Is networking still the most reliable way to land legal roles? keep hearing that many opportunities — especially in-house — never make it to public postings and are filled through networks. At the same time, plenty of people seem to apply cold and succeed. I know both ways can work, just want to know how critical is networking really in today’s market.

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Almost all of my career roles were directly or indirectly landed because of networking efforts

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I've gotten jobs both ways. It doesn't hurt to have/build a network.

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All the best jobs come from networking.

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I have always had the best luck networking and landing roles. I truly feel like it is all about who you know, not what you know. That being said, I have landed roles that I didn't get a referral for as well.

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