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7 Ways to Improve Your Online Brand and Legal Career Leads
By Charles A. Volkert, Esq.
In your search for the dream legal job, you’ve updated your resume, prepped for interviews and perfected your elevator pitch. But there’s one thing you may have forgotten to do: improve your online brand. In today’s digital age, a positive web presence is practically a requirement for getting noticed and hired. Here are seven legal […]
5 Legal Trends You Need to Know — and Prepare For
By Charles A. Volkert, Esq.
Ever wish you had a crystal ball to peer into the future of the legal profession? Fortunately, Robert Half Legal interviews leaders of the top law firms and corporate legal departments on the latest legal trends and publishes this research each year in its Future Law Office report. So, what’s in store for the legal profession? Most […]
2014 Salary Guide: Business Upturn Spurs Legal Hiring
By Charles A. Volkert, Esq.
Hiring in the legal field has strengthened as law firms and corporate legal departments bring on professionals to support renewed business activity, comply with new regulations and manage rising workloads. According to the newly released 2014 Salary Guide from Robert Half Legal, legal professionals with specialized expertise are seeing the most opportunities in this environment. Small and […]
Legal Jobs Outlook: Career Advice For Recent Graduates
By Charles A. Volkert, Esq.
In recent years, law school graduates have faced a very challenging legal job market. Now, as business conditions continue to improve, the legal field is seeing an increase in the number of newly minted attorneys being hired. Recruitment for many legal jobs is on the rise, with demand for legal professionals with the hottest practice area […]
Management Advice: Key Strategies to Becoming a Master Mentor
By Charles A. Volkert, Esq.
If you’ve been asked to take a junior associate (or two) under your wing, you may feel honored — and perhaps a little unsure. Besides giving advice, what else should you be doing? Won’t mentoring take up a lot of time? And what would you get out of it? When done right, mentoring relationships are […]
Legal Career Advice: Five Tips to Help Build a Personal Brand
By Charles A. Volkert, Esq.
A personal brand may seem like a concept more appropriate for writers, artists and performers — rather than someone with a legal career. But developing one is a fast-growing trend in many professions, including law, as a way to stand out in a crowded and competitive field. So, what exactly is a personal brand? For […]