Career Tips, Inhouse, Presentation

Advice NOT to Follow

  • On June 17, 2023
I see so much bad career advice. Here’s a tip by a Stanford Graduate School of Business professor that in-house lawyers should NOT follow: “If a meeting is wasting your time, leave.” He says he does this at least once a week when he’s not needed and the time could be better spent doing something […]
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Career Tips, Change, Market, Move, Timing

2 Helpful Resources for Job Seekers

  • On May 21, 2023
Helpful resources for job seekers in today’s market are Layoffs.fyi and its sister site Comprehensive.io. The NYT recently profiled the founder of both, Roger Lee, a San Francisco entrepreneur, for “catalog[uing] hundreds of thousands of tech job cuts.”  Interesting insights: The founder believes the industry will “100 percent” bounce back. I agree. I have lived […]
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Career Tips, Interview

Return to Office Mess

  • On April 23, 2023
During the pandemic hiring boom, we saw nearly all legal jobs go remote. Now many employers have been calling workers back to the office, which is not going so well. See this recent NYT article on companies having to hire return-to-office consultants. What I’m seeing now: The most typical work schedule is flexible hybrid. Employers […]
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Career Management, Career Tips, Title

Top 10 Legal Job Search Fails

  • On February 19, 2023
I see these ten things all the time that lawyers should not be doing. I call these out because they are within your control to avoid. 1. Your resume lists what you do in the order you do it rather than in the order the prospective employer cares about. Do not make the interviewer work to […]
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Career Tips

Life Hacks from NYT that 100% Apply to Your Legal Career

  • On February 12, 2023
As busy professionals, we are all looking for easy things to do with outsized impact. When I read New York Times’ life hacks, I saw 10 that directly apply to your career: “Job interviews are not really about you. They are about the employer’s needs and how you can fill them.” Yes, interviewers want to […]
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Career Management, Career Tips

2 Super Easy New Year’s Resolutions for Lawyers 

  • On January 1, 2023
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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Career Management, Career Tips

3 Simple Signals You Are Good at Your Job

  • On July 17, 2022
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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Career Management, Career Tips, Move

In-Office vs. Remote/Hybrid: Trends & Tradeoffs

  • On July 10, 2022
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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