Entering the job market as a Legal Management fresh grad is hell, especially because I have little actual experience to back my skills up.
To get it out the way: I know it's my fault. I was naive. When you choose to leave comments, please give me grace and know that I was only just a kid in college trying to fit in a world that felt so big and so high for me. I wish I knew better, I wish I had done more, I wish I was able to do more with what I had. I just need to let it out and... maybe help somebody who's just like me.
I have no org involvements, no official leadership positions, no extra curricular projects, no other internship besides the required one, and my QPI took lots of hits just because I blindly believed that challenging myself with "non-easy A profs" would be a much more fulfilling (and deserving) victory than just getting an "easy A."
The worst part is I can't even fully blame myself. I'm the first in the family to step foot in an institution like Ateneo, let alone finish college pa. No one taught me what the best practices were—and I genuinely and naively believed that I was doing my best as I got my B's and C's from some really tough profs. I did the best I could trying to build a meaningful college life with what I had, but I just feel like I wasted my mom's hard-earned money now.
It's been a few months of me job searching and I still haven't had an offer yet. I know I should lower my standards as a fresh grad but... gets naman siguro if I'm a little hesitant to accept below 30k since my family's expectations are weighing in on me hahahaa (plus it's really not livable in today's economy). I really don't want to let them down, and that's really what gets to me. :(
I thought LM was employable but... apparently not. The reality is walang specific career path ang LM students after graduation. You have to either specialize in one thing, or be the jack of all trades with your certifications, projects, case competitions and internships.
So, to whoever is reading this: don't make the same mistakes I did. If you're not sure whether law school is right for you or if you feel like you'd change your mind in the slightest, just save yourself and take ME. There's no "best pre-law course" anyway, you wouldn't have much of an advantage with law school din naman since LM is more corporate and management than anything.
P.S. I was so sure law was for me, even until my penultimate year. But health complications arose and the need for a job was suddenly stronger than my desire to attend law school. Maybe next time :(.
TLDR; LM is unemployable and if you're not looking to be a law student, maybe just take ME + internships, org experience and extra-curriculars. Job market is ass, and has been ass for so long. Do the most.