This post provides some updated links (our previous post on the topic was from 2012 and has some broken links): The Introvert Guide to Networking Aaron Hurst’s Networking Guide for Introverts Finally, some advice on the subject via the Harvard Business Review
Networking Guide For Introverts (Updated Links)
Behavioral Interviewing
While most questions legal employers ask during on-campus interviews and in callbacks are aimed at gauging the candidate’s “fit” with the culture of the firm, recruiters have been trying to get their attorney-interviewers to ask more “behavioral” types of questions. We thought we’d share a link to an article written by a career services colleague with some background on […]
EIW/FIP Attire (Bumped)
Occasionally, we’re asked about appropriate on-campus interview attire. We think our colleagues at the Yale Law School offer some good advice, which we’ve excerpted below. Keep in mind that dressing appropriately is art, not science. You should look at these simply as guidelines, not hard-and-fast rules. Your attire should contribute to your professionalism. Although employers may have different […]
Networking Guide for Introverts
Here is some great career advice for introverts. I remember reading somewhere that while extroverts outnumber introverts in the general population (by a margin of something like 3 to 1), among lawyers, there are actually more introverts than extroverts. Introverted lawyers/law students may also want to check out a recently published book called “Quiet, Please: The Power of […]
Interviewing Tips
A recent piece in the New York Law Journal, written by the legal recruiting manager of a large law firm, offers alot of helpful suggestions for preparing for interviews. It also contains some tips about a style of interviewing that is starting to gain momentum with legal employers- behavioral interviewing. Definitely worth a read.
Networking and Emotional Intelligence More Important Than Ever
There’s some great advice in a recent posting in lawjobs.com by Ari Kaplan, a former BIGLAW attorney who wrote a great book on networking (“The Opportunity Maker: Strategies for Inspiring Your Legal Career Through Creative Networking and Business Development.”) The posting stresses the importance of emotional intelligence (EI) to legal employers. In a recovering market, they will be focussing […]
Blog Written By Hiring Partner [?]
I recently came across this blog that purports to be written by the hiring partner of “an office of an AMLAW 200 firm.” Whoever writes it has some worthwhile advice [though it’s a little “preachy”], so I added it to our blogroll. Among his or her recent posts are: On Campus interviewing: Don’t Screw It […]
Employers Using Social Networks For Background Checks
Two employment lawyers writing in the NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers) Journal talk about the increasing number of employers who use online social networks (like Facebook) to perform background checks on their potential employees. The article is entitled: “MySpace or Yours? How Can a Web Site Cost Someone a Job?” and you can […]