Posted by JD2ESQ on 8/10/05

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Here is my dilemna. Graduated law school in May 2004. I
have about five years professional experience (two of
those spent at a legal job during my law school career). I
have a desire to go into Labor/ Employment. BUT I am not
having the best luck.
I worked at an employment litigation law firm for about 6
months before I resigned to study for the bar. I also
worked at a Law Clerk drafting summation briefs for
arbitrations. Short of that, I don't have additional
experience in the arbitration area...although my resume is
pretty impressive so early on in my career.
I am trying to get into Labor Relations in
a "representative" or "specialist" level. However, I am
not having any luck at all. I have no preference at this
point to go into union versus management to be honest. My
main goal at this point is TO LEARN and to attain
arbitration experience and experience with collective
bargaining agreements. So my question is, does any one
know of any labor relations positions??? And if my
experience doesn't cut it, how can I go about going into
the field?
I just got slighted for the Labor Relations Representative
position at a public-benefit corporation after making it
through two interviews. FRUSTRATION!! Although I had the
two years requisite experience, I am almost positive I
didn't get it because of lack of a little more
experience...or the fact that I wasn't an avid sports
fan...who the hell knows?? (and I was sure I nailed it)
Anyway, since then I have tried other angles, but many of
the employee relations positions ask for 5 years in the
field, and seem to fit more of a
"human resources generalist" person. I have a JD--and I
want to use it--not recruit, hire and fire, you know?. And
meanwhile I nervously await my bar results (woe is me) I
NEED TO WORK and if I can avoid doc review or the
impossible interviews for imaginary positions at temp
agencies, I'd rather get REAL experience in my field.

Any thoughts?

Re: Looking to get into Labor Relations/Employment Law, 8/28/05, by lancek4.

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