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Legal resume gap - put solo practice on resume?
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:43 PM Author: misanthropic indirect expression stock car If you got laid off from biglaw or something, would you put solo on your resume to fill the gap, assuming you did some such work? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291525) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:49 PM Author: excitant dark university race? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291568) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:51 PM Author: misanthropic indirect expression stock car nigerian + japanese (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291578) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:57 PM Author: Bat Shit Crazy Internal Respiration so is your name like obama obama or soemthing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291597) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:19 PM Author: cracking faggot firefighter lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291671) |
Date: May 29th, 2013 12:44 PM Author: Adventurous pea-brained address Did you actually do solo work, or was this bullshit? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291532) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:44 PM Author: misanthropic indirect expression stock car Try reading again. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291535) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:51 PM Author: Adventurous pea-brained address Kind of unclear. If your solo work consists of drafting a divorce agreement for your sister, that's not real solo work. If you had paying clients, and resolved some matters for them, en sure, why not? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291579) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:54 PM Author: misanthropic indirect expression stock car Idk, seems less prestigious then biglaw + gap? Assuming it wasn't some awesome solo practice experience. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291591) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:57 PM Author: Adventurous pea-brained address I think that employers are more likely to hire someone who had some interest in taking the entrepreneurial route, and tried to build a business, than someone who jerked off and poaster on xoxo after being fired at Latham & Watkins. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291600) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:20 PM Author: cracking faggot firefighter employers hate entrepreneurs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291672) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:21 PM Author: Adventurous pea-brained address They hate the unemployed even MOAR. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291676) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:22 PM Author: transparent community account theater Why is that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291686) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:23 PM Author: Adventurous pea-brained address I really don't know. But it seems like unemployment in and of itself makes you unemployable. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291690) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:25 PM Author: vengeful idea he suggested The way I think of unemployment is you likely will have to take something less than what you could have gotten if you were employed. But if you are in a total shit job then you will probably remain unemployed because the step down from shit job is unemployment. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291704) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:26 PM Author: cracking faggot firefighter i think that's true for long term unemployment but not for short term, but what do i know (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291706) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:32 PM Author: naked judgmental ladyboy Boomers tend to think that if you've been unemployed longer than a couple months, it means that you get up at 10:30 every morning, eat Cheetos, masturbate, watch Maury, and repeat. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291724) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:34 PM Author: Adventurous pea-brained address I mean, to be fair, this is a pretty accurate depiction of my life. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291734) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:46 PM Author: Cerebral Trailer Park Half-breed How long is dat gap? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291545) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:48 PM Author: Tan Curious Knife Ughhn, dat gappy gappy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291560) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:53 PM Author: misanthropic indirect expression stock car Answer for 3 months? 6 months? more? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291588) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:57 PM Author: Flirting mind-boggling institution 3 months, probably not necessary
around 6 months, a failed solo practice definitely starts to look better than a long stretch of unemployment unless you can cook something else up.
but you can't lie about having a practice. you actually have to start one up and take a few cases through public referral or something. even if you aren't profitable, it at least looks like you were trying to do something and you can spin it as "I tried to go solo, did a lot of hard work, but realized it wasn't for me" ... instead of "I sat around jacking off for six months during which time I was actively looking for work and noone else in this entire godforsaken city wanted to hire me" |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 12:58 PM Author: Bat Shit Crazy Internal Respiration up to 6 mos there's no harm in leaving it blank, after that, you'd better have something even if it's not law i talked to biglaw partners baout this when i moved here, they all pretty much echoed that doing any bullshit job to fill 1 yr gap >>>>>>> gap, because it shows you haven't forgotten how to wake up on time, are responsible, etc. |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:22 PM Author: transparent community account theater "i talked to biglaw partners baout this when i moved here, they all pretty much echoed that doing any bullshit job to fill 1 yr gap >>>>>>> gap, because it shows you haven't forgotten how to wake up on time, are responsible, etc."
I'm not attack you, Bro, but this sounds like some Boomer shit they'd pass of as "sage advice" to justify their inability to comprehend the day to day emptiness of having to search for a job ITE. |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:14 PM Author: naked judgmental ladyboy I thought about doing this for a 5-month gap, then realized that my "solo practice" consisted of (1) drafting a simple will for a college buddy, and (2) volunteering at a legal clinic. For a grand total of 4.5 hours and $100.
If your experience is similar to mine, really wouldn't do this. |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:17 PM Author: vengeful idea he suggested they will see right through it and think you are a liar unless you have a good reason as to why you wanted to do solo, what your business plan was, why it didn't work out, etc. you probably will find it hard to get into the details of this kind of thing unless you actually tried to start a solo practice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291665) |
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Date: May 29th, 2013 1:33 PM Author: misanthropic indirect expression stock car Well I wasn't referring to lying about getting laid off or whatever, more just thinking about whether to show that you have been doing some stuff. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2268417&forum_id=2#23291732) |