Lawyers Treading Water at Work: Can You Help Make Change Happen?

job searching

When lawyers ask me to help them with a job search, I ask a question many lawyers are uncomfortable answering in job interviews:  Why do you want to leave your current job?  When lawyers say they feel like they’re treading water, stagnating, or stalled professionally,...

Lawyers – Trim These Phrases From Resumes & LinkedIn Profiles

business development, job searching

Lawyer resumes and LinkedIn profiles remind me of my high school English teacher, Ms. Angott. Her red ink filled the margins of our papers with “awk” and “dead wood”. My margins contained many pithy comments, but awk for awkward and dead wood...

Cover Letters for Lawyers: Get the Nod with Bullet Points

job searching

The purpose of a cover letter is to position yourself such that before the hiring manager, law firm partner, or recruiter even turns to your resume, they feel they want to talk with you. Realistically, you only have a few seconds to get that person’s attention....

First Rule of Job Interviewing for Lawyers

job searching, Uncategorized

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

career management, job searching

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...