How Long to Budget for a New Job? & What 3 Things Everyone Should (Whether Actively Seeking a Job or Not)

On January 9, 2020
In Job Search, Process, Timing

Lawyers often ask me how long they should budget to get a new job in-house. The Department of Labor estimates the average job search is 4.6 months. The fastest for lawyers, if you are hitting the market at the right time (hiring peaks spring and fall), are at the right level (3-8 years), in the […]

On January 5, 2020
In Career Management, Career Tips, LinkedIn

2020 has started! Whether you are looking for a job or not, here are three easy things you can do in two minutes or less for your career: Check your voicemail settings. Make sure it’s set up, has an appropriate outgoing greeting, and is not full so people can leave you a message. I often […]

On December 21, 2019
In Career Management, Career Tips, Move

From my vantage point as a recruiter, I’ve seen the Bay Area legal market on fire for years. I recently read a Wall Street Journal article confirming the area’s dominance. It reported that only five cities accounted for 90% of all new tech jobs in the US from 2005 to 2017. San Francisco led the list, and San Jose came in […]

On December 15, 2019
In Compensation

If you’re thinking about law school, definitely consider how much you’ll need to borrow versus how much you’ll make in your first job. If you already graduated, check out how your law school stacks up! The US Department of Education recently provided the debt-to-earnings ratios for law schools, and listed below are the top 10 […]

On December 8, 2019
In Career Tips, Interview, LinkedIn

I help lawyers get jobs, so they ask me a lot of questions. Five I often get: Is it really that helpful to post a picture on LinkedIn? You may want to protect your privacy, but the odds are overwhelming that pictures of you are already floating out there over the Internet. Plus, you really […]

On December 1, 2019
In Resume

I read with interest this Fast Company post on 10 resume tips to impress a recruiter in 7 seconds. Those are mighty specific statistics, so I had to take a read. I think the post is pretty accurate. Let’s go through them. Include your address only if it works in your favor. True. In the […]

On November 24, 2019
In Career Management

I work with leading companies, from startups to international companies, all looking for top lawyers. Where is the #1 place they like to see experience from? It’s Amazon. Lawyers from this company are likely to have grown a new business from scratch; so, they can navigate the regulatory and competitive landscape for their products. They […]

On November 17, 2019
In Interview, Presentation

Lawyers love words but often mess up the delivery by speaking too fast or in a drone. I always tell lawyers to vary their speed and volume for the best effect when in important face-to-face meetings like interviews. And now I love it when science backs me up — changing up your cadence and volume indeed […]

On November 10, 2019
In Change

I recently spoke at NAPABA on how to leverage your legal experience into a business career. The panelists and I were all former lawyers who have moved into the business world (clean tech transportation, venture capital, author/coach/podcaster, recruiting). Five key takeaways from our talk: An easy transition is to join your client on the business […]

On November 1, 2019
In Interview

This recent post on how to handle awkward pauses in interviews made me laugh, but the struggle is real. What should you do when your interviewer is weird and has super long pauses? I agree with the response of the columnist, an HR advisor: Sometimes interviewers are just awkward people. Or they could be giving you […]

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