Career Management, Job Search

​​5 Easy and High-Impact Career Moves

  • On March 27, 2016
I know you are a busy professional, so here are 5 simple and free things that you can do now for your career: Start an I-love-me file. It can be electronic. Just forward to yourself emails from happy clients and announcements of deals you closed, money saved, or cases won. This folder will make your life easy […]
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Interview, Job Search

What 3 Traits Land You the Job?

  • On March 13, 2016
By the time you make it to an in-person interview, interviewers assume you have the basic qualifications to do the job. How do they next choose who gets the job from that pool? Harvard Business School Professor Amy Cuddy writes in her latest book Presence that the main 3 traits of winners of pitches and job interviews […]
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Job Search

7 Circles to Contact in a Job Search

  • On February 15, 2016
If you are hunting for a job, you may feel like you are in the seventh circle of hell. Reach out to these seven circles of people for help instead: Friends. You must tell your friends, both close and distant, that you are looking. That way, you are on their mind when they see a job […]
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Job Search

3 Easy and Effective Job Search Tips

  • On February 7, 2016
If you’re looking for a job, you’ve probably been inundated by unhelpful advice that’s hard to implement. For example, I still haven’t opened the books What Color is Your Parachute and What Can You Do with a Law Degree. Instead, below are 3 high-impact and easy things to do for your job search. You already tell stories in […]
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Job Search

Advanced Search Techniques

  • On January 31, 2016
You’ve polished your resume, scoured the web, and applied online or through friends without success. Now what? Here are some advanced search tips: Monitor movement of people in your industry. Scan LinkedIn and legal/business publications for who is moving where. You could network with people you know, spot trends, and get ideas (e.g., of who […]
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Job Search

Why You Should Job Hunt Through the Holidays

  • On December 13, 2015
Yes, recruiting slows to a trickle between Christmas and New Year, but here are 3 reasons to keep at it:  You have time! Lawyers notoriously put down their heads and claim they have no time to think about their career. Well, now is the season to self-assess. See where you are versus where you want to […]
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Job Search

Time is of the Essence to Avoid Holiday Slowdown

  • On October 18, 2015
It’s mid-October, but I am already concerned that slow-moving job seekers will get stuck in the Thanksgiving and Christmas slowdown if resumes are not in the hiring managers’ hands this week! Let’s do the math: hiring managers take 2 weeks to pick their top 5-7 candidates. So at the end of October, they might start […]
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Job Search

Managers Reveal What NOT to Do in a Job Search

  • On September 20, 2015
I recently spoke on a career panel hosted by Women in Technology and the Women’s IP Lawyers Association. My fellow panelists were hiring managers from technology companies. Although they came from different departments (Legal, Engineering, HR), and their companies ranged from pre-IPO to public and global, their advice to job seekers on what not to do remained consistent: Don’t have […]
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Job Search, Timing

Timing is everything. Don’t miss the recruiting window now!

  • On March 15, 2015
Timing is everything in your job search. If you apply at the wrong time, the employer won’t pay attention, even if you are perfect. Conversely, you need to get in front of the hiring manager when he/she is paying attention, and now is the time to accelerate your search. Why? Because June through August is the summer […]
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Job Search

​How to Ask for Favors While Job Searching

  • On January 18, 2015
Because legal careers are often lockstep for the first few years, lawyers are not used to asking for favors. Yet, favors are essential to a job search – candidates need to do a lot of asking, e.g., for introductions, for informational interviews, for recommendations, for insight into a company, etc.  Below are some strategies to get […]
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