Blogs About "Networking"

Amused that writing my first “networking like a pro” blog for Pretty Young Professional is, frankly, producing as much angst as well…networking. What is it about Networking?

Are you curious about alternative legal careers? There are many options, not just various careers you can pursue, but lots of people who can help you along the way to your dream job. We are lawyers and we’ve been where you are. Law Students. Recent Graduates. Professionals dissatisfied with their careers. Job seekers seeking something new.

You are not alone. Here are a few job search tips ...

Analogy – the inference that two or more things that are similar to each other in some respects are also similar in other respects . . . In a legal argument, an analogy may be used when there is no precedent on point.

It is the agreement between otherwise dissimilar things that enables people to understand foreign, or otherwise confusing, concepts.

Here are two analogies that might resonate with...

This month Barnard College, my alma mater, is launching the Athena Leadership Lab www.barnard.edu/athenacenter/lab – professional development programs for women in all stages of their careers. Last week, I caught up with Kathryn Kolbert, director of the Athena Center for Leadership Studies, who is offering 85 Broads members a 15% discount on courses, priced at $229 for an evening workshop to $799 for a weekend seminar before the discount (for...

You've got your "friends", "connections" and "followers".

Now what.....

Connect.

I know the next questions. Why work at connecting? Why work at becoming someone who connects others?

Simple. The wider your net – the greater your opportunities.

Givers gain.

Kids are taught to "share" their toys, so, if your network is a "sandbox" you expand its boundaries and increase the activity within it, by sharing your contacts, information and ideas with others.

Here's...

I'm excited for my friend Frank Kimball, his son has been offered a permanent position as counsel to the Chicago Bears. Deferred from a big law firm, his career is definitely not derailed.

That was just one of the football references in an exchange this morning with Frank. The other related to his new Ms JD Column "Why You Must Know a Little Bit About Football". Sound, sensible and...

Lawyers are trained to think, often alone and not to operate as part of a team, we are often hesitant to network. However, we already network all the time, every interaction with a client, a colleague, and a family member is a meeting, a coffee and an opportunity. Call it whatever you want. Lawyers are also trained to research, to gather information, and networking is the same thing. You are learning...

It has started early this year! Several leading business schools have begun to release questions and deadlines for the 2010 – 2011 application season, including Harvard, Columbia and Duke, while others have released the only deadlines at this point, including Wharton, Ross and Stanford. Those schools which have not yet released questions and deadlines will soon do so. To be notified when deadlines and questions are released, please...

The New York Times Article "Out of the Loop in Silicon Valley" http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/technology/18women.html?pagewanted=1&sq=out%20of%20the%20loop&st=cse&scp=1 is creating lots of buzz on Twitter today. The low numbers of women in IT, the difficulties many women have raising money for their start-up companies, outright and outrageous sexism, companies that thrive in spite of the hurdles and blockades....so many issues bubble up in this article, and the one issue for me is - the importance of...

I arrived at MetLife yesterday morning for a networking career development presentation with Elena Kaspi - and to our complete amusement not only had we'd both dressed in the "New Yorker" uniform of black, we both pretty much wore the same outfit, down to the shoes.

Quite the first impression for the legal department at MetLife. Two tall enthusiastic brunettes in leopard print.

Still laughing over the moment, I read Seth Godin's "When...