Life & Career Lessons, a Case Study of a GC

On March 3, 2024

I love learning the origin stories of super stars so I appreciated Chad Aboud’s interview of Jessica Nguyen, the GC of Lexion. You can find his podcast here, and he summarizes key takeaways (with time stamps!) but I wanted to call out five that resonated especially well with me and that can work for you! Hustle […]

Career Management, Career Tips

5 Lessons from Top Silicon Valley Legal Leaders on Developing Your Career

On February 11, 2024

I recently attended a fascinating panel of legal leaders in Silicon Valley discussing lessons learned while navigating to the top. Here are five tips straight from the room where it happened: Develop relationships. If you build trust with business partners, they will back you when you need it. (And it’s best to build the relationship […]

Career Tips

What Separates Successful Job Seekers from Unsuccessful Ones?

On November 19, 2023

As an in-house recruiter, I talk to both hiring managers and job seekers for a living. I’ve been doing this for well over a decade and have seen multiple boom and bust cycles. What separates successful job seekers from unsuccessful ones, no matter the market? A track record that hiring managers understand. They can see […]

Career Management, Career Tips

5 Top Career Tips Out of Leading Convention (NAPABA’s 35th)

On November 12, 2023

I just returned from the 35th annual convention of National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), where top legal leaders (and recruiters!) convene. Here are the 5 career tips I heard over and over again: Gain substantive legal expertise. This requirement is “table stakes” (this phrase was used repeatedly!). Gain soft skills. You must also […]

Career Management, Career Tips, New Job

Starting a New Job? 10 Tips for Success

On September 10, 2023

New hires often start in September. Here are the top 10 things to do at a new job. You only have one shot to make a great impression, and how you are perceived will affect you for years to come. Go in person. You can make more of an impact than over Zoom and build […]

Career Management, Career Tips, Offer

5 Career Lessons, Crowd-Sourced by WSJ

On September 3, 2023

WSJ listed some great crowd-sourced tips learned from big career mistakes. These 5 lessons especially apply to lawyers. Build soft skills, which are as important as hard skills. From day one, lawyers need to not only learn the substance of the law, but also how to work with others and communicate effectively. As counsel get […]

Career Tips, Inhouse, Presentation

Advice NOT to Follow

On June 17, 2023

I see so much bad career advice. Here’s a tip by a Stanford Graduate School of Business professor that in-house lawyers should NOT follow: “If a meeting is wasting your time, leave.” He says he does this at least once a week when he’s not needed and the time could be better spent doing something […]

Career Tips, Change, Market, Move, Timing

2 Helpful Resources for Job Seekers

On May 21, 2023

Helpful resources for job seekers in today’s market are Layoffs.fyi and its sister site Comprehensive.io. The NYT recently profiled the founder of both, Roger Lee, a San Francisco entrepreneur, for “catalog[uing] hundreds of thousands of tech job cuts.” Interesting insights: The founder believes the industry will “100 percent” bounce back. I agree. I have lived […]

Career Tips, Interview

Return to Office Mess

On April 23, 2023

During the pandemic hiring boom, we saw nearly all legal jobs go remote. Now many employers have been calling workers back to the office, which is not going so well. See this recent NYT article on companies having to hire return-to-office consultants. What I’m seeing now: The most typical work schedule is flexible hybrid. Employers […]

Career Management, Career Tips, Title

Top 10 Legal Job Search Fails

On February 19, 2023

I see these ten things all the time that lawyers should not be doing. I call these out because they are within your control to avoid. 1. Your resume lists what you do in the order you do it rather than in the order the prospective employer cares about. Do not make the interviewer work to […]

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