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LAW STUDENTS: 3 Things to do NOW to Prepare You & Your Resume for a Job Search

Jessica Silverstein
October 14 2011


Tara Kachaturoff of TeachMeLaw Radio and I spoke recently about what law students can do now to get their resume ready for a job search post-graduation.

Read the bolded language in the interview transcript below to see what the three simple tips are...

 
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5 FREE Resources to Find Whom You Already Know at Your Dream Job

Jessica Silverstein
July 29 2011


Last week I wrote that resumes submitted through a person at the firm or organization will be reviewed first. Now, how do you find the people to whom you should send your resume?

The following are 5 free and simple things to do, some you may already be doing, to find people you already know at your dream job.

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What path will you take?

Jessica Silverstein
February 23 2011


 

Many women know what they want to be when they grow-up. Today my 2.5-year-old daughter wants to be a doctor-mommy-good-girl. I promised her I'll work hard so she can be whatever she wants and she promised me the same.

 

What she ends up doing professionally may not exist yet. I won't go down the slippery-this-and-that-didn't-exist-when-I-was-her-age-slope (car phones, VCRs, fax machines, the internet, Starbucks!)...

 
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Women & Law & Leadership

Kelly Hoey
April 30 2010


“I certainly felt it was a value, and I think the firm felt it was a value. If you want female leaders in your law firm, the mechanism for developing those leaders is not simply within the law firm itself.”

--Sonia Martin, Managing Partner
San Francisco office of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal
Leadership Academy Attendee, 2007

Take a moment to think about the women partners in your law firm. Think of the potential they...
 
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