Douglas Welch is planning an online version of the UnConference, calling it CareerCamp: What is CareerCamp Online? CareerCamp Online is an unconference in the style of BarCamp, PodCamp and other “camp-like” unconferences. All attendees are highly encouraged to also give a presentation and, at the very least, participate in the conversation. CareerCamp Online seeks to…
Douglas Welch started off the New Year by launching a Ning network tied to his Career Opportunities podcast, which is somewhat interesting. Of course, the one big reason I went with Ning, as opposed to an existing social networking platform like Facebook, was to allow folks to participate in a network for child abuse survivors,…
As someone who works as non-attorney staff, I found this article really interesting, and probably much closer to the truth than I might want to admit. Legal Secretaries Find Door to Advancement Shut Now, to be fair, I’ve seen this sort of thing play out at places outside of law firms as well. You have…
Some of you may know, that there’s another Ignite Columbus event coming up on Jan 21, and I’ve already submitted a talk proposal. I wanted to take 5 minutes to talk about what I do for a living, at least in terms of trying to explain electronic discovery to people who are not in the…
The guys who do the Manager Tools Podcast, which I have loved and learned so much from even though I’m not a Manager, are starting up a new podcast on Dec 4, Career Tools. Like Manager Tools, it will be a weekly FREE podcast addressing your Career: development, search, interviewing, networking, recruiting, promotions, layoffs, etc….
Let me just say, up front, that I’m not a marketing guy. I don’t work in marketing, and I don’t particularly like the way many places go about marketing. That being said, I know quite a few people who do work in marketing, and I’m always interested in how people in the legal industry market…