Jessica Silverstein · Strategic Networking Expert

There is an application on Facebook that I wish I invented called the “Friend Wheel.” It allows you to see all of your friends and their connections, or spokes in this case, to each other. It is amazing who knows who and how and from what time in their lives. Your wheel ends up looking like a web, a network of friendships and connections that can serve you in your life, in your job search and during any type of transition.

With the advent of social media, it is amazing to me that people still think it is acceptable to walk up to someone and hand them a business card. It’s odd and off-putt…

Do not blindly send your resume anywhere, ever; ALWAYS review it.

• Is your current job in present tense and all previous jobs in past tense?

• Does your resume have your most up-to-date contact information?

• Have you removed content that is not relevant and outdated?

There are MANY things to look for. To make is easier to spot them and notice errors read your resume out loud and read it backwards. You may find additional items or words lost within a sentence that are not the correct tense.

Your resume MUST be grammatically and factually correct. If it is not you will not get th…

People look at your resume for about 10-20 seconds, if that, so while you must intrigue them with your accomplishments and brilliance, if you want them to turn the page, and they might, your resume must be legible…some call it readability.

You may be thinking, “wait, I thought my resume should only be one page.” There are always exceptions. Regardless, unique and brilliant accomplishments must be clear and easy to read and easy to spot.

Not only must your resume be legible, but it must also be current. The resume time limit applies to the length of time someone will review it, but it al…

Think The Scarlet Letter doesn’t apply in today’s modern society?

THINK AGAIN!

The Internet makes public branding and humiliation easier, faster and more global in scope.

There is a law that requires the “Oklahoma Department of Health to publish data online on all abortion patients — including the woman’s race, marital status, financial circumstances, years of education, number of previous pregnancies, and her reason for seeking the abortion. Doctors who fail to provide such information will be criminally penalized and stripped of their medical licenses.” [tiny.cc];

Anyone who has attended law school has heard that “IT DEPENDS” is the typical answer attorneys should give to any question. Does it allow you to avoid accountability? To stall? To open the question up to additional analysis? Yes, yes and yes. It does all of those things.

After I drafted this post I attended the Brooklyn Law School annual alumni lunch (yes I drafted it quite a while ago, one can never be too prepared). One of the honorees, a well respected, world renowned international treaty expert recalled a story from his time at Brooklyn Law. Leon Charney reminisced about a professor, …

Finding a career and a job is like dating. All you need is the one you want.

I have heard this over and over. Finding a job is like dating. Networking is like dating. You wouldn’t propose the 1st time you meet someone so do not hand someone your card, ask for a job, or hand them your resume the moment you meet them. That seems fair. You probably would not respond well to a pushy over-eager networker who is simply looking to add connections to their list.

It is true that every relationship has to be nurtured, no matter how you meet. I do not generally delve into personal matters here, bu…