So tell me, how did you land your dream job?

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I don’t dream of labor. I work at a job tolerable enough that pays me enough to do the things I actually enjoy.

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Applied to every company on LinkedIn that could potentially be a match. Interviewed with every company who asked to speak to me. Hundreds of applications and dozens of calls later I found a company that increased my pay by 40%.

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Staying on top of my connections. I have monthly coffee chats with different former peers, mentors, ect on a roating basis. I stay on top of industry news and I ask them relevant questions.

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@Apple

Would love to work at Apple but no relevant role come up on official site where always getting sent to.

Any ideas how else to get foot in?
Connected with Apple recruiters on Linkedln and potential recruitment agencies but all dead ends.

London UK based Marketing Comms FTC/Perm roles with 12 years experience. Thanks in advance

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Hi all!
I’m currently on my last year of university, pursing a computer science degree. I have yet to get an internship, or any experience in tech. Any advice on where to start? I would be attending part time in the spring semester and taking night classes so I would like to have something set up for January, let me know what you think. Thank you in advance.

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For those who have taken it, are there any cheaper or alternative study materials to any official guides you would recommend? I went this route with the PHR and SHRM-SCP and passed each on the both try, so I wanted to see if that method may be viable here. Any recommended order to take courses in?

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I’m a new patent prosecution associate and unfortunately only just now realized that maybe prosecuting patents isn’t something I want to do long term. I loved copyright (and trademark) in law school, but I have loans to pay off. Should I stick it out in my current role to pay them off before I jump ship to a new practice area or will I be pigeonholed forever to patents if I stay here for 2-3 years?

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For those of you that make at least 300k total comp, what service line/industry are you in and how many years did it take for you to hit that?

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I’m 27 & going to go to back to college for my bachelors. I have worked in the legal field for about 8 years & I’m burnt out. After a lot of research an thought I am leaning towards either architecture or interior design. I wanted to ask some advice from anyone working as an architect or interior designer. How do you feel about the field? What are the stress levels like? Do you enjoy it? Are you working at firm or are you working independently? Any info helps! Thanks 😊

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What are the exit strategies for EY Parthenon directors?

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Looking for help to think through exit opportunities:
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Any constructive thoughts on how to pitch transferrable skills to: PE (Ops), Biz Ops, Start Ups or even IB without the modeling experience?

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Add a comment with the designation levels in your bank.

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What’s the shortest amount of time it’s respectable to be in a job before leaving?

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Sharks and other fishes,
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In my current company I think the development portion I've been given is kinda simple, I've asked my manager and seniors to level up my work and stuff, *which they did* but I kinda caught up.. now what should I do, should I ask them to level up again or look for better opportunities
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I just wanted to take a quick moment to say that you are all doing a great job with this ridiculous, unprecedented juggling act of trying to be a parent, teacher, lawyer and human. Hang in there!

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Amazonians: is Amazon corporate totally freaking out about that center in Staten Island that unionized? Unions could kill Amazon.

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I’ve practiced litigation in DC for about 5+ years at a larger plaintiffs’ firm, and am considering a switch to a defense firm. Is there any insight to how many billable hours this would require, and how much time that would actually be? For reference, the firm has a 1900 billable hour requirement and the partner said I would have “no problem” fulfilling that based on the work they have.

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Can some of you experienced folk recommend some good books for rookies? What are your favorites for investment strategies, marketing, selling, etc.?

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Recently laid off and looking for recruiters that specialize in media/strategy/advertising (both agency and client side). Sure there are others looking as well - would greatly appreciate any info.

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Media just doesn’t seem fun anymore.
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How did we ever allow Facebook and Google to grade their own homework? It’s super weird, right?

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