Personal Branding for Attorneys
Personal branding for attorneys – everyone else is doing it so why not lawyers? Building a personal brand can help you in your career, but you have to put in the time. And perhaps a…
Careers
How To Become Indispensable At Work
If you become indispensable at work your career trajectory may achieve lift-off. This doesn’t mean doing co-workers’ work for them but instead changing your mindset, focusing on metrics, tracking results and helping lift the team’s…
The Do’s and Don’ts of Working With Recruiters
As we note in our How To Get an In-House Counsel Job article, legal recruiters can be a good source of in-house counsel jobs and more importantly, General Counsel jobs. Not all legal jobs are…
Stop Fixating on Your Dream Job and Just Get a Better Job
Pining for a dream job? Just get a better job instead. The longer you wait to make a move, the worse off you may be. Hopping to other in-house counsel jobs may just be the…
How To Stay Positive At Work When You Hate Your Job
Biglaw lawyers may not be able to imagine it, but some in-house lawyers do not like the promised land. So for all those looking for new in-house counsel jobs or General Counsel jobs, here is…
Career Advice from Successful GCs
In-house but looking upwards at the GC spot? The path is different for everyone – and fortunately advice is plentiful from successful GCs. If you are striving for General Counsel jobs, it is important to…
How Can I Be Real At Work – When Everyone Else Is Fake?
Keeping it real in the workplace can be a real challenge. You can be real at work even when others are not: “Dear Liz, I love your philosophy that we should bring ourselves to work,…
Lawyer Works and Sleeps in Shack to Raise Money for Her Nonprofit Law Firm
If you’re looking for a way to help, check out the link to the GoFundMe page. Better yet, if you are in the Detroit area, reach out to the organizer to see how you can…
Ten Tips For People Who Get Nervous At Job Interviews
If your teeth chatter and your knees knock at job interviews, you are not alone: “Virtually everyone gets nervous at a job interview sometimes. A job interview is an artificial situation. Everything in it is…
8 Proven Strategies to Lift Yourself Out of a Career Slump
Especially at this time of the year, if you find yourself in a career slump it’s time to start planning for the future: “Nearly 70 percent of Americans are disengaged at work. We live in…