Small firms, big opportunity : how to get hired (and succeed) in the new legal economy /
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Author / Creator: | Hanson, Linda Calvert. |
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Imprint: | Seattle, Wash. : LawyerAvenue Press/Decision Books, c2012. |
Description: | viii, 168 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | The new lawyer survival guide ; v. 2 New lawyer survival guide ; v. 2. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8928500 |
Table of Contents:
- Small firms are a big employer
- Where the jobs are
- Nine reasons to start at a small firm
- How small firms and big law differ
- The recruiting & hiring cycle
- Job search strategies
- How to reach out to small firms
- Networking : planned events & chance encounters
- Resumes & cover letters for the small firm
- The small firm interview
- A day in the life
- Meet an associate
- Meet the partners
- There's a first time for everything
- The core competency model
- Competency in business
- Competency in associate skills
- Competency in lawyering skills
- Competency in personal & professional development.