Join in an 8-session series, “Managing Your Work Search Process,” starting on December 3, 2013, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., at the Massachusetts Bar Association, 20 West Street, Boston. This series is designed for lawyers between jobs, dealing with a layoff, or seeking a first legal job, in a challenging legal marketplace.
Register here: http://www.massbar.org/cle/cle-programs?p=3317
You will learn strategies to help you optimize your professional strengths. Topics include tips on networking and informational interviews, improving your marketability, how to utilize social media and resume and cover letter writing samples. The eight seminars will include:
- Getting Started: Identification of Skills, Experience and Professional Interests
- Launching Your Search
- Strategic Outreach: Developing a Personal Connection
- Strategic Outreach: Managing the Networking Process
- Personal Presentation: Interviewing Skills
- Mental Self-Management: Staying Positive and Proactive
- Finding a Satisfying Legal Position When Most of Them Are Not Advertised (Small Law Firms Offer Big Options)
- Moving Forward: Making the Most of What Is
Dasha Tcherniakovskaia, program chair, is getting her master’s degree in mental health counseling at Lesley University. She is changing careers after devoting 10+ years to corporate law. She has worked as a paralegal at a major financial institution and an associate at a large Boston law firm.
Massachusetts Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Section is the Sponsoring Section.
Register here: http://www.massbar.org/cle/cle-programs?p=3317
The group will meet on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month, ending March 18,2014
