Words Matter: Eight Phrases That Can Kill Your Promotion
It has been beaten into our heads since our first year of law school: words matter. When it comes to your career and rising up the ranks, the words you use might mean getting a…
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7 Tips to Improve Your Interviewing Skills
What are lawyers if not actors? With training and real-world experience in negotiating and appearing in front of judges and juries, lawyers have skills that should enable them to excel at interviews. But in many…
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…
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…
Do You Need In-House Experience for an In-House Counsel Job?
It’s like the chicken and the egg but not really – in some cases in-house experience provides a distinct advantage, and in others, law firm lawyers are just as competitive for in-house counsel jobs: “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,…