Boston Lawyers Group Job Fair 2014 Forum

Yardbird · Post by **Yardbird** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 3:59 pm

Since the registration deadline for BLG's job fair is next week, I thought it might be useful to start a thread to share info as things progress.

Feel free to (anonymously) post this info once preselects come out:

School:
Rank/GPA:
Ties to Boston?:
IP?:
URM/Other Minority?:
# of Pre-Selects:

Yardbird · Post by **Yardbird** » Fri Jul 11, 2014 12:46 pm

Just a reminder, pre-select/lottery results are out on July 25. Anyone else going?

mommalee · Post by **mommalee** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 12:34 pm

I sent in my stuff, not sure if going.

Yardbird · Post by **Yardbird** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:28 am

Bumping this since schedules are coming out today.

Yardbird · Post by **Yardbird** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:39 am

From the duplicate thread:

violet1114 wrote:Opened my Symplicity where it says pending for all, except for 3, which say alternate selection? Does that mean that the others are a ding and I'm SOL? What does it say for everyone else?

Anyone else able to log in? My account is still disabled.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:11 am

My account is still disabled.

Violet1114 - did you receive an email?

violet1114 · Post by **violet1114** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:13 am

Anonymous User wrote:My account is still disabled.

Violet1114 - did you receive an email?

No, I was able to log on but I was never disabled out of my account, I could check even after the deadline.

Yardbird · Post by **Yardbird** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:27 am

violet1114 wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:My account is still disabled.

Violet1114 - did you receive an email?
No, I was able to log on but I was never disabled out of my account, I could check even after the deadline.

hmmm...curious. I could have sworn they said they were disabling all accounts until today. Hopefully our accounts will be re-enabled in a few hours. Also, welcome to TLS.

violet1114 · Post by **violet1114** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:44 am

shadowofjazz wrote:
violet1114 wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:My account is still disabled.

Violet1114 - did you receive an email?
No, I was able to log on but I was never disabled out of my account, I could check even after the deadline.
hmmm...curious. I could have sworn they said they were disabling all accounts until today. Hopefully our accounts will be re-enabled in a few hours. Also, welcome to TLS.

Thanks!

I called them freaking out about that and they said it was probably just a glitch and that it should not be a problem. I was probably just the odd exception.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:50 am

Did they say anything else? Maybe, about the timing?

marbellie · Post by **marbellie** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:32 am

I'm so nervous about the results. I'm a pretty good candidate on paper, but I forgot to do a cover letter...which I think is basically a necessity since I went to college and law school out-of-state

I do have my summer internship on my resume (which is in Mass.) but other than that nothing shows my Boston ties. How fatal of a mistake do you guys think that was?

Yardbird · Post by **Yardbird** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:34 am

marbellie wrote:I'm so nervous about the results. I'm a pretty good candidate on paper, but I forgot to do a cover letter...which I think is basically a necessity since I went to college and law school out-of-state

I do have my summer internship on my resume (which is in Mass.) but other than that nothing shows my Boston ties. How fatal of a mistake do you guys think that was?

There were no cover letters for BLG, just resume + transcript. So not a fatal mistake, but it'll look like weaker ties than you might otherwise have.

marbellie · Post by **marbellie** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:51 am

[/quote]There were no cover letters for BLG, just resume + transcript. So not a fatal mistake, but it'll look like weaker ties than you might otherwise have.[/quote]

Oh that's good to know, I thought that it was still possible even if optional. Hopefully they'll give me a shot to say I was born and raised here. *fingers intensely crossed*

marbellie · Post by **marbellie** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:53 am

Hmm please ignore my embarrasing inability to quote

Yardbird · Post by **Yardbird** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:46 am

marbellie wrote:
shadowofjazz wrote:There were no cover letters for BLG, just resume + transcript. So not a fatal mistake, but it'll look like weaker ties than you might otherwise have.
Oh that's good to know, I thought that it was still possible even if optional. Hopefully they'll give me a shot to say I was born and raised here. *fingers intensely crossed*

no home Boston address or Boston area code cell phone number?

Also, I'm pretty sure they were only taking resumes/transcripts. I saw we could upload CLs and WSs but since we couldnt place any bids it would have been pointless and there was no guarantee BLG would accept them.

marbellie · Post by **marbellie** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 11:23 am

shadowofjazz wrote:
marbellie wrote:
shadowofjazz wrote:

no home Boston address or Boston area code cell phone number?

Also, I'm pretty sure they were only taking resumes/transcripts. I saw we could upload CLs and WSs but since we couldnt place any bids it would have been pointless and there was no guarantee BLG would accept them.

I figured it out! Back on topic: It's complicated because my parents sold their Boston home 2 years ago since my siblings and I all flew the coop (they retired down to FL). So I don't have a home here anymore. Though I did change my resume's "current address" to the one I'm living in for the summer so that is good. Also, no bonus points with my area code because I switched providers last year to save money and lost my 617 number.

pompoms · Post by **pompoms** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:44 pm

So no word for anyone so far I take it? Except for that one person who was able to get into their account?

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:37 pm

My account is also disabled, but I have gotten a couple of emails from firms about filling out diversity paper work. Do interview requests come via email or do I have to figure out how to be able to log back in?

dwc242 · Post by **dwc242** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:43 pm

I'm pretty sure that BLG will email any selected applicants to notify them that their symmplicity accounts are back up and that the schedules are posted there. I don't think there is anything we do to re-activate our accounts. My account has also been disabled and I have not been notified via email of anything yet.

violet1114 · Post by **violet1114** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:49 pm

Anonymous User wrote:Did they say anything else? Maybe, about the timing?

Sorry for the delay. She said I should expect to hear Monday at the latest so anytime from today to Monday I think.

marbellie · Post by **marbellie** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:03 pm

violet1114 wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Did they say anything else? Maybe, about the timing?

Sorry for the delay. She said I should expect to hear Monday at the latest so anytime from today to Monday I think.

Ugh not until Monday! The suspense is killing me already- My work productivity today has been terrible due to it.

Yardbird · Post by **Yardbird** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:12 pm

marbellie wrote:
violet1114 wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Did they say anything else? Maybe, about the timing?

Sorry for the delay. She said I should expect to hear Monday at the latest so anytime from today to Monday I think.
Ugh not until Monday! The suspense is killing me already- My work productivity today has been terrible due to it.

Lame sauce. The BLG website FAQ and student timeline said today

[Edit] Actually, they can't really wait until Monday! That would be 4 days before the job fair and people will need to make/cancel travel plans accordingly - they'd be seriously screwing over people who aren't selected for interviews who already made travel plans.

moocow54 · Post by **moocow54** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:38 pm

Just FYI to all, the timeline says Monday is when non-selected applicants are e-mailed. So saying Monday at the latest doesn't preclude selections from going out today.

violet1114 · Post by **violet1114** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:58 pm

moocow54 wrote:Just FYI to all, the timeline says Monday is when non-selected applicants are e-mailed. So saying Monday at the latest doesn't preclude selections from going out today.

Well, its almost 3.00pm, has anyone heard anything?

moocow54 · Post by **moocow54** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 3:17 pm

violet1114 wrote:
moocow54 wrote:Just FYI to all, the timeline says Monday is when non-selected applicants are e-mailed. So saying Monday at the latest doesn't preclude selections from going out today.
Well, its almost 3.00pm, has anyone heard anything?

Nah. Can you still log into simplicity or did they "fix" that?

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