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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, in 2009, as a very junior associate in the height of the recession.  I made getting a new job my full-time job, and ended up with several offers after about 2 months of looking.  I applied to literally hundreds of jobs, and ended up moving across the country (to DC, though my husband had already gotten a sweet but low-paying job here).  The single biggest thing is to devote a lot of time to networking.  People want to help you.  Everyone you know professionally, people you went to school with, people you didn't go to school with.  For every job I applied to that I actually wanted, I ran a search on my law school alumni database and reached out to alumni working there to push my resume to the top of the pile.  I also reached out within my firm for help, and found that some big name partners were surprisingly willing to make calls for me.  Between those two things, I got 3 interviews I probably wouldn't have had otherwise.  Try to be patient, as hard as that sounds.

Best of luck.  [/quote]

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