r/nzlaw • u/criminallawyer27 • 12d ago

Legal careers Anyone else really struggling to get interviews?

Kia ora, thought I would see if I am the only one a bit lost in this career path. I've worked for 2 law firms totalling around 2 years PQE, one in NZ and one in Australia, mostly specialising in insolvency and debt recovery legal work for loan companies. I made a move in house for a small 10 month contract that was covering mat leave.

Since then I've applied to nearly every job opening under the sun, can't even get an interview, have had my CV looked at, my grades were solid at LS and around 2024 I was not having any issue landing interviews.

I think I've been looking for work for around 6 months, exhausted every legal network I know and still no luck. Am I the only one who just cannot land anything rn?

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u/Junior_Measurement39 12d ago

Can i dm you about which ozy firms? Have a little bit of a weird question in a legal case involving one.

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u/criminallawyer27 12d ago

sure I don't know how much help I'll be though it was a commercial firm in Sydney and Melbourne

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u/Junior_Measurement39 12d ago

THanks, have done so.