Career Management, Career Tips, Mentors

Mentorship at All Levels!

  • On July 5, 2020
Legal veterans, reach out and help the next generation, e.g., with hbcu20x20 or Pay it Forward. And I’m so impressed that young legal leaders are already mentoring others! I list their resources below. Nyssa Chopra, a tech lawyer with a background in diplomacy and human rights, puts out a bi-weekly “Mentor in Law” newsletter aimed at “law students, recent […]
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Interview, Presentation

Handling Hidden Social Advantage in the Job Process

  • On June 26, 2020
The Stanford Graduate School of Business reports that we respond to the (over) confidence of upper-class workers, even when they’re wrong. The result is “we may be reinforcing an already unfair social hierarchy” since rich confident people have an immediate advantage when walking into the room. “We can’t help but fall for their bravado, endowing them […]
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Career Management, Women & Minorities

Hard Conversations: Speaking Truth to Power

  • On June 19, 2020
Earlier this week Judge Silberman on the US Court of Appeals sent an internal email criticizing Sen. Warren’s amendment to rename army bases/monuments (“madness!”). He added, “It’s important to remember that Lincoln did not fight the war to free the Slaves [sic] Indeed he was willing to put up with slavery if the Confederate States […]
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Career Management, Change, Job Search

5 Hiring Trends I’m Seeing

  • On June 14, 2020
Experts differ on the type of recovery expected (slow, fast, V shaped, U shaped, etc.), but who is hiring now is much clearer. Five trends I’m seeing: Giants like Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft are hiring now and will continue to hire. See my recent blog here. See also The New York Times’ The Economy Is Reeling. The Tech Giants Spy Opportunity.  As expected, […]
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Job Search, LinkedIn

Resources to Continue Learning During Pandemic

  • On June 7, 2020
Use any down time caused by COVID to sharpen skills, pick up new ones, or help someone else! Below are some good resources: Address legal issues arising from COVID through analyses by top firms and collected by Stanford Law. Learn how to get a job in this market: Follow Andrew Seaman #GetHired at LinkedIn or CareerSherpa.   Continue […]
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Career Tips, Change

Hustle!

  • On May 22, 2020
Yes, times are bad. Your career may take some detours, but don’t give up! In fact, graduates in the Great Recession who hustled were able to get back on track once the economy turned up. Here are a couple recent LinkedIn posts who underscore this point. A 2010 George Mason law grad tells the story […]
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Career Tips, Change

How to Explain a Gap Due to COVID

  • On May 17, 2020
If you are a COVID casualty and are concerned how employers will view a layoff or stall in career progression, it’ll be ok. Employers are usually pretty understanding of economic conditions wreaking havoc on people’s careers. That’s what I saw for the Great Recession and Dot Bomb. Here’s what to say about what happened: Explain […]
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Career Management, Career Tips, Women & Minorities

3 Things Employees Vulnerable to Layoff Should Do

  • On May 7, 2020
COVID has stalled the domestic and global economy, resulting in mass layoffs everywhere, but women and people of color have been hit the hardest. The Harvard Business Review and LinkedIn’s GetHired column report: March unemployment figures show overall unemployment increased by 26%, but that number is an eye-popping 64% for Asian Americans and 36% for LatinX. Also, […]
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Interview, Job Search

3 Trends in the Time of COVID

  • On May 3, 2020
Here are three things I’m seeing while recruiting during COVID: Video conference interviews are taking the place of in-person interviews. I am guessing that even after COVID, interviewers will replace initial phone screens with video conference calls. Prior to COVID, only a handful of interviews were conducted by video conference, and I recall having to […]
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