Resources for Your Job Search and Career Development

As we said before in our blog post, New Reads, your Career Services Office and the Law Library are bursting with resources to help you throughout your career. Below are two more book recommendations as well as the latest addition to CSO’s resources.

 

The Right Moves: Job Search and Career Development Strategies for Lawyers by Valerie Fontaine – This book is a comprehensive job search strategy guide that has advice for both new and seasoned lawyers.  It will help you create a job search plan and give you a better understanding of the terrain you will encounter on your job search journey.  It covers everything from an overview of the legal market, search strategies, resumes and cover letters, interviewing, negotiating and more.

 

 

The New Lawyer’s Survival Guide, Vol. 1: From Lemons to Lemonade in the New Legal Job Market by Richard Hermann – This resource is a great chance to begin considering what to you do with your J.D. that is outside the traditional law firm route.  It covers topics ranging from J.D. Preferred jobs to small town law and job searching strategies.  This is a concise and straightforward guide on how to begin thinking creatively in a challenging legal job market.

Both of these resources are available in the UMKC Law Library and we encourage you to check them out!

And finally,  CSO is branching out into the world of social media. It’s just what you have been clamoring for: your Career Services Office now has a Pinterest page!  Do you have wardrobe questions? Need a few interview tips? We have boards for that! Follow our page, and if you have suggestions about items to pin or new boards, send them our way!Our Pinterest page also pairs well with the Interview Survival Guide found under your Symplicity resource, when it comes to recommendations for attire and tips and tricks for your future interview.

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