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Just to sum up, I'm a lawyer working with an NBFC and I want to switch to IP, media and technology. I have about 4 years of PQE. My preferred location is Mumbai. I've applied to several law firms since then. I've applied to pretty much every major boutique IP firm but no luck so far. I've come to learn that the HRs at law firms, or any other firm or company for that matter, are completely useless. Sure, their inboxes may be flooded with job applications 24x7 but they should at least have the courtesy to reply with a rejection email and give us some closure. I don't know if anybody has even read my application. Applying to the email ID on the website almost never elicits a response.
I've read on other threads that cold-emailing partners or connecting with them on LinkedIn helps. Can someone please give me some insight into this? How effective is this in landing an interview or a job? And what if the partner's email ID is not available on the website or if the partner is not on LinkedIn? Should I mention to the partner that I've previously applied to the HR? What if they just redirect me to the HR?
I know that's a lot of questions, but please help. Thank you.
I wrote many papers on the practice area, I applied for. Also done some major side projects on it.
Idk the actual reason for getting shortlisted for interview, but now pretty much sure, they read application.