Resume

NYT’s Resume Tips: Are They Any Good?

  • On June 20, 2021
I read with interest the New York Times’ resume tips. What applies to lawyers, and what doesn’t? Yes, tailor your resume to the job. My March 7 post  covers ways to do that for lawyers. Yes, use the same keywords in the job post. And yes use the most relevant keywords in the jobs at the top. If you […]
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Interview, Process, Women & Minorities

Want to Become an Exec? Check out These Post-COVID Recruiting Trends

  • On June 13, 2021
Today’s Wall Street Journal reported key changes in executive recruiting due to COVID. During COVID, executives stayed put, and companies wanted to maintain stability during uncertainty, which resulted in a 61% drop in CEO turnover. Now, however, experts expect CEO turnover to rise by up to 30%. Some trends in executive hiring due to COVID: Virtual interviewing […]
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Interview, Job Search, Networking, Recruiter

High Return Job Strategies

  • On June 6, 2021
Job searching is amorphous; you never know what will lead to your next job. But I like these job search strategies from career guru Jessica Hernandez which she describes as high return on investment.  You can apply them to your legal search, and I have added my own tips especially useful for the legal market. Target potential […]
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Career Management, Mentors, Women & Minorities

How to Respond to Bias

  • On May 31, 2021
Yes, diverse attorneys face bias whether at firms or in-house. I have heard hair-raising stories from minority attorneys about being mistaken for the help. The Recorder recently ran an interview with Olivia Luk Bedi, an Asian American woman partner, who tells this story: “I was at a contentious hearing in federal court about eight years […]
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Change, Departure

How to Leave on Good Terms

  • On May 23, 2021
It’s peak hiring season now! My candidates are getting offers and saying good-bye to current employers. Three things departing employees should do to leave on good terms: Give two weeks’ notice. Yes, two weeks is an arbitrary number, but it is convention. Be flexible about staying a little longer if your employer asks you to. […]
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Resume

7 Things Executive Resumes Do (& Your Resume Should Too!)

  • On May 14, 2021
Professional executive resume writer Adrienne Tom’s “7 Secrets of Executive Resumes” apply directly to lawyers! Sometimes resume experts don’t understand the legal field and offer up inapplicable advice, like always list an objective or include all your technical skills/languages for a robot to parse. Instead, these seven tips are all high-level and high-impact, which is […]
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Career Tips

Fast Company lists seven skills recruiters supposedly value. Do I?

  • On May 2, 2021
Fast Company listed seven skills recruiters value. I checked them out, and it turns out I am impressed if you show these seven because employers are looking for them too. They also mean you will do well on the job too! 1. Emotional Intelligence. Can you read situations and approach them sensitively? So much of law is not […]
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Change, Move

Will Silicon Valley Stay Significant Post-Pandemic?

  • On April 24, 2021
Most of us now have received at least one vaccination shot and are now wondering what lies ahead for our career. How much will the office and city make a difference post-pandemic? Employers are all grappling with this question, and the media has reported extensively about the exodus of companies from the San Francisco Bay […]
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