MCCA Career Development Articles
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Legal Job Search Tips to Revamp Your Resume and Enhance Your Marketability
By Charles A. Volkert, Esq.
Whether you’ve been looking for a new legal job for a while or one of your career goals for 2016 is to ramp up your job search, you know it’s…
Legal Job Advice: What Managers Can Do to Boost Productivity
By Charles A. Volkert, Esq.
So much of a legal job is time sensitive: deadlines for filings, affidavits, statutes of limitation and more. There’s no time to waste, yet your team occasionally suffers from procrastination….
Law Practice Management: The Benefits of Flexible Staffing (and Tips for Success)
By Charles A. Volkert, Esq.
One of the major shifts of this decade in law practice management is for law firms and legal departments to bring in more consultants and other project-based professionals for as…
Looking for Anything Other Than Legal Jobs? Here’s Some Plan B Career Advice
By Charles A. Volkert, Esq.
After applying to law school, studying for the LSAT, and working doggedly to earn that JD and pass the bar, the last thing practicing attorneys want to do is transition…
2016 Outlook: What’s Hot, What’s Not in Legal Jobs
By Charles A. Volkert, Esq.
In an increasingly competitive hiring market, the pressure is on as law firms and companies attempt to fill legal jobs with top talent. To succeed, legal managers need to understand…
Q&A: Resist Making Counteroffers
By Charles A. Volkert, Esq.
Q: With the legal job market improving, we’re seeing an increase in the number of employees giving notice for better pay or circumstances. As a legal manager, I’m tempted to…