Anonymous asked:
I’m a rising 3L whose summer job doesn’t hire back after graduation. OCI similarly seems to be a bust. I’ve been scouring all possible job boards to find something for after graduation, but nothing’s panned out so far. Is it time to panic about not having a post-grad job, or do I still have time?
Tough love time.
I can’t think of a single job that has an incentive to offer you a position now to start in fall 2022. That’s not a dig on you, but that employers are just like you and me and simply don’t know what their needs are going to look like more than a year from now. They have no reason to promise a current student, who has yet to graduate or even start studying for the bar, a job so far off, with a ton of contingencies (like- assuming you graduate and pass the bar and we still need to hire a first year then). If they have a current need, you can’t start anyway because you have school. Unless it’s a fellowship or something like that actively advertised to current students, you may want to consider focusing on your job search after you actually pass the bar, and looking into trying to get some substantive experience to pad your resume like clinics at school or externships. Good luck!
