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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of ediscovery job do you have? We can help you translate those skills into something else. But just saying “ediscovery” and I am “hopeless” shows an inability to think outside of the box. I’ve been in ediscovery for over a decade and I don’t feel hopeless at all. In fact, I love what I do.

I do document review .

That's not what people mean when they say e-discovery. That's just doc review.

And why do you assume compliance means $40k a year. Entry level is higher and has a far better upward trajectory than doc review.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of ediscovery job do you have? We can help you translate those skills into something else. But just saying “ediscovery” and I am “hopeless” shows an inability to think outside of the box. I’ve been in ediscovery for over a decade and I don’t feel hopeless at all. In fact, I love what I do.

I do document review .

That's not what people mean when they say e-discovery. That's just doc review.

And why do you assume compliance means $40k a year. Entry level is higher and has a far better upward trajectory than doc review.

Because thats what I’ve been seeing on indeed

[Anonymous]

So for anyone who knows, what exactly is compliance. What types are there? What is the job like? How difficult is to get a job? Do the jobs tend to have job security? Pay?

[Anonymous]

There is no more of a dead end job than a document review attorney. What a mistake to go that route. How did you fall into it in the first place? Did you strike out of other jobs after graduating? How long have you been out of law school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no more of a dead end job than a document review attorney. What a mistake to go that route. How did you fall into it in the first place? Did you strike out of other jobs after graduating? How long have you been out of law school?

about 18 years. No luck finding jobs in law school and after. I realize this about doc review. I’m asking how I get out and into compliance or something else

[Anonymous]

Would you consider putting out a shingle rather then try to get a job with another company?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So for anyone who knows, what exactly is compliance. What types are there? What is the job like? How difficult is to get a job? Do the jobs tend to have job security? Pay?

they run the gambit from the outsourced contractor looking at e-mails to VP at Goldman Sachs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no more of a dead end job than a document review attorney. What a mistake to go that route. How did you fall into it in the first place? Did you strike out of other jobs after graduating? How long have you been out of law school?

about 18 years. No luck finding jobs in law school and after. I realize this about doc review. I’m asking how I get out and into compliance or something else

Honestly, you need to re-tool completely. Act as if you don't even have a law degree, because for all practical purposes when it comes to future employment opportunities you don't. At this point it's as if you never went to law school.

I hate to sound harsh, but it's the truth. I have intimate knowledge of what your job entailed. Doing it for a couple of years is potentially ok -- you can dig yourself out of it into something at least law related. But doing it for as long as you have is a career killer. I'm sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you consider putting out a shingle rather then try to get a job with another company?

OP is, for all practical purposes, not a lawyer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for anyone who knows, what exactly is compliance. What types are there? What is the job like? How difficult is to get a job? Do the jobs tend to have job security? Pay?

they run the gambit from the outsourced contractor looking at e-mails to VP at Goldman Sachs.

any recommendations for which kind?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no more of a dead end job than a document review attorney. What a mistake to go that route. How did you fall into it in the first place? Did you strike out of other jobs after graduating? How long have you been out of law school?

about 18 years. No luck finding jobs in law school and after. I realize this about doc review. I’m asking how I get out and into compliance or something else

Honestly, you need to re-tool completely. Act as if you don't even have a law degree, because for all practical purposes when it comes to future employment opportunities you don't. At this point it's as if you never went to law school.

I hate to sound harsh, but it's the truth. I have intimate knowledge of what your job entailed. Doing it for a couple of years is potentially ok -- you can dig yourself out of it into something at least law related. But doing it for as long as you have is a career killer. I'm sorry.

I can’t leave 20 years off my resume . Do you have any practical suggestions?

[Anonymous]

My uncle transitioned into law library research work he didn’t have the personality for attorney. Is that feasible? Maybe you could try one of the the shorter library cert part time programs.

[Anonymous]

OP, I remember you. What have you been doing since the last time you asked for advice on this board? Did you take any of the advice given then?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My uncle transitioned into law library research work he didn’t have the personality for attorney. Is that feasible? Maybe you could try one of the the shorter library cert part time programs.

I think ir have to go back to school for that. I’ve already spent 250k on my education . Probably would be a better field for me but I just can’t go into more debt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I remember you. What have you been doing since the last time you asked for advice on this board? Did you take any of the advice given then?

I don’t think you know me. What advice? I’ve applied for about 3 federal jobs each week for the past two years. Have gotten nothing