'Style' tagged blog posts in Attorney's Counsel

Lesson #1: Don’t Lie.

Lesson #2: If you do and you get caught (and you will) have an alibi.

Lying to get ahead at work can get you fired.

Lying to get a job will never end well.

Sue Ellen Crandell never got the memo.

In the movie, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, Sue Ellen’s mother goes out of town, leaving her five children alone with a babysitter. Guess what happens next. Sue...

There are plenty of style books out there. Yes, In Style and the MLA Style Handbook both have a place on this list. While most people do well in a LBD (Little Black Dress) or grey pin-stripe suit there are those people who do better, feel more themselves, in a red dress or a seersucker suit (one friend’s husband from Atlanta comes to mind).

Please, just as on your resume,...

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...