Take Advantage of Summer to Get Your LinkedIn Profile in Order!

In summer, employers typically post fewer jobs and lose momentum getting candidates through their hiring cycle. (It’s hard for them to pull together a full slate of interviewers when they are vacationing sequentially.) Take advantage of the summer slowdown. First, think through what jobs interest you. Then identify your top skills and experience that would […]
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Top 10 Crowd-Sourced Career Tips

I’m sure you’ve heard how crowdsourcing makes information more accurate. So I’m sharing the best work advice collected by the New York Times from the masses this past year. (See https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/smarter-living/best-advice-youve-ever-received.html and https://nyti.ms/2FXUv0w.) From fellow smart human beings on their best lesson learned about their career: Prepare questions for the interview. You will get dinged […]
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Executive Coaching for Lawyers: 5 Take-Aways

I recently attended a fantastic talk sponsored by APABA-SV featuring Linda Lee, Manager of Career Development at Wilson Sonsini. A Stanford Law grad and former WSGR associate herself, she has coached over 200 associates at the firm. She explained what coaches do: coaches help clients set and achieve professional goals after understanding their values, strengths, […]
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3 Things about Recruiters You Didn’t Know

Here are three things I didn’t know about recruiters until I became one! Most companies will not accept your resume from an external recruiter if you ever applied there in the past, for any office and for any position. The employer’s rationale is it already knows you so why would it give the recruiter credit? […]
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Surviving Ultralong Interview Processes

Most companies have long, painful interview processes. A super quick search from job posting to offer still takes about four weeks, and can easily be double or triple that. I completely agree with this article on how to manage successfully a long interview process. Ask what the interview process is like. The typical process starts […]
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What Conventional Wisdom to Apply to Legal Resumes (and What to Skip!)

Advice on resumes abounds, but not everything applies to legal resumes since law is a conservative and niche space. Below I clarify what pieces of conventional wisdom you should follow and which you should disregard. Traditional advice on length holds true. Keep your resume one to two pages max: one page for anyone 10 years […]
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Why Employers Go Silent in Interview Process

As in dating, ghosting also occurs in the interview process. Employers who initially seem interested then disappear, often for the reasons listed below (as detailed in this excellent article): The most benign reason is the employer is still sorting through resumes, hasn’t figured out whom to hire yet, and doesn’t want to give feedback until […]
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Your Essential Interview Checklist!

Have you ever felt like you did everything you could do to prepare for an interview? If so, that means you didn’t have this checklist! Here are the ten interview commandments:   Read the company website (and SEC disclosures if the company is public). Look up the latest news facing the company and especially in your […]
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