Topic
career development
486 published works
The CPA Desk
New Year, Old Job? Turning Career Apathy into Career Opportunities
By Christopher Dodd, Rose Moore
In honor of the coming New Year, the Cubesters surveyed professionals over the causes of career apathy and solutions to make your old job feel new again. Look for more…
Law School: Success and Careers
Winter Break Need Not Be A Time of Inactivity
By philipa-guzmanesq-lawschoolsuccessandcareers-blog
As I write, exams here have just started and will continue through December 13. There are students even here in our Career Services Office NOW in the act of taking…
Cordell Parvin Blog
Career Success: Focus on Your Strengths
A lawyer recently asked me for some career coaching. She wasn't sure what direction she wanted to take her career and how she might get there. We had a great…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Law school advisors telling students to stay off blogs and social media?
Why don't law students blog or use Twitter? Patrick Burke (@Sparty_Legal), a third year law student at Michigan State University, blogs:Because they are afraid of the risks involved with putting…
Cordell Parvin Blog
Want to know what it takes?
Want to know what it takes to have a successful and fulfilling law career? I say it starts with these three things: Knowing what you want. Believing you can achieve…
The Rainmaker Blog
Why Rainmakers Never Get Laid Off
Yesterday, one of the nation’s largest law firms – Weil, Gotshal & Manges -- announced massive layoffs of lawyers and staff as well as pay reductions for some of its…
In Search of Great Customer Experiences
Nicole Auerbach and lessons from a middle office with a view
By Patrick Lamb
My partner Nicole Auerbach, proud owner of a middle office, recounts the lessons learned when she voluntarily gave up her corner office, and also those from some other risks she's taken…
The Legal Watercooler
What? There are only FOUR jobs in this world????
Who the hell is Lou Adler and how dare he come up with such a brilliant, simple, and concise description of the workplace? There Are Only Four Jobs in the…
Cordell Parvin Blog
Say Ciao to Chow Mein: Finding Your Purpose, Vision and Values
Did you see the article: Associate attorney is the unhappiest job in America, survey says? I wasn't too surprised to learn that law firm associates are more unhappy than any…
PrawfsBlawg
Either “Don’t Leave Before You Leave” or “REALLY Leave Before You Leave”
Main Monday, March 25, 2013Either "Don't Leave Before You Leave" or "REALLY Leave Before You Leave"I read Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" over the weekend, and liked it very much. Without…