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DRenS 
I sent out my resume to several jobs this past weekend. I have a hard time sitting down and applying for jobs just because employers expect you to tailor everything to them. I'm almost never motivated to do that kind of thing, so I have a habit of filing away job ads I see and then bs-ing to come back to them. But I just got in a rhythm eventually and knocked out all the ads I've seen recently that I wanted to pursue. One job looked pretty good, but I could tell right off that I wouldn't be able to afford to pay off my school loans with it (one of the few job ads I see that lists the salary they offer). There was just absolutely no way someone who attended law school could afford to take that job, unless they didn't have to pay for law school at all. And this was an attorney position, too.
I think legal employers abuse their power as far as the salaries they try to offer. It seems like it's either a major law firm that thinks paying you more than six figures means they should completely own you and you shouldn't complain, or it's an extremely low-paying job that wants the sun and moon from the people they hire as far as how hard they work and their qualifications. The sad thing is there will be a lot of people who will be desperate to get those low-paying jobs.
The one positive I've seen, even though I haven't had the best luck as of late as far as getting even just interviews, is--despite the economy--there are many jobs out there. I have had to not be picky and give on things like location, salary and even the profession. A lot of people who aren't finding jobs, part of the reason is there is at least one too many things they won't bend on--oftentimes location. No, I don't want to be a lawyer. But I know that if I just work a few years as one, I can use that experience to either get a better job in the legal profession or a law-related job that won't have me practicing law (which is really my biggest reason for not wanting to be a lawyer, i.e. just not wanting to practice, meaning I can handle legal research and writing but don't at all like the idea of going into a courtroom and arguing before a judge).
Of course, I'll keep working on my non-legal writing.
