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Career Assessment:

  • Are You Happy With Your Job?
  • The Path That's Right For You
  • What You Do vs. Who You Are
  • Plot Your Future by Thinking of the Present
  • A Telling Picture of What You Really Want
  • Finding What You Want Means Making It Happen
  • The Right Choice: You'll Know When You See It
  • Looking For Direction? Draw A Road Map
  • Check Out this List for Career Checkup
  • A Lawyer to the Bone?
  • Be Careful Not to Change Jobs Just for the Sake of Change
  • Mapping the Road for a Lawyer's Job Search
  • Choose A Career Path Before Taking Next Step

Resumes and Cover Letters:

  • Make Cover Letter, Resume Work For You
  • Resumes: Dishing Up More than Boilerplate
  • Rote Resumes Never Break Out of "Box"
  • Let Your Resume Do the Work
  • Unemployment Gap on Resume Can't Be Ignored
  • Judging Job Applicants by their Cover Letters

Networking:

  • If You Can't Take It Anymore, Network
  • Finding the Links that Can Lead to a Job
  • Landing a Catch Takes the Right "Net"
  • Networking Often a Misunderstood Process

Interviewing:

  • Artificial Queries Deserve Real, Persuasive Answers
  • Ask Not What Your Interviewer Can Do For You
  • Advocates Must Advocate Themselves in Interviews

Performing Your Job:

  • Learning to Market Yourself
  • What Do You Say? How About Giving a Speech?
  • Review Not a Time for Surprises
  • Like Any Relationship, Mentoring takes Work
  • Spring into Lawyer Training Whenever Possible

Additional Titles on Job Search and the Practice of Law:

  • Here's the Big Picture on Changing Jobs
  • New Lawyers: How to Find a Job--and Keep It
  • Who to Turn to for a Search
  • Hesitant about Job Search? Try Warms-Ups
  • Giving the Gift of a Happy Life
  • Lessons from a Life in the Law
  • Make, Take Time for Yourself
  • Keep It All in Perspective
  • Out of Sorts? Blame Stress or Lack of Balance
  • How Do Working Parents Spell R-E-L-I-E-F?
  • Job Search Brings Ebb and Flow of Moods
  • Just Do It: Zen and the Art of Lawyering
  • Staying Positive in a Negative World
  • Process of Keeping Positive
  • Accentuate Profession's Positive Points
  • Looking for a Job can be Pain Enough Without Becoming a Pain in the Process
  • Plain Error Can Derail Your Job Search
  • Confidentiality in Job Search: Speak Softly, Forget Big Stick
  • Mind These Five P's when Searching for a New Job
  • Finding Time to Find a Job
  • It's Never Too Late to Switch to the (Non-Legal) Road Not Taken


Kathy Morris is a contributing author to a variety of national and local legal publications. E-mail her with suggestions for articles.

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