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LinkedIn, goinhouse, and set up alerts on the career pages for the companies you’re interested in or are in your area. Also, network. Networking is by far the “easiest” way to make an in house move.
It can take a long time to land a first in house role - over a year of applying is not uncommon. You typically won’t find recruiters for in house roles like you do for an associate lateral move - and it can be a real disadvantage or take you out out of the running completely to be submitted by a third party/outside recruiter. Companies get plenty of qualified applicants without paying someone a fee. Unless you’re in a super niche practice area, senior/executive level (you probably aren’t), or hard to place geography it’s unlikely the roles you’re looking at will be sent to an outside recruiter. Most companies have internal recruiters/talent management departments who look for and screen candidates, so if your “recruiters only” is turned on for LinkedIn that can help.
Really tailor that resume to the roles you’re applying for and explain how your current experience and practice area translates to what’s expected or needed in the role. In house groups often prefer to hire people who’ve already been in house, there’s just less of a learning curve, so highlight any counseling or secondment experience if you have it. Also, this time of year is just slow to dead for in house hiring. Things should pick back up later in January.
This is extremely insightful, thank you!
Do you have open for opportunities turned on? Internal recruiters will find you that way.
I’d remove anything with associate. You should use counsel, in-house counsel, general counsel if you’re targeting in-house jobs