House. We are reaching a point where the damage might be irreversible.

I’ve got 8 years experience, work at a small, hot creative agency in NYC and will be promoted to CD soon. I’m not irreplaceable since no one truly is, but I’m a high value employee responsible for a good proportion of the agency’s marquee creative work and some important new business wins. I’m at $165k now, what should I ask for with my promotion?

No one is talking in this grp. Why?

What's the best way to get your project changed in IBM?
Working in energy utilities account for last 10 months as a BA, but the work is not good at all.
Should I try to check with my people manager or look outside IBM ?

I received HR submission email from the barclays yesterday.. how Soon can I expect the HR discussion and then offer letter rollout

Thinking about getting a MBA, partly for personal enrichment but also for professional reasons. I know schools all have different “cognates” but do people have recommendations that pair well with corporate/securities/financial legal practice fields?

Work is an emotional rollercoaster - change my mind.

Is there a market for lawyers to add expertise In crisis management or reputation management? My goal is to counsel clients on how to respond to media inquiries without saying or posting something detrimental to a potential litigation while still maintaining communication with their client base. If so, how to break into that industry? Courses? Books? Certifications?

Any thoughts on Phillips Lytle? If you could please provide insight on culture/billable requirements? Thank you.

If I leave big law for ADA will I get canceled?

Anyone know what areas of law that are in high demand right now but with low competition ?

Brand new baby lawyer dumb question - I am tasked with drafting response to request to produce. How long should this take? And follow up… how do I bill this?

Any advice on how to deal with a partner/boss who is shifting all responsibility to me with zero guidance, no mentoring, and an unwillingness to discuss the issues? (Small firm, only associate under this partner and have been working at the firm for 2 years). There are an increasing number of passive aggressive comments from the partner who expects to be completely hands off once the case lands on my desk. Wants me to figure it all out despite cases being from different areas of law.

I am looking for the post made by the junior associate with the voicemail from the female partner on a Friday night telling her how stupid she is. I didn’t bookmark the voicemail and I wanted to show it to a colleague to show her there are worse bosses than ours. Lol. It was circulating a couple of months ago. I believe it was a New York firm.

Does your firm have a remote work policy?

When applying for a job, what is the strategy when a firm asks you for your compensation requirements? I don’t want to be unrealistic, but I don’t want to sell myself short either.

For those of you required to be in office- do people use the phone and email to contact you or do they still come by in person? People in my office seem not to understand how the phone works...

Does anyone practice White Collar criminal defense in NYC or know a decent amount about it? Is it fun or fulfilling? Is it a good way to break into government work in the future?

Advice on managing up / enduring toxic deal teams? I’m at the point where my stomach drops any time I see something come in from certain people. Everything is behind, client is unhappy, I’m exhausted and simultaneously being micromanaged without guidance on big-picture/substantive issues. I keep trying to tell myself at least this is consulting and the project will be over... eventually...

How often do temporary "might-become-permanent" type jobs (at small/mid size firms) actually become permanent?

Does anyone know the starting salary for Jackson Lewis in the firm's Connecticut office, as well as the billable hours requirement?

I want to get out of ID so badly. I don’t mind the work but the hours are just killing me. I just started at a new firm less than 6 months ago and I am already desperate to get out. It is not the firm or the people. I just hate the high billables. I have been applying to other jobs but I think I may need a recruiter for help. Any recommendation for a great recruiter in NYC?

Was considering lateraling from one AM15 firm to another. My full-day callback is next week. I have decided I want to stay another year. Should I cancel the interview? Or go for the “experience”?

Anyone work at Stoel Rives? How’s the WLB? Wondering if the grass is any greener over there coming from big law