Here's what's lacking in this market: Reliable salary surveys that the average law firm employee can get their hands on. Sure, there are lots of surveys out there but they are either a) an informal survey that isn't entirely accurate; b) available only for top executives; c) done by an association without the psychometrics, analytics and other precision tools that make a survey...
Hot controversy these days, on whether, if asked, you would provide a prospective employer your Facebook password. Candidates these days are being asked during the interview for their Facebook password before they have a chance to go home and cleanse the bad stuff. Years ago, employers would ask women what kind of birth control they used. (I remember being asked during an...
I read what I thought would be a same old, same old topic today in Paralegal Society but it didn't turn out that way. The guest post, by Stacey Wagner, was about business casual but the piece actually gave me a poke in the old gray matter evoking this lesson:
Some years ago, I did some consulting work for the Marine base at Ft. Lejuene for JAG officers, attorneys and paralegals who...
It's a game, really, this business of careers. If you think about it, every move should be strategic, every decision made carefully, and each accidental event acknowledged as it affects your outcome. To top it off, the results are win, lose or draw.
Why we make the bad choices we do can sometimes be thrown into the mystery category but other times, it's...
Today we hear from our guest blogger, Karen George, FRP, from Miami, Florida. I am a paralegal. I am a “mature” paralegal. I rose through the ranks to become a paralegal. I didn’t take a class, get a...
Here's a great post that I caught from the Paralegal Society blog:
In The Paralegal Society’s “social club,” which is hosted on LinkedIn, we decided to have a little fun one day (actually more like a week), and we compiled the following Paralegal Bills of Rights. We wanted to share it with all of you, so you are well-versed in all of your paralegal rights! Remember, as a...
Well, here's a breath of fresh air. According to the Denver Business Journal, a Robert Half Survey found that 1/3 of law firms surveyed are planning on increasing their attorney and non-attorney staff in 2012.
Of course, the Negative Nellies can interpret that to say that two-thirds of law firms surveyed do not plan on increasing staff in 2012. Is the glass...
Stayce Wagner, an intellectual property litigation paralegal with over 15 years of experience, joins us today with a guest blog. Read about Stayce in the January issue of KNOW Magazine for Paralegals. Find out how a former Ms. Black World California turned paralegal leveraged her background into an interesting and exciting new career. Enjoy!The...
Boy oh boy. We've heard everything now. And I mean everything. If you're not in California, you may not have heard about the Newport Beach, CA paralegal who allegedly stole a $19,000 check written to her law firm and turned it into a $285,000 check for herself and her pal, an elementary school teacher.
After the check was deposited into a joint...
The Organization of Legal Professionals (OLP) has been surveying Litigation Support Professionals to uncover interesting insights and valuable facts to help LSPs make the most of their careers. The survey, sponsored by ZyLab and Career Numbers, is unlike traditional salary and utilization surveys. The survey is left open to regularly update the information and release new and interesting...