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Every year around Thanksgiving, I hear the same line from job seekers: “I’ll wait until January to start looking.”
Oh, please. You might as well gift-wrap your dream job and hand it to someone else.
How is the legal profession evolving, and what does it mean for your career? In this episode, host Tony Sipp welcomes a very special, nationally renowned, guest, Chere Estrin for a look into the future of the legal workplace.
Let’s have an honest moment together.
You didn’t go to law school.
You’re not gunning for partner.
And yet… here you are.
Holding up the law firm, case by case, deadline by deadline, caffeine by caffeine.
Let me tell you a secret about paralegal job hunting - and lean in here - most people are doing it wrong.
Not disastrously wrong, not “please don’t ever tell anyone you know me” wrong, but wrong enough that they torpedo opportunities they could have nailed with a teaspoon of strategy and a sprinkle of insider know-how.
I still remember one of my first big trials. It was 11:30 p.m. the night before opening statements. The “war room” looked like it had been hit by a legal tornado: exhibit boxes everywhere, sticky notes stuck to the coffee pot, and a stack of witness binders that seemed to multiply overnight. Somewhere, an attorney was pacing, muttering about a missing exhibit.
I received an email recently from a colleague I hadn’t spoken to in years. She opened with: “It’s nice to see you’re still around.”
Still around? Holy moly. What was she saying, “You’re not dead yet”?
If I lost my job tomorrow, these five AI prompts would be my survival kit. They’ll fix your resume in 30 minutes flat, give or take the time it takes you to wash the dishes from last night’s dinner party.