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From lemons to lemonade in the new legal job market : winning job search strategies for entry-level attorneys
Title:
From lemons to lemonade in the new legal job market : winning job search strategies for entry-level attorneys
Author:
Hermann, R. L. (Richard Lee)
ISBN:
9780940675681
Publication Information:
Seattle, Wash. : DecisionBooks, ©2012.
Physical Description:
x, 254 pages ; 26 cm.
Series:
The new lawyer survival guide ; v. 1

New lawyer survival guide ; v. 1.
Contents:
12 legal lemons : an introduction -- JD-preferred : looking outside the mainstream -- Law jobs aren't always where you think they are -- Leapfrog the competition -- The upside of small town law -- Teaching in non-traditional environments -- Doing nothing is not an option -- Understand the hierarchy of employer needs -- Shop where there is demand -- Don't take job ads at face value -- How to dissect a job ad -- The legal job hunter's 13 biggest mistakes -- What mobile job search apps can do for you -- Enhance your law credential -- Think career, not job -- Prepare your contacts roadmap -- Differentiate yourself from the competition -- Extenuate and mitigate your resume weaknesses -- Emphasize your intangibles -- Accentuate the positive -- Write your way to a job -- Understand the cosmetics of legal job hunting.