Saturday, January 17, 2009

Beefing up Your Resume in the Gigenomics Economy

Today I had e-mail from another contract attorney, with whom I have worked on a couple of projects. I haven't been in regular contact with her, so it was a bit of a surprise to see her name in my in-box. She updated me with her status, which, like so many of us, is looking for work and finding ways to update her resume.

Right now she has some freelance writing work, the topic is related to law, but she isn't writing briefs or anything like that. It's an income anyway. She's also looking for volunteer work as a way to beef up her resume. I'm not sure what she's going to do, but this attorney has been involved with dog rescue and is a member of the Animal Law Section of the Bar Association. One thing they do is put on an annual low-cost CLE. It's all day and is $100 or less for 6 credits. Not bad!

Volunteering is something we can all do, whether it's legal volunteering or something else. There are so many areas of the law in which volunteers are needed that there should be a program for everyone. In this economy there will be more people in need of free legal services. We should all go out and volunteer.

It's a great way of connecting with other people, at the very least some of whom will be new to you. Others will be working and may mention opportunities to you, be it opportunities for other volunteering, work or CLE's.

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