Career Management, Career Tips

2 Super Easy New Year’s Resolutions for Lawyers 

  • On January 1, 2023
Happy New Year! 2022 was challenging, so let’s make extra-attainable New Year’s resolutions for 2023. I reviewed 20 crowd-sourced and hand-picked by the New York Times. These two apply to your career and are excellent: “Never take criticism from someone you wouldn’t go to for advice.” “Learn to say, ‘I need time to think about this.’ […]
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Career Management, Job Search

Non-Legal Jobs for Lawyers

  • On December 4, 2022
Now that tech layoffs have hit, you may be thinking of other careers. Here are other jobs I’ve seen lawyers successfully shift to: compliance privacy/data HR legal operations business operations founder (e.g., of tech or services company) consulting crisis management finance banking/trading sales/channel/business development venture capital real estate government recruiter coach writer Lawyers who want […]
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Career Management, Mentors, Networking, New Job

The Importance of Work Friends

  • On August 28, 2022
As new grads enter the workforce, they should know the importance of bonding with workmates. What can they gain? The New York Times recently quoted a few things a professional woman learned at her first job decades ago: How to take feedback from a boss without compromising on her ideas. How to have fun at […]
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Career Management, Career Tips

3 Simple Signals You Are Good at Your Job

  • On July 17, 2022
As a legal recruiter, I talk to thousands of people about their careers. The obvious things that make them stand out: top-notch credentials, strong work performance, and a clear career trajectory (what they’ve done makes sense and connects with what they want to do). And here are three less obvious things candidates can do that […]
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Career Management, Career Tips, Move

In-Office vs. Remote/Hybrid: Trends & Tradeoffs

  • On July 10, 2022
The great experiment of work from home, hybrid, or fully in-office is still going on. Most companies are doing some kind of remote or hybrid schedule, while some others (e.g., Tesla, C3 AI and JP Morgan) want all employees back in office full-time. (See this article “Think Working From Home Won’t Hurt Your Career? Don’t Be So […]
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