Taking Charge of Your Career
Suggestions and ideas for taking an active role in your career planning.
Career Strategy: It Pays to Diversify
While it's still true that a solid career is built on a foundation of position-specific expertise, it's become increasingly important to maintain a balanced portfolio.
Resume Overkill
Most advice about resumes for lawyers is about what to put in; this article looks at what should be left out or minimized.
Acquiring a Rainmaker
Law firms seeking to hire a rainmaker attorney will benefit from this checklist of key strategies to enhance their chances.
How to Answer Interview Questions
Be prepared to interview by reviewing eight of the most commonly asked, basic interview questions.
The Secret to Attorney Interview Success
The outcome of your employment interview will be dependent on your ability to discover needs and empathize with the interviewer.
Hang on to those Kudos!
Attorneys are urged to not only save evaluations, but also the hand-written comments, emails from Partners about their work.
Interviewing Primer
Our dynamic, growing economy has increased job movement for many including associate attorneys.
A Second Chance to Make a First Impression
The second interview is an opportunity to confirm a favorable first interview and increase the chance of going forward to an offer.
Gen X Change the Rules
Forty-five million young adults were born between the mid-1960's and the late 1970's. Dubbed Generation X, they stand out in today's law firms and corporate legal departments.
Happy Returns
Lawyers who left firms find themselves being welcomed back
The Targeted Resume:
Getting the headhunter's attention
Since a resume has to capture my attention pretty quickly, a lawyer can greatly increase his or her chances of getting into my company’s database (and thus access to our...
Associate Retention A Rocky Road
Big bucks, condos in Maui, firm-sponsored day care and flexible work schedules. This enticing list is a key reason why law firms are stemming the tide of departing associates...
Musing on Lawyers
Hang On, It's Going to Be a Bumpy Ride
Prosper or Perish
Trends that are changing law firm management
Retention Czar
Law firm giant, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, will appoint a "retention czar" to focus on the causes and cures for associate turnover.
The 2005 Salary Game: Facts and Features for your Future
Associates at law firms and attorneys in legal departments of corporations are asking if this is the year to finally pitch for a raise...
Economic Revival Will Jump-Start 2004 Job Growth
Lawyers giving careful thought to career growth and possible job change are thankfully pushing 2003 out the door and ushering in a 2004 economy that may finally be on their...
Help wanted: Lawyers familiar with internet law
The recruitment requests steadily flow into Linda Green Pierce's office. Local law firms and companies want her to find them lawyers with expertise serving internet clients.
Dot.com or NOT.com?
Despite last April's downturn in the technology stock market, the allure of dot.coms still persists.
Holiday Job Searching
Candidates slow down their job search interests during the holiday season, not realizing that this can be the best time to look!
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