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My temp agency called this morning. They may have found something for me. I don't know how much it would pay yet, which is obviously the determining factor, but it doesn't sound too bad. It's being an executive assistant to the CEO & VP of this biotech firm with an actual, honest to god, free parking lot. I would so love a job I didn't have to take public transportation to get to.
No news to report on the real job front. I'm trapped in that paralyzing spiral of depression where you just know that no matter how many resumes you send out, no one will be interested, so what's the point of applying for anything. Ugh.
I think I'll feel better if I can just get a temp job and get out of the house. I have an appointment to register with another temp place tomorrow. They also do attorney jobs, so maybe they'll be able to help me after I get my stupid worthless license. Because Document Review is where it's at.
No news to report on the real job front. I'm trapped in that paralyzing spiral of depression where you just know that no matter how many resumes you send out, no one will be interested, so what's the point of applying for anything. Ugh.
I think I'll feel better if I can just get a temp job and get out of the house. I have an appointment to register with another temp place tomorrow. They also do attorney jobs, so maybe they'll be able to help me after I get my stupid worthless license. Because Document Review is where it's at.
posted by feithline @ 12:06 PM
7 Comments:
At 1:39 PM,
The Once and Future TC said…
(Hugs) The job will come in time -- I figure it will be a lot easier with a license to practice in hand....
At 1:51 PM,
feithline said…
Ah but to get a license I have to pass That Which We Must No Longer Mention.
And anyway, I think that's one of those Career Services myths, like "Everyone gets a job" and "We're here to serve everyone, not just the top 10%."
I'm afraid the problem is I need an LLM and I would so rather die in some horrific drawn out way than go back to law school for even an instant.
At 11:19 PM,
The Once and Future TC said…
LLM? Eeeew. I don't think I could handle that. I also think they're pretty much useless unless there's a very specialized focus involving special rules, such as tax, and in that case I still think a person might be better suited going the CPA route.
At 7:46 AM,
feithline said…
Yeah it would be an LLM in tax. God that sounds like so much fun - I can't believe I'm not leaping at the opportunity! It would be an LLM if anything though. I'm sure as hell not getting a CPA or an MST or anything they issue from a business school. I've had severe math phobia ever since high school geometry. Especially math you do on a spreadsheet. /shudder/ Math is the spiders of education.
At 9:26 AM,
The Once and Future TC said…
Well, okay, I can get on board with a tax LLM. Not as in "I want one," but I can accept that the LLM is important if tax is the area you want to practice in and you DON'T have the CPA license or at least a background in tax.
Although I'd want to say that you probably shouldn't go that route if the thought of tax makes you want to curl up and die. :) Then again, was it you who said tax was nifty? Somebody did. I'm too lazy to look it up right now.
At 12:03 PM,
feithline said…
I can see where you'd be confused: I like tax (as much as one can like anything law-related), but I hate law school.
I believe Danielle also expressed a love for tax.
I would be happy to go get an LLM from a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania. I would rather die than set foot in another law school, particularly the Tower of Pain that is my law school, which, unfortunately is the only school anywhere near here that offers tax LLMs.
Now I understand that I might need an LLM strictly as another hoop to jump through because all of the employers I'm seeing with job openings say "LLM preferred," but I can't imagine why they prefer it. You don't learn anything practical doing an LLM, it's just one more year of socratic crap. A first year associate anywhere (except maybe a litigation firm?) is basically acting as a debt-ridden paralegal for the first few years anyway.
Bah. A pox on them, whoever they may be!
At 12:05 PM,
feithline said…
I can see where you'd be confused: I like tax (as much as one can like anything law-related), but I hate law school.
I believe Danielle also expressed a love for tax.
I would be happy to go get an LLM from a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania. I would rather die than set foot in another law school, particularly the Tower of Pain that is my law school, which, unfortunately is the only school anywhere near here that offers tax LLMs.
Now I understand that I might need an LLM strictly as another hoop to jump through because all of the employers I'm seeing with job openings say "LLM preferred," but I can't imagine why they prefer it. You don't learn anything practical doing an LLM, it's just one more year of socratic crap. A first year associate anywhere (except maybe a litigation firm?) is basically acting as a debt-ridden paralegal for the first few years anyway.
Bah. A pox on them, whoever they may be!
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