Required Prep for Interviews: 5 Things to Do + Extra Credit

On February 18, 2024

The right preparation for an interview is important. You need to know what the company expects from lawyers so you can highlight work it cares about. And with sufficient prep, you can go in feeling comfortable, which is essential to project competence and confidence. Here’s how to prep: Review the website, especially the About page […]

Career Management, Career Tips

5 Lessons from Top Silicon Valley Legal Leaders on Developing Your Career

On February 11, 2024

I recently attended a fascinating panel of legal leaders in Silicon Valley discussing lessons learned while navigating to the top. Here are five tips straight from the room where it happened: Develop relationships. If you build trust with business partners, they will back you when you need it. (And it’s best to build the relationship […]

Market, Move

Is SF Still Relevant?

On February 4, 2024

We all know tech and the SF Bay Area have both been hit hard. How relevant is our region now? It’s still leading in tech innovation and the tech talent pool! Investment in tech is still coming in. The Bay Area received more investor funding than other cities. Last year “more venture capital funding went […]

Departure, Resume

Did You Know You Could Do These Things to Your Resume? 7 Tips

On January 28, 2024

If it’s been a long time since you touched your resume, here are 7 updates to bring it into 2024: Forego home address. Nowadays most people list their metro region, not the exact home address. The only time you should list it is if you live close to a company to show commute is not […]

LinkedIn, Women & Minorities

Getting People to Say Your Name Correctly (Especially When You Are Not in a Position of Power)

On January 21, 2024

I’m grateful I live in Silicon Valley. I grew up in a small town with few minorities, and my Chinese middle name was met with curiosity or ridicule. I sometimes even said I didn’t have a middle name because when kids learned it was “Yuhua”, they asked me to say it over and over again, […]

Job Search

What Looking for a Job Reminds Me of

On January 14, 2024

I’ve always thought job searching is like dating, and now the New York Times agrees (What You Can Learn About Job-Hunting From Dating Apps. Really.). Five ways job hunting and dating are similar: You need to cast a wide net. For both personal and work relationships, you don’t know who will introduce you to the […]

Interview

5 Things Google Recruiter Says Top Candidates Do. Do They Work for In-House Job Seekers?

On January 7, 2024

A former Google and DoorDash recruiter listed the 5 things to do when preparing for an interview to stand out. Let’s go through them to see what works for in-house searches. About half you should definitely do, but the rest you need to adapt because some things that work for business folks don’t work for […]

LinkedIn, Presentation

Posting a Good Picture on LinkedIn Can Help You Get the Job & Earn More

On December 17, 2023

Why post a good LinkedIn picture? The WSJ reports hiring managers often check out LinkedIn profiles of applicants, and looking the part there can help people get the job and make more money according to a recent Harvard Business School study. The researchers controlled for face, gender, and age, and “found that certain photo features […]

Interview

5 Interview Questions a Tech Founder/Former Lawyer Asks & Why

On December 10, 2023

A tech founder (and former lawyer) of a Series C company goes through the 5 interview questions he asks every candidate and the thought process behind each in this Tik Tok video. It’s 2 ½ minutes and worth a watch especially because he discusses body language. But here’s a summary if you prefer reading over […]

How to Write a LinkedIn Summary (I Condense a 5 Minute Guide to 5 Seconds!)

On December 3, 2023

I read a good 5 minute guide on how to write your LinkedIn summary by a tech marketing exec who used to work at LinkedIn. Here’s my 5 second summary aimed at in-house counsel: Start your About section with one sentence explaining what you do that a company would need. Use bullets/examples with concrete accomplishments. […]

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