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Old 11-20-2008, 04:33 PM
 
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I am a NYS-licensed, junior attorney who graduated from law school in 2007, and my fiancé is at the VP-level in finance. I recently resigned from my small (and quite awful) law firm, and, last week, my fiancé was laid off from his job. Having suddenly found ourselves both unemployed, having each lived in NYC for close to a decade, having grown tired of NYC life, and knowing that the NYC economy will be trending downwards at least through 2009, we have decided that now is as good of a time as any to leave NYC. We are considering five domestic cities - San Francisco, Boulder, Denver, Chicago, and DC.

Our primary concern with remaining is the supersaturation of attorneys in the NYC job market, and the consequential poor job prospects for junior attorneys, like me, with few years of experience behind their belts. We are also concerned with the steady decline of job opportunities for both attorneys and financial managers in NYC. That said, what should we expect of Boulder/surrounding areas vis-à-vis job prospects in 2009, generally, and also vis-à-vis the legal and financial industries, specifically? What’s the word on the street? Stable? Trending upwards/downwards? Hiring freezes, layoffs?

Also, if anyone has additional and relevant info. about San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, or DC, I’d appreciate that info, as well. I’m also happy to answer questions about NYC (and particularly questions re: where "it" is at in Brooklyn).

Thanks!
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Old 11-21-2008, 09:30 AM
 
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Boulder is not going to be as good of a bet for jobs as Denver (I'm a financial analyst). There is a much higher percentage of jobs in finance there from several corporate HQ's and regional offices, plus areas for lawyers (good place for copyright law).

Not sure on San Francisco, I would check it out, but I know Chicago is pretty flooded with finance people (commodities/bond traders have a big location around there, lots of recruiters).
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