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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Why You Didn’t Get Hired: 3 Common Reasons

  • On November 22, 2020
Sometimes you see a job that looks perfect for you. You interview, it seems to go well, and then you get dinged! What happened? Below are three common scenarios I see: Too much (boring) information. Lawyers often talk too much when they have done a lot of research and want to get all their points […]
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3 Interview Tips from Amazon & Microsoft (that Work for All Interviews)!

  • On October 10, 2020
Bay Area economic recovery has been described as “feeble,” but tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft are still hiring through the pandemic. I’m not recruiting for them, but wanted to share what their recruiters are looking for. See tips from an Amazon interviewer and tips from a Microsoft legal recruiter, also summarized below for your […]
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4 Essentials for Today’s Interviews

  • On August 7, 2020
The New York Times recently covered the key techniques to succeed at video interviews. The most important points are distilled below: Research. The more you read about the company and the interviewer, the more prepared, calm, and on-point you will be. The New York Times suggests reading the website, news coverage, annual reports (especially Risk […]
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Great vs. Terrible Questions to Ask your Interviewer

  • On July 31, 2020
You can impress your interviewer if you ask good questions. End the interview on a positive note by showing your research and interest! Plus, you can get dinged by failing to ask any questions or putting the interviewer on edge with critical ones. Forbes recently came up with a huge list of questions interviewees should […]
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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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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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