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[quote=Anonymous]One thing you need to understand about law firms and lawyers in general is that they are very risk averse when it comes to hiring.  As a former legal recruiter, I can tell you that except in the best of markets, it was almost impossible to place an attorney in a job for which s/he did not have on point experience for.  If, for example, a lawyer had one year's experience as an insurance coverage lawyer, hated it, and tried to move to another firm to be a securities lawyer, the other firms would not even consider that resume.  Never mind that such a junior person could easily learn securities law.  They were pigeonholed and rejected.  Why?  Because there were plenty of other applicants with one year of securities experience, and firms want a sure bet.

So no one cares if you can "think outside the box."  They don't want that.  They don't want you to spend five minutes learning the job because all firms have gotten lean in staffing and everyone is doing the job of two people and no one has the time to take 3 minutes to explain to you what the difference is between the DC Bar and the Bar Association because they've got to respond to 50 emails from crazed partners demanding that something impossible be done yesterday.  They want someone with experience that is precisely on point with the job description who can come in and seamlessly hit the ground running, particularly in this very competitive economy.  They will want it, and they will get dozens of resumes that have that experience.

That's the reality check for you.  [/quote]

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