ex-Biglaw Associate - No action - What to do? Forum

[Anonymous User]

I am an ex-biglaw corporate associate with around two years experience. I was laid off a month back but had been looking to lateral since December 2015. I have had a good deal of callbacks over the past three months but have not been fortunate enough to secure an offer. I am losing hope on securing any biglaw offers at this point and have had no love from small/midlaw firms. Where does one go from here? I have no debt and no wife or kids but am sort of stuck on what the hell to do. I have also applied for tax positions at big 4 firms and have struck out like a mofo.

Should I just kick it as a bartender or am I missing any other possible options for someone in my situation?

Thanks

[MKC]

Have you tried applying for in-house positions? Two years is probably a little early, but it couldn't hurt to take a look.

[Tls2016]

I am an ex-biglaw corporate associate with around two years experience. I was laid off a month back but had been looking to lateral since December 2015. I have had a good deal of callbacks over the past three months but have not been fortunate enough to secure an offer. I am losing hope on securing any biglaw offers at this point and have had no love from small/midlaw firms. Where does one go from here? I have no debt and no wife or kids but am sort of stuck on what the hell to do. I have also applied for tax positions at big 4 firms and have struck out like a mofo.

Should I just kick it as a bartender or am I missing any other possible options for someone in my situation?

Thanks

What do you think is happening at the callbacks that you aren't getting the offer? You are getting interviews which is a strong positive for you. Maybe you need to practice explaining why you are looking for a job or anything else that might make your interview not go as smoothly as possible?

[Johann]

you need to hustle really hard right now. apply to govt, in house, and midlaw / other cities in the state etc. youre marketability gets exponentially worse after a few months of nothing.

[Anonymous User]

The reasons for the no offers has varied. Rather it be the firm had a candidate they preferred more to a firm finding my law school grades to be too low. I would like to transition into compliance at a big bank, but again have had no luck on that front.

[misterjames]

The reasons for the no offers has varied. Rather it be the firm had a candidate they preferred more to a firm finding my law school grades to be too low. I would like to transition into compliance at a big bank, but again have had no luck on that front.

I doubt the no-offers are due to low grades, seems like it would be a waste of time to interview you if that were the case