Hey Underdogs, Just out of a state clerkship, unemployed, barred in NJ eligible to transfer score to NY. OCS unhelpful where should I be looking for job postings.

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I did a mix of cold-calling firms, state bar resources, Glassdoor, Indeed, LinkedIn, Symplicity, some recruitment places I found using Indeed, and basically calling everyone I knew and didn’t know.

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What worked the best was doing some contract work for an attorney that loved my work product so he stays in touch and is very helpful, and then I noticed a recruiter was responsible for a lot of the job postings on Indeed so I looked up the recruitment firm and emailed the rep in my location saying I was interested in many postings and wanted to chat more.

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OP hope you’ve found something. Shout out an update if you feel comfortable doing so.

Agreed how you doing OP? Any good news?

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