We’ve Been Doing This Career Thing All Wrong

Posted on by Chere Estrin
Bad advice. Ancient rules. Perfect interview answers. And other things we really need to stop believing. By Chere B. Estrin I've been in legal recruiting long enough to have heard approximately 14 billion pieces of career advice. Some of it is excellent. Some of it was excellent in 1996. Unfortunately, I remember it well. And some of it needs to be taken outside, thanked for its service and...

Hot Flashes, Cool Resume – Still Billable. Still Brilliant. Resumes for Legal Professional Women Who Aren’t Done Yet

Posted on by Chere Estrin
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”? “You haven’t retired to Boca Raton”? “You’re still relevant (shockingly)”? That one little sentence carried the kind of sting that so many women of a certain age know...