Job Search, LinkedIn

Do You Need Special Job Search Tools?

  • On February 5, 2023
If you are alarmed by this lengthy list of best job search tools according to experts, don’t be. I waded through it for you. Do you really need Grammarly, Canva, Hunter.io, Calendly, etc.? Although you can certainly use these apps, they aren’t essential for a legal job search. As a lawyer, you are already good with words, […]
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Interview, Job Search, Market, Recruiter

Job Searching in a Downturn

  • On January 29, 2023
How do you conduct a job search in Silicon Valley in a downturn? The analysis of this tech expert‘s job hunt post-Meta is on-point. He spent three months from beginning to end, with the goal of landing somewhere he’d “be happy learning and growing for at least 4-5 years” in an industry interesting to him. He tracked […]
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Compensation

Pay Transparency Laws & What You Should Be Doing

  • On January 22, 2023
In the past, employees negotiating their salaries had to guess at market compensation. Now, however, the information is public – employers must list the pay scale for job postings in California, Washington, Colorado, and New York. The purpose of pay transparency laws is to reduce the gender pay gap, which should be happening. So what else […]
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Compensation

Have You Asked for Your Annual Education Budget? What to Say

  • On January 15, 2023
Time is almost up for California MCLE compliance! Since lawyers are required to stay abreast of developments in their field, many employers offer some kind of educational budget. I liked this post by Wes Kao, a serial entrepreneur and cofounder of Maven, a platform for courses, on getting your boss pay for classes. She notes […]
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Job Search, LinkedIn, Networking

Crucial Tactic in Job Search: Internal Referrals

  • On January 8, 2023
A key factor to getting a job? Getting help from someone inside the company according to the WSJ. I agree. An internal referral absolutely helps you land an in-house job. Why? The purpose of the legal function is to minimize risk, so legal managers try to do that by hiring a sure-thing, someone vouched for […]
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Career Management, Career Tips

2 Super Easy New Year’s Resolutions for Lawyers 

  • On January 1, 2023
Happy New Year! 2022 was challenging, so let’s make extra-attainable New Year’s resolutions for 2023. I reviewed 20 crowd-sourced and hand-picked by the New York Times. These two apply to your career and are excellent: “Never take criticism from someone you wouldn’t go to for advice.” “Learn to say, ‘I need time to think about this.’ […]
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Change, Departure

Hit by the economy? What will a prospective employer say?

  • On December 18, 2022
If your job was impacted by the economy, how will prospective employers react? They are generally pretty understanding. Here are the top reasons I’ve seen employers accept for lawyers to change jobs/have a gap: economic downturn, e.g., last in/first out, the product/team supported was hit, or your startup became unstable. headquarters/office move, and you didn’t […]
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Compensation

What to Do if You Find Out Your Co-Worker Makes More

  • On December 11, 2022
I just read this WSJ article on what to do if you learn your co-worker makes more than you. This scenario is especially likely as pay transparency laws come into play. Five excellent points the article makes: Get as many data points as you can. “The more you know, the stronger your negotiating position is.” […]
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Career Management, Job Search

Non-Legal Jobs for Lawyers

  • On December 4, 2022
Now that tech layoffs have hit, you may be thinking of other careers. Here are other jobs I’ve seen lawyers successfully shift to: compliance privacy/data HR legal operations business operations founder (e.g., of tech or services company) consulting crisis management finance banking/trading sales/channel/business development venture capital real estate government recruiter coach writer Lawyers who want […]
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Job Search

How Important are Rankings to Employers in the Legal Industry Anyway?

  • On November 27, 2022
How Important are Rankings to Employers in the Legal Industry Anyway? Four California law schools have withdrawn from US News & World Report’s ranking system this year: Stanford, Cal, UCLA, and UCI. It seems like a big deal because the legal industry is conservative and values top-ranked law schools and firms. But really how important […]
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