Estimated percentage of mid-level associates
at large firms who expect to leave their firm
within five years: 65 percent.
Beyond Being Unprepared: Five Common Job Search Mistakes Made By Lawyers


1. Forgetting to interview the employer, and instead treating your search as if your only role is to demonstrate that you provide what the employer wants.

2. Believing that you must stay at each job for a minimum amount of time or people will think you are way too flaky even to be considered.

3. Being a slave to a resume format.

4. Ignoring Uncle Sam and focusing too much on gross salary figures, and not enough on what you get to keep, on future compensation, and the quality of the training you will receive.

5. Making it hard to figure out if you and your potential employer have a personality fit by presenting yourself blandly and saying only what you think the employer wants to hear.

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