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2 Super Easy New Year’s Resolutions for Lawyers 

  • On January 1, 2023
  • In Career Management, Career Tips
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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10 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started My Legal Career

  • On October 29, 2022
  • In Career Management, Career Tips, Mentors, Networking
I am the child of immigrants and the first in my family to go to law school in the US. Not knowing any lawyers, I navigated my career through trial and error. Here are 10 things I wish I knew when I started: Big law is not the only way to go. Yes, big law […]
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5 Non-Obvious Signs of Impending Layoff

  • On September 25, 2022
  • In Career Management, Career Tips, Change, Departure, Market, Timing
As the risk of recession increases, here’s a good article on how to tell if your company is about to do layoffs (beyond if you see a steep drop in revenue or a threat emerge to the business model). I survived multiple rounds of layoffs when I was in-house, and these ring true to me: […]
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3 Simple Signals You Are Good at Your Job

  • On July 17, 2022
  • In Career Management, Career Tips
As a legal recruiter, I talk to thousands of people about their careers. The obvious things that make them stand out: top-notch credentials, strong work performance, and a clear career trajectory (what they’ve done makes sense and connects with what they want to do). And here are three less obvious things candidates can do that […]
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In-Office vs. Remote/Hybrid: Trends & Tradeoffs

  • On July 10, 2022
  • In Career Management, Career Tips, Move
The great experiment of work from home, hybrid, or fully in-office is still going on. Most companies are doing some kind of remote or hybrid schedule, while some others (e.g., Tesla, C3 AI and JP Morgan) want all employees back in office full-time. (See this article “Think Working From Home Won’t Hurt Your Career? Don’t Be So […]
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Is Getting Honors & Awards Actually Helpful for Your Career?

  • On July 3, 2022
  • In Career Management, Career Tips, Mentors
Most lawyers I know are pretty humble and don’t go out of their way to collect awards and honors. The question is, should they? The answer is yes for awards given by a credible group, ideally by a professional organization with recognized members of the industry. And the answer is no if it’s obviously a […]
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Get Strategic: Think Hard about Taking on Non-Promotable Tasks!

  • On June 12, 2022
  • In Career Management, Career Tips, Women & Minorities
As the world economy sputters (see recent NYT story Global Growth Will Be Choked Amid Inflation and War), get strategic about your career as companies aim to cut fat. Take stock of your responsibilities and make an impact recognized by management. I read with interest this Harvard Business Review article on non-promotable tasks, which lawyers […]
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How to Take a Break Without Harming Your Career

  • On May 6, 2022
  • In Career Management, Career Tips, Departure, LinkedIn, Networking
Lawyers have been working brutal hours through the pandemic. Some feel burnt out but are rightly concerned about stepping away when the market is faltering. (See this American Lawyer on the worrying state of the market.) I liked this recent Wall Street Journal article on how to take a career break but stay in the game. […]
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Take-Aways from IAPP’s Let Get Hired Panel

  • On April 28, 2022
  • In Career Tips, Recruiter
I spoke on IAPP’s panel Let’s Get Hired In Privacy earlier this month, moderated by Michelle Dennedy and Bryan Lee. Fellow panelists/recruiters included Jillian Jones from Meta, George Ratcliffe, Tessa Saxe, and Zachary Plotkin. We discussed what candidates can do to improve their chances of landing their ideal job. These tips apply not just to […]
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5 Career Tips from Heidrick & Struggles CEO

  • On February 10, 2022
  • In Career Management, Career Tips, Change
I appreciated a recent online fireside chat with the CEO of Heidrick & Struggles Krishnan Rajagopalan. He is uniquely qualified to give career advice because he not only helms a top executive search firm but also is an immigrant to the US who taught himself about corporate America. Five takeaways from his QA covering his […]
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