Comments on: Needing a job to get a job… huh? http://joblesslawyer.com The Tales of a Young Lawyer's Futile Job Quest Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Name http://joblesslawyer.com/musings-and-convos/needing-a-job-to-get-a-job-huh/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Name Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:22:28 +0000 http://joblesslawyer.com/?page_id=106#comment-63 1) The sad thing is that half of the "still employed" people that the firm interviews have probably been told by their current firms to get out, yet are still within that 3-month notice period. So if they think the "still employed" requirement is weeding out associates who haven't been told to move on, they are probably mistaken.<br><br>2) If a firm hasn't been able to fill a position for several months in this economy, and it's still being advertised by recruiters, it might very well be a fake ad. I've heard of firms doing this in order to make it look like all is well. 1) The sad thing is that half of the “still employed” people that the firm interviews have probably been told by their current firms to get out, yet are still within that 3-month notice period. So if they think the “still employed” requirement is weeding out associates who haven't been told to move on, they are probably mistaken.

2) If a firm hasn't been able to fill a position for several months in this economy, and it's still being advertised by recruiters, it might very well be a fake ad. I've heard of firms doing this in order to make it look like all is well.

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