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Yup was promoted and doing great! Established relationships and have plenty of things to do all the time.

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Op, I was in the same boat till last week! Work will come - just reach out to people and try to find people / managers in your practice and ask them for work every so often

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Reach out and have this discussion with your counselor. You're going to get lots of great advice here, but sometimes there are practice specific nuances to keep in mind.

OP, that’s pretty lame advice from your counselor. I would hope your counselor would give you more tactical advice on networking for BD opportunities.

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