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8 Job Search Tips From the Co-Founder of LinkedIn
by Todd Wasserman, Mashable
Early on in The Start-up of You, Reid Hoffman takes on the sacred cow of career advice books, making it clear that the timeworn exhortations of What Color is Your Parachute? won’t fly in this economy.

California Man With Half an Arm Sues Starbucks, Alleging Discrimination
by Lyneka Little, ABC News
Starbucks is facing allegations of discrimination from a job applicant who claimed he was “blatantly” discriminated against because of a disability during a job interview at one of the coffee chain’s San Diego stores…

7 Cool Resumes We Found On Pinterest
by Jhaneel Lockhart, Business Insider
Today everyone is using social media in their job search. People make connections and share their work on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter — and with the recent explosion of Pinterest, there’s a new player in the game.

There Is No Career Ladder
by Priscilla Claman, Harvard Business Review
Reaching the apex of the career ladder by gradually getting promoted to the top is a thing of the past. From my experience as a career coach, career ladders in most organizations have not existed for at least fifteen years…

3 Ways to Reinvent Yourself on Linkedin
by Lindsey Pollak, LinkedIn
Over the years I’ve observed the ways that people use LinkedIn to change career direction or perk up a slumping job search. Here are my three favorite reinvention tips…

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Interviewing for a law firm ain’t easy. Guest blogger Sara Witt shares her insights on preparing for the law firm interview.

Undergrad, law school, and the bar are all part of the journey and it seems that every time a student passes one phase of the process, another one is waiting.

When you finally jump through all of the hoops, you’re left with one final challenge: get hired. And that is certainly easier said than done.

The current job market for law school graduates isn’t great. Last year, the National Association for Law Placement reported that only 87.6 % of 2010 graduates were employed after graduation, and being employed doesn’t necessarily mean they are getting paid; this is a low rate unseen since the mid-1990s.

What this job market means for new lawyers is that they not only need to interview well, but set themselves apart from the crowd.

There are certain imperative steps you must take when going to an interview. It seems to go without saying but you obviously must dress professionally and be on-time.

Here are some less obvious steps you should take:
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1. Really Research the Law Firm
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Do research beforehand on the firm you’re interviewing with; it’s a must that they not only believe you’ve actually heard of them (or took initiative to learn about them), but that they were your first choice for a job.

The 10 Commandments of Job Interviews

February 8, 2012

I transferred these 10 Commandments of Job Interviews from my stone tablets to WordPress for your convenience. Obey and prosper. Commandment 1: Thou shalt not lie. That doesn’t mean that you have to advertise your weaknesses. There are ways to reframe negatives and accentuate positives. However, it’s never a good idea to lie. Interviewers are [...]

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Top 12 Tips for Making Your Resume Standout

January 30, 2012

If your current resume isn’t garnering calls for interviews, it may be time for a re-do. I don’t care if your prose is sparkling or if you spend $2,000 on a professional resume writer. The goal of a resume is to be a marketing document that entices recruiters and hiring managers to feel compelled to [...]

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What Employers Are Really Looking For — A Job Interview Primer

January 19, 2012

When it comes to job interviewing, you know what you want: a sweet job offer. But it always amazes me how little time job seekers spend thinking about their interviewer’s motivations and and goals. Many see the interviewer as a faceless obstacle in the way of the job. However, if you can truly understand what [...]

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Where do you see yourself in 5 years? (Zombie Apocalypse Edition)

December 30, 2011

Here is CollegeHumor’s interesting take on the classic interview question.

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What do I Get If I Do a Good Job? | Dilbert

December 21, 2011

What they’re not saying is $50 mill doesn’t get you as far as it used to – LOL.

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Top 10 Holiday Gift Ideas for Job Seekers

December 16, 2011

‘Tis the Season…to Find a Job It’s that time of year. Children are writing letters to Santa. Adults are giving their significant others subtle (or not so subtle) hints about what they want for the holidays. If you have a job seeker on your holiday shopping list, we’ve got gift ideas that can help your [...]

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5 Hilarious Job Interview Sketches from Saturday Night Live

December 9, 2011

Job interviews can be pretty funny — at least when you’re watching them on Saturday Night Live and not sweating them out in person.  A job interview is the perfect setting for cringe humor, after all. Over the years, Saturday Night Live has brought us several sketches inspired by job interviews. For some reason, the [...]

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ABOUT INTERVIEW COACH PAMELA SKILLINGS

Pamela Skillings is co-founder of Skillful Communications. As an interview coach, she has helped her clients land dream jobs at companies including Google, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan Chase.

She also has more than 15 years of experience training and advising managers at organizations from American Express to the City of New York.

She is an adjunct professor at New York University and an instructor at the American Management Association. Continue reading