Hit by the economy? What will a prospective employer say?

On December 18, 2022
In Change, Departure

If your job was impacted by the economy, how will prospective employers react? They are generally pretty understanding. Here are the top reasons I’ve seen employers accept for lawyers to change jobs/have a gap: economic downturn, e.g., last in/first out, the product/team supported was hit, or your startup became unstable. headquarters/office move, and you didn’t […]

On November 20, 2022
In Change, Job Search, Resume

I appreciated this timely LinkedIn article on crafting your resume post-layoff. These points directly apply to lawyers: Think about what job you want next. Take a little time “to reassess your career and determine what direction you’d like to go in.” Also, process any bitterness so there is no trace of it when you start interviewing. (Employers […]

On October 22, 2022
In Change, Timing

This past week UK’s Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned, making her the shortest serving PM in British history, which got me thinking of how short a lawyer can stay at a job without raising eyebrows. A few thoughts: If your company was just acquired, a short stint is very understandable. It’s standard knowledge an acquisition […]

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: […]

On July 31, 2022
In Change, Departure

I recently posted that now is a good time to change jobs since the economic outlook is not great. In fact, the best case scenario for the US economy is to avoid a recession. (See NYT article The Big Economic Question: It is not whether the U.S. is in a recession. It’s whether the economy […]

On April 1, 2022
In Change, Interview

Interviews for in-house jobs are generally straightforward. Here are the questions you should prep for, listed in order of frequency and complete with links to good answers! Tell me about yourself. (See here and here on how to answer.) Why are you interested in this opportunity? (See here and here on how to answer.) What […]

On March 13, 2022
In Career Management, Change

After two years, companies are finally calling employees back into the office. If you work remotely but co-workers are returning to the office, how do you keep up? For example, the New York Times reported a Stanford study that found remote workers were promoted half as often as in-office peers even though the remote workers produced […]

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 […]

On October 17, 2021
In Change, Departure, Move

The Great Resignation is going on, and I’ve got a bird’s eye view. The top reasons I see Bay Area lawyers quitting are: Better opportunities. I’ve been recruiting in-house lawyers 15 years, and I have never seen it so hot. Lawyers are constantly presented with interesting work that could give them a better career trajectory. (See here for why […]

On September 19, 2021
In Change

Now is the perfect time to jump back into the workforce. Why? Employers are hiring like crazy but finding talent scarce. As a result, they are more willing to consider candidates with gaps as long as they have the right skills and can reasonably explain their absence (e.g., gap was due to caretaking, move, pandemic, […]

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