Did You Know You Could Do These Things to Your Resume? 7 Tips

On January 28, 2024

If it’s been a long time since you touched your resume, here are 7 updates to bring it into 2024: Forego home address. Nowadays most people list their metro region, not the exact home address. The only time you should list it is if you live close to a company to show commute is not […]

Change, Departure, Market, Timing

The “Great Resignation” Is Over. What Does That Mean?

On July 16, 2023

The NYT reported the Great Resignation is over — the rate workers quit their jobs has fallen almost to pre-pandemic levels. Will workers keep gains made (flexibility on in-office, high pay, etc.), or will employers regain leverage (especially as the economy remains unstable)? NYT thinks the “pendulum may be swinging back toward employers,” and I agree. […]

Change, Departure, Market

How Companies Decide Who Gets Cut

On April 30, 2023

In this time of layoffs, how do companies decide who has to go? WSJ reports that in the past companies often laid off the junior employees first. Now, however, these five factors guide who is laid off: Deprioritized skills Deprioritized business Pay (too high) Job performance (poor) Percentage of the company cuts (across the board) […]

Career Management, Change, Departure, LinkedIn

5 Positive Things You Can Do When Things Are Going to Hell in a Handbasket

On March 12, 2023

Tough times now for lawyers, who are overworked or getting laid off. What are some things you can do to make the best of a bad situation? Post-layoff, how do you interact with folks? Join an employee alumni group (or start one). Stay in touch with coworkers still there. They likely will want to help you […]

Change, Departure

Hit by the economy? What will a prospective employer say?

On December 18, 2022

If your job was impacted by the economy, how will prospective employers react? They are generally pretty understanding. Here are the top reasons I’ve seen employers accept for lawyers to change jobs/have a gap: economic downturn, e.g., last in/first out, the product/team supported was hit, or your startup became unstable. headquarters/office move, and you didn’t […]

Career Management, Career Tips, Change, Departure, Market, Timing

5 Non-Obvious Signs of Impending Layoff

On September 25, 2022

As the risk of recession increases, here’s a good article on how to tell if your company is about to do layoffs (beyond if you see a steep drop in revenue or a threat emerge to the business model). I survived multiple rounds of layoffs when I was in-house, and these ring true to me: […]

Change, Departure

Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Hint: One Makes More Money)

On July 31, 2022

I recently posted that now is a good time to change jobs since the economic outlook is not great. In fact, the best case scenario for the US economy is to avoid a recession. (See NYT article The Big Economic Question: It is not whether the U.S. is in a recession. It’s whether the economy […]

Career Management, Career Tips, Departure, LinkedIn, Networking

How to Take a Break Without Harming Your Career

On May 6, 2022

Lawyers have been working brutal hours through the pandemic. Some feel burnt out but are rightly concerned about stepping away when the market is faltering. (See this American Lawyer on the worrying state of the market.) I liked this recent Wall Street Journal article on how to take a career break but stay in the game. […]

Career Management, Career Tips, Departure

Is Your Boss Gaslighting You? (and Do They Know It’s the Great Resignation?)

On January 30, 2022

It’s the Great Resignation, but I’m not sure companies know how much of a flight risk their workers are. Here are some common phrases called out by well-regarded exec Amanda Natividad in her Twitter thread on “BS things your boss has said – decoded” that should get you thinking about your future … elsewhere! “We need […]

Departure

Checklist on Whether to Stay or Go

On November 14, 2021

Here’s a great checklist of whether to leave your job. I am a lawyer and a child of immigrants, so yes I am risk-averse. I stuck it out with big law, public companies, and then a boutique for 15 years before going off on my own (which was life-changing!). I wish I had this checklist […]

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