SHOW ME THE MONEY!

A Look at High Paying Paralegal Positions

Contributed by Chere B. Estrin

At the Washington DC Paralegal SuperConference last week, I had an interesting conversation with one of the Paralegal Administrators who teaches at the event. She told me that she was trying to hire a corporate paralegal for the firm and had just lost the candidate to another major firm who outbid her...

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  THE SHOW MUST GO ON

Evaluating the bright lights of a new job while gracefully closing the curtain on an old one. By Brad Baber

It has been said that the average American worker spends a third of his or her life at work, a third sleeping and another third doing everything else. Knowing this, my advice is to invest in a comfortable mattress and get a good job. And by good job, I mean one that is personally fulfilling and financially rewarding...

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 TEN HELPFUL JOB HUNTING TIPS FROM TWO EXPERIENCED RECRUITERS:

Henry Macchiaroli & Lori Marks

1. NETWORKING: If you are not a member of the New York City Paralegal Association, Inc., www.nyc-pa.org, JOIN TODAY. If you are a member, get your money’s worth. Use the Job Board, Mentors, Education, Newsletter, etc.

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Ten Reasons to Belong to a Paralegal Professional Organization

 

1) •  Receive updates about changing conditions in the legal profession, both locally and nationally.

2) •  Get informed about new developments in the paralegal profession (changes in job requirements, current status of “issues” within the paralegal profession, new resources for legal research, etc.

3) •  Network with your peers. Meet nice people who share a common interest with you, who offer an opportunity to interact socially with people who can relate to what you do, and who might just know of a job opportunity or two (if and when you might happen to be looking).

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This committee is in charge of putting together the quarterly association newsletter, The NYC Paralegal Times. Duties of this committee are to locate articles of interest to paralegals, including local and national news, programs and announcements of the Association. In addition to these tasks, this committee seeks advertisers for the newsletter and works closely with the printing company to ensure that the newsletter is printed and delivered on time for distribution to the membership.

For information on how to get involved as a member of this committee, please contact the Director Janelle Aaron at jaaron@manatt.com.

September 2007 Edition - The NYC Paralegal Times

 

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