Market

Jobs Taking Longer to Land

  • On January 12, 2025
No, it’s not your imagination. WSJ reported this week that white collar jobs, including legal jobs, are taking longer to land.   What’s going on now with the economy? It’s complicated. Over 2 million jobs have been added to the US economy over the last year, but “more people who are out of work are having a hard […]
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Career Management, Career Tips

Will You Get Ahead by Working More?

  • On January 5, 2025
It’s a new year! If you are a junior lawyer, should you show your commitment by working the longest hours? I read this CNBC article on “showing up to work early and staying late won’t get you ahead” and what instead will. Does the advice apply to lawyers? The article argues working long hours to […]
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Job Search, Uncategorized

Less Remote Work, More In-Office Work per WSJ

  • On December 29, 2024
The pendulum is swinging away from remote work and back to in-office generally. WSJ reports on the latest: Companies calling employees back to work 5 days a week now include Amazon, Boeing, JP Morgan Chase, and UPS. Some companies are letting noncompliant employees go. Roblox, Grindr, and Snap have offered severance packages or laid off […]
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Resume

Do Not Do These 2 “Resume Green Flags” per Former Google Exec

  • On December 29, 2024
Let me save you from following the advice of a former Google exec who said to do these two resume green flags to “make you look like an absolute superstar.” (The exec giving the advice was in media operations at Google, which is a very different field from law.) Her advice? Have one-line bullets because they […]
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Resume

Applying General Resume Advice to Legal Resumes

  • On December 1, 2024
You may be wondering what general resume advice applies to in-house legal resumes in the Bay Area. Some rules apply, and others don’t. Let’s go through those listed by a hiring expert in the CNBC article “The resume mistake that will land it in the ‘no pile,’ according to a hiring expert of 30+ years.” […]
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Market

Crackdown on Minor Infractions (Stealth Layoff?)

  • On November 24, 2024
A little horror story for you all: companies are now cracking down on minor infractions, possibly as a stealth layoff per WSJ. Here are the sins employees committed recently leading to their termination: –    Meta employees used $25 meal allowances on household items instead of restaurant meals. –    E&Y employees watched multiple training […]
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Change, Market

2024-25 Economic Trends Affecting the Job Market

  • On November 17, 2024
I am often asked what I’m seeing. The short answer: the job market is better than last year and seems to be improving. I’m testing the market and consuming reports for you. Analysis from this past week: Highlights from the LinkedIn newsletter The Work Shift (“Keeping you informed about the economy, labor market and evolving […]
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Career Management, Career Tips

5 Lessons from Fortune GC

  • On November 13, 2024
I just attended an inspiring NAPABA conference in Seattle. Mentees of four-time GC Don Liu (who just retired from Target) listed the all-time best advice he gave them: 1. Learn the business and have a strategic mindset! Prioritize clients’ business needs when you counsel them. 2. It’s easy to get sucked into office politics, but […]
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