First Rule of Job Interviewing for Lawyers

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Do You Feel This Ready? Preparation! Every time I help a lawyer prepare for a job interview or I talk with attorneys about interviewing, they confess the questions they hate. The questions that make them most uncomfortable. The hardest questions. Tell me about...

March Madness & Lawyers – a Few Words About Confidence

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I love March Madness. Men’s college basketball is my favorite spectator sport. Fortunately for me, the University of Michigan regularly shows up ready to play in the NCAA tournament. The No. 16 ranked women’s program has been moving up, too, receiving its...

Job Searching: Do You Look and Sound Like Yourself?

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HR consultant Liz Ryan, founder of “Human Workplace”, writes fresh, useful advice columns for people on job searches.  The other day she wrote an excellent column on ways to answer the “why do you want to work here” question. She recently wrote...

Interview Preparation: Your Questions Matter, Too

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This recent WSJ article, It Pays to Ask Smart Questions at a Job Interview by Dennis Nishi, rings true with my experience with lawyers and law students preparing for interviews. Many of the lawyers and students I’ve worked with have previously made their...

Interview Preparation

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The 10 common basic interview questions covered in this article at Recruiter.com  are spot on for the interviewing preparation work I do with lawyers, law students and other professionals. The article also helpfully tells you why the interviewer is asking.  Remember,...