Mike pens a monthly career advice column in Corporate Counsel magazine.
Check out his most recent columns in Corporate Counsel (law.com) discussing the new norms of working from home, stepping outside your professional comfort zone, the whiplash economy and many other important topics around in-house counsel hiring.
If you have any topic ideas you would like to see addressed in a future column, please send ideas and suggestions to [email protected].
To Commute or Not To Commute, That Is the Question
Where once offices used to be a take-it-or-leave it given, now it is front and center as more of a give and take.
Breaking Beyond Your Specialty Niche
Many of our search assignments are subject matter specific. Please get us a great securities, or IP, or employment attorney, etc. Subject-matter experts do hit ceilings, however. In many of the larger legal departments, the top of the ladder for specialists is a senior role reporting to the general counsel.
Hiring in a Whiplash Economy—What Does This Mean for Your Law Department?
Staff level postings (counsel and senior counsel) remain at record levels. I know most of you are not finding the candidate quality you seek at the salary point your HR department has authorized. Because wage inflation within the legal profession has outpaced internal equity considerations.