or, Ten Reasons you’ll get Rejected for the Job you Want. by Chere Estrin I'm jaded, I know it. Right now, I'm cynical, sarcastic and frustrated. Even I wouldn't want to work for me. But - (and there's always a "but", isn't there?), I have had just the most straining, draining and downright paining time trying to hire a couple of people. Let me explain, please. There comes a time...
Networking demands skill, talent and a knack for risk taking.
Networking. How many times have we heard it? It’s like saying, “bless you” when you sneeze. It has, in a sense, lost its real meaning. No matter how you tweet, link, face, or gram, you have to succumb these days if you want to avoid career suicide. With all this online socializing, however, your knack for meeting strangers...
Today's guest blogger is Ted Brooks with this very funny and insightful blog. Enjoy!
LinkedIn With Donald Trump! (Legal Ethics)
Donald Trump loves me! It is certainly clear that he can spot a winner – a leader in the profession, at the top of their game. I'm sure that describes me, and must be why he has requested to join my massive and influential LinkedIn network (of a...
Does anyone over 50 feel like a dinosaur? We didn't grow up with computers. We did invent them, that's true. I'm hearing more and more about technology moving so fast that by the time you learn one thing, it's old, gone and done with.
So, 60 years of age is the new 40. Does that mean 20 years were lost or is it 20 years hasn't happened yet. What are you doing besides exercise,...
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...
Our guest blogger today is Celia Elwell - back with another useful column of Informative Articles and Interesting Blogs:
Legal Articles & Blogs:2011 a transformative year” for workplace class action litigation, by Ashley Post, InsideCounselD.C. Judge Orders Deloitte To Court In Subpoena Dispute, posted by Mike Scarcella, The BLT: The Blog of Legal TimesPiggybacking on Students' Free...
Tough week? Take a few moments to enjoy our guest blogger, Celia Elwell, RP and senior paralegal, who sends us interesting links and articles. Enjoy!
Judge Throws Out RICO Claims Against Johnson & Johnson, by Shannon P. Duffy, The Legal Judge Dismisses BP Oil Spill Fraud Lawsuit, by Maureen Cosgrove, JURISTJury Awards $900 Thousand In Age Discrimination Case, by Ellen Simon,...
Celia Elwell, RP, is a very experienced paralegal in Oklahoma. An avid researcher and writer, Celia sends me these wonderful listings filled with interesting articles, posts and valuable tidbits. The light finally went on inside my head (where else?). I thought, "Why am I not sharing these our readers?" Enjoy!
SCOTUS Justices on the Language of Law:...
The Washington State Paralegal Association sent us their new "Unofficial LinkedIn User Guide" they developed for new paralegal LinkedIn users. This simple guide is fantastic. I wish I had it when I started instead of making the bloopers I made!While you may (or may not) be Linking, Tweating or Facing away, the guide is an indication as to just...
Margaret Agius is a rock solid paralegal. But after ten years with a major Detroit law firm, she was laid off from her job as a products liability specialist. Since then, this lively, smart and well-educated paralegal has had difficulty finding another position in a city that has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country.
"Nothing seems to be...
