5 Most In-Demand Skills for Lawyers Across All Fields

No matter the industry, top employers all ask me to find lawyers who can do these five things on top of their substantive area of expertise: Communicate clearly. In-house lawyers must concisely deliver information and adjust their style depending on their audience to get the results needed. Solve problems. Companies hire lawyers to fix things. […]
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5 Things to Do BEFORE You Hate Your Job (Because No One Wants to Hire an Unhappy Lawyer)

Even if you love your job, do these 5 things now so you can move elsewhere when you want to: Identify what kind of opportunity you’d be interested in, e.g., type of industry, key responsibilities, public vs. private, etc. Work towards getting experience for that kind of role. Be able to recognize when the dream […]
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Top 5 Bay Area Etiquette Rules for Law/Business

The Bay Area legal and business community values brevity, responsiveness, and cooperation. An international diplomat/entrepreneur who now works in Silicon Valley posted a great piece on rules he observed here. Five in particular are worth reviewing: Be on time (and in fact be 3-4 minutes early). If you aren’t on time, you signal disorganization, disrespect, […]
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7 Steps to Executive Presence

Employers regularly ask me to find them people with executive presence. This trait is essential because senior lawyers need to persuade clients and present to the executive team. I agree with this pre-eminent career coach’s checklist of confident leaders with executive presence, who are “immediately effective, highly regarded, and heeded”. The good news is it’s […]
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No Such Thing as “Wasting Someone’s Time”!

I work with great employers and contact a lot of candidates about roles. I often get this head-scratching response from them, “I don’t want to waste anyone’s time.” Here are 3 reasons why there is no such thing as wasting anyone’s time in that context: If you have already been identified as someone with the […]
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5 Steps to Get Clients to Come to You!

Lawyers are in the service industry. Whether you are at a firm or in-house, you need to build your client base and have them come to you with their problems. How do you get loyal clients? I recently attended a career panel by NAPABA and gleaned these 5 tips from leading attorneys: Develop your craft. […]
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