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career development
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Cordell Parvin Blog
Career Success: What learning is most important?
I posted this blog in 2013. After meeting with a group of lawyers I am coaching, I decided it would be valuable to re-post it, and I've added a video…
Cordell Parvin Blog
My Law Career: Looking Back Now, My Father Had Me Pegged
As you know, John Glenn recently passed away. His death caused me to think back to the day he became the first American to orbit the earth. It was my…
Legal Skills Prof Blog
Ways to Make Your Resume Stand Out
At the National Jurist, Hillary Mantis suggests four techniques:Don’t use the same resume for every job listing.You may want to consider crafting different versions of your basic resume to use…
E2 Law Blog
Steps for Young Environmental Lawyers to Take for Success
Autumn has arrived, and with it the promise of a fresh crop of law school graduates entering practice. That means that all the more experienced young lawyers move up a…
DuetsBlog
Reflections for Career and Life on an Anniversary
– Jason Sprenger – President, Game Changer Communications September 13 marks my agency’s four-year anniversary. It’s thrilling to reflect on where we’ve been and where we’re going, because it’s been one…
Cordell Parvin Blog
Deliberate Practice: The Key to Becoming More Successful
If you regularly read my blog, you likely know what deliberate practice is. If not, take a look at: Career Success: Deliberate Practice-Part 1 and Career Success: Deliberate Practice-Part 2. As you may…
Cordell Parvin Blog
Success and Fulfillment: Get in the Zone
I love hearing from lawyers I have coached, especially when they are doing well. Years ago, I received an email from Jodi McDougall, a Seattle lawyer I coached at the…
Cordell Parvin Blog
10 Things You Didn’t Learn in Law School…and Need to Begin Learning Soon
It's that time of year again. Law firm graduates will start their first year in law firms throughout the US. Over the years, I have given many presentations to first…
Cordell Parvin Blog
Career Success: Do what top Olympians do
Several years ago I was beginning to coach a new group of 12 lawyers at a national law firm. The week before the first session, I received a phone call…
Food Safety News
Letter From The Editor: Food safety should generate jobs now
By Dan Flynn
Until recently, I did not really know or care what the so-called Millennial Generation did or did not do. I figured they’d figure it all out on their own — eventually. After…