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Honestly, you should never stop applying. I'd work with a recruiter. They usually know what to tell employers and/or have good relationships with employers. Definitely a great resource!
Just keep at it. I even worked with 2-3 recruiters at the same time and applied on LinkedIn...lol
Have you gotten honest feedback on why you aren’t getting work?
The base answer is either that your work quality was lacking in some way or that you aren’t meshing with your colleagues. Whichever it is, see if you can find out what the exact challenges are and try to figure out a way to correct them.
It may be too late for this current job, but if you don’t cure the disease (the deficiencies in your performance), the symptoms (an uncertain work future) will never go away.
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I have not. I am very friendly with another partner so I am planning to speak with him and express my confusion as to why someone brand new has way more work than me. I have only ever gotten feedback once on an assignment and was told I did a very good job but that was it. The name partners I work with do not mentor and do not provide feedback. In my prior jobs I've gotten feedback on my work and have been able to work on issues partners have identified. My current firm just doesn't do that and they don't even do annual evals.
I’ve been in the same situation, but as a para. My imposter syndrome kicked in during the pandemic (very untimely, I know), and lasted for about a year and a half during which time I jumped from place to place until I snapped out of it with some professional help. Then I landed a job I really loved with attorneys I really enjoyed working with, and again, finally, believing and trusting in my capabilities and qualifications. But then I faced a temperamental manager. It was his first stint as a manager and he did not know how to deal with his own growing pains. I did not have it in me to deal with his whims and outbursts, so I left. I’m still in recovery in that I am looking for a job that values the time and effort I have spent cultivating my career. If anything good came about the experience I had with this one manager is that I no longer doubt my skills and qualifications. I can take those elsewhere and be handsomely compensated just like I was at that firm.
Yes, I was in this situation a month ago. Find a recruiter that you trust. The strength of your recruiter will be key in securing the next role, but after multiple firms, you're no longer after the "next role", you're after the right, long-term role.
Interviews will be spent explaining your movement - have concise intelligible reasons prepared which don't come across as rambling/defensive/disparaging of your previous firms etc. You'll repeat this time and time and time again.
Between the law firms and you, recruiting firms are more likely to conclude you're the recurring problem. The implication you'll have to overcome is you're not up to standard or you are but you lack loyalty (won't stick around if they hire you) or both - the burden of disproving this is on you.
Your approach to the market needs to be sensible too. Obviously you will want to know who is hiring/has a vacancy at your level. That will be a shorter list than this time last year. That shortlist firms will be whittled down further to the firms that will actually be interested in your profile and not deterred by extent of movement (Links told me I was up against candidates who hadn't moved from their training firms - proof that tenure matters). Minus a few more firms that aren't the right "fit" (either for you or them). Remember it only takes one firm to say yes.
Always easier to find employment while in employment (or working off notice). Harder thereafter, so stick it our for as long as you can.
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Thank you this was very helpful! My current recuriter actually reached out to me and he's not at all concerned about my firm history, which is a bit shocking to me. He is very well connected, but the market is slow. I absolutely do not want to just take a job now out of desperation, even if it means being let go without having a job lined up. I am trying to make it work at my current firm and trying to salvage the relationship if I can. I have thought out explanations for my moves, which do make sense and I'm fully aware it's a big hurdle to jump. I don't think big law firms are interested in someone with my history, so I am realistic that I need to target mid size firms.
I’m in a similar spot except my firm is such a disaster they cannot afford to lose anyone, so they’re desperate to keep me and I am miserable and reluctant to go to another firm.
What’s been the source of your jumping around and now getting pushed out?
Lol I meant that you didn’t get out because you didn’t actually find a better job as you are being pushed out. I actually went from ID to bad faith/coverage so trust me, I get it. Good luck.
How many firms over the past 4 years?
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Well aware of that but I can't stick it out if I get let go. Trying to make it work, but partners have made it clear to me they do not like me or want me there.