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I got mine from a recruiter reaching out on LinkedIn. My recommendation is to make sure your LinkedIn has the right buzzwords in it for whatever field you’re in. I updated mine to include all the right words and started getting many times way more interest.
I also recommend just chatting with more of the recruiters that reach out. My opportunity came from someone who initially reached out about some firm jobs, but had an in-house spot she was looking to fill (after some prompting from me).
Took me a full year. It sounds awful and it was, not gon lie lol. Only had three other interviews during that time, all rejections. Until I got this one w a nonFAANG tech co which I am loving. Keep pushing, the right opportunity is coming and will be worth the wait. Good luck!
What year did you end up making the move?
6 mo, 80% of my interviews were through connections. Ultimate job was through a connection. Best advice was that the first in-house gig is the hardest to get, so take what comes through even if it isn’t perfect. Then you can apply to others with 1-3 years of in house experience
Same as A2 - I’m in a niche area of law and I was seriously on interview number 10 or 12 or something prior to the offer. They reached out for a part time gig, I wasn’t interested but they came back with a FT gig and matched my pay. It can happen.
Try looking for jobs with "Legal Analyst" or "Law Manager" on the title. In Fortune 100 companies these are six figure salaries.
A little less than 3 months
Started looking during the height of job market mania, so that was probably a factor. Privacy experience can also be hard to come by.
Four years and counting.
It took me 5 months. I felt the same way at first but things started to improve the more application and interview experience (as well as relevant opportunities) I got.
About 6 months
How long was your application > offer process with G?
8 months. I did last round interviews in 3 places that ultimately rejected me.
1.5 year of casually looking, but when I really focused on the job search, 6 months
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I'm a year into looking and zip.
What is your professional experience?
My application to offer was around 6 weeks, with interviews spanning the last 3.5 weeks. Granted this was on the market upswing in summer 2020 and my team was understaffed.
How many years experience do you have and what are you looking for? We have a couple specific openings.
I’m looking too! Ten years experience (2 years general corporate and 8 years M&A) at an AM Law 100 transactional firm.
Took me close to 9 months. It’s a numbers game - you have to have multiple applications / interviews etc going, since you want to be able to compare and contrast offers / roles as you get further into the interview process. In the end I had 3 opportunities where they were making the final decision after months of interviewing and the first 2 said no and the last one (my preferred one) said yes. That made it very easy to accept pretty quickly.
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1 year
About six months, started looking at the end of February. I had two positions where I made it to second round interviews and was ultimately rejected. Went through the Amazon interview process and got an offer which was pulled due to relocation issues. That process took about two months. Started interviewing for my current position in June and got an offer at the end of August. Subsequently got a message from the Amazon recruiter about another open position but ultimately declined. It takes time to find the right fit. The two places that rejected me are not as good of a fit as where I ultimately landed.
Took me about a year, then another year to really land where I wanted in-house, in tech.
I agree with the buzzword suggestion earlier on your LinkedIn profile. Same goes with your resume.
Finding a mentor in your field is a good suggestion. They can help guide you on what to change. That really helped me get a lot more callbacks and interviews.
Took about 8 months to find a role. Two months to go thru the interview process and offer