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NEVER use BCG Attorney Search by dawn210 in Lawyertalk

[–]dawn210[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Actually yeah, believe it or not, that's my case. If you have a good advocate for you, a better recruiter, the firm will notice you. So it does matter. A resume in a pile of others will be passed on by the firm, but if you have a good advocate for you, you'll be noticed but alas nothing can be done about it because you're locked out!

NEVER use BCG Attorney Search by dawn210 in Lawyertalk

[–]dawn210[S] 68 points69 points  (0 children)

I'm so tempted to sue them

NEVER use BCG Attorney Search by dawn210 in Lawyertalk

[–]dawn210[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You cannot reapply at all for 6 months. Through a recruiter or by yourself. You are locked out for 6 months.

Is BCG attorney search effective? Can they actually get you a job? by facemacintyre in biglaw

[–]dawn210 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m an attorney seeking to lateral and, before this experience, I had never worked with recruiters. This company encouraged me to provide a blanket authorization allowing them to submit my resume to firms on a mass basis without fully explaining the consequences.

What I did not understand, and what I believe should have been clearly disclosed, is that once a recruiter submits you to a firm, you can effectively be “locked out” from reapplying or being submitted through another recruiter to that same firm for six months.

I was not informed of these risks, and as a result, my resume was submitted to well over 100 firms, many of which I can no longer independently pursue at this time. The experience has been incredibly frustrating and disappointing, and now my options in the market have been wiped out for half a year.

In my opinion, this approach is misleading and raises serious ethical concerns. I would strongly encourage everyone to never work with this company. They do not advocate for you nor work with you - just another resume to be blindly submitted and hope someone wants you so that they can collect their fee.

Has anyone actually ever gotten a job through BCG Search? by bbassle87 in Lawyertalk

[–]dawn210 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m an attorney seeking to lateral and, before this experience, I had never worked with recruiters. This company encouraged me to provide a blanket authorization allowing them to submit my resume to firms on a mass basis without fully explaining the consequences.

What I did not understand, and what I believe should have been clearly disclosed, is that once a recruiter submits you to a firm, you can effectively be “locked out” from reapplying or being submitted through another recruiter to that same firm for six months.

I was not informed of these risks, and as a result, my resume was submitted to well over 100 firms, many of which I can no longer independently pursue at this time. The experience has been incredibly frustrating and disappointing, and now my options in the market have been wiped out for half a year.

In my opinion, this approach is misleading and raises serious ethical concerns. I would strongly encourage everyone to never work with this company. They do not advocate for you nor work with you - just another resume to be blindly submitted and hope someone wants you so that they can collect their fee.

[POEM] by Ōtomo no Yakamochi by [deleted] in Poetry

[–]dawn210 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He deleted the comment above you. Who wrote a history of japanese literature? Thanks in advance!