If you’ve taken my free assessment on how to figure out if a change of work environment or practice area is what you need, then you might be ready to conduct a confidential job search.
It’s that time of year again…when law firms prepare to let associates know that the good things they’ve been doing have been noticed, and on the flip side, what needs to be tweaked.
Job interviews aren’t meant to be an interrogation — they are supposed to be a dialogue. Law students should understand that on-campus-interviews (OCIs), and interviews in general...
Having trouble finding an associate position now that you are called to the Bar? You’re not alone.
As I’m wordsmithing 2L applications for the August 22nd deadline, I’m noticing a trend...
Part 1 of 3 Law Student Job Campaign: “K” is for having a kaleidoscope-like résumé, not a collision!
I’ve always liked kaleidoscopes. The fact that a mixture of mirrors and coloured glass can yield so many patterns is beautiful to me.
Branding is all the talk these days. But not many people, in my experience, think about branding while engaged in a job search.
A job search post-hireback is a marathon, not a sprint. True to form, many of my clients need a little Gatorade from time to time to get them through a dry spell…
Hireback season is upon the legal profession. Many hireback decisions haven’t been made just yet…which is why I think it’s prime time for articling students to get organized and prepared for their next steps, whatever they may be.
I recently spoke about goal-setting with a group of career-minded lawyers at the Ontario Bar Association. While 100% of the group said planning ahead was valuable, only 37% of them had a career plan.
