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[quote=Anonymous]OP - where are your family members located? I strongly believe it isn't getting better and may even be getting worse in DC. But then I look at people who want to (and are able to) relocate away from here for jobs and it seems like their searches are going "better." I have more than 1 atty friend who got solid in-house jobs in the bay area in just 6 months (and they are not IP/tech attys) -- then you look at attys here who have been trying for those jobs for years and still aren't landing them and their credentials are almost identical.

The gov't controls so much of the market here that when gov't hiring slows or stops, it affects the private sector -- usually I feel like private sector spots here open up in every industry when gov't hiring is robust because people tend to want to get into the fed gov't for the security/pensions etc. thus vacating private jobs. It seems to me that the gov't is really slow/almost frozen still.

Also national unemployment rates getting better aren't just about the professional jobs that those on dcum are trying for -- there is more hiring in manufacturing, retail etc. which is great for the country but doesn't affect those who are trying to break into biglaw or a similar professional role.[/quote]

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