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PAGE Feature www.lawcrossing.com continued on back An internship may very well be your first job, and we are not going to lie to you: it doesn’t pay very well. Interns may make minimum wage, and that income does not make up for the amount of work they will be doing. Essentially, you are earning your place in the industry, and by being an intern you will learn skills that you might not have been able to acquire in school. Internships are more like temporary jobs, and in order to attain one you will need to find a company or law firm that is offering them. That might not be enough however. In some cases you will need to attain a letter of recommendation from your law school, and this can sometimes be very hard to get. The school needs to believe you are capable of carrying out the internship, and for this reason you need to work hard during your college years. An internship will not only be informative to you, but it will also look great on your resume. It will show an employer that you have already been in a similar job and that you will be ready to hit the ground running. But now that you internship attorney work, where would you go to find more substantial work? You could of course try online job postings, as this is a good way to find yourself hired. A lawyer job search should always start online because most companies are actually recruiting online these days. With that being said, head over to your favorite search engine and begin your search. You should find several hundred different job boards. Some of them will be free, some of them will be paid, and some of them will be free with extra features if you choose to pay. Before you rush out and pay for any website though, it would be a good idea to make sure they have the listings you are looking for. Any good website with online job postings will allow you to do a free search to see what is available to you. Once you make that determination, you can decide whether or not you actually wish to pay. In your attorney work search you are going to need a resume, and that resume will be uploaded your profile on the job search website. Employers who use job boards will be able to view your resume and possibly offer you employment if they feel your qualifications meet the job they are providing. Job boards are great for a lawyer job search, whether you are the seeker or the employer. When it comes to a lawyer job search, online job postings are a tool that will help you to accelerate your career in ways you could not have previously imagined. Not only will you be able to find the job you are looking for, you may be able to find several different job opportunities. If you go back a few years, you will remember that job postings were not so readily available to the public. It did in fact take several weeks or even months of job searching to find a decent job, or even a few listings. Things have definitely changed, and they have changed for the better. Are you ready to start your attorney work search? Are you prepared to take on the responsibilities of the profession you have chosen? If so then understand that you have made a great, yet very challenging choice. With hard work you will pull through and you will make a great career for yourself, so get to it! Finding your Dream Law Job with a Law Job Search Website So you’ve just gotten out of law school and it is time to begin your lawyer job search. Where do you start? Who do you go to? Maybe you were lucky enough to have an apprenticeship, and maybe you’re just learning about such opportunities. To start out we will discuss possible internship opportunities that you can take advantage of in your lawyer job search.

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So you've just gotten out of law school and it is time to begin your lawyer job search. Where do you start? Who do you go to? Maybe you were lucky enough to have an apprenticeship, and maybe you're just learning about such opportunities. To start out we will discuss possible internship opportunities that you can take advantage of in your lawyer job search.

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www.lawcrossing.com continued on back

An internship may very well be your first job, and we are not going to lie to you: it doesn’t pay very well. Interns may make minimum wage, and that income does not make up for the amount of work they will be doing. Essentially, you are earning your place in the industry, and by being an intern you will learn skills that you might not have been able to acquire in school.

Internships are more like temporary jobs, and in order to attain one you will need to find a company or law firm that is offering them. That might not be enough however. In some cases you will need to attain a letter of recommendation from your law school, and this can sometimes be very hard to get. The school needs to believe you are capable of carrying out the internship, and for this reason you need to work hard during your college years.

An internship will not only be informative to you, but it will also look great on your resume. It will show an employer that you have already been in a similar job and that you will be ready to hit the ground running. But now that you internship attorney work, where would you go to find more substantial work? You could of course try online job postings, as this is a good way to find yourself hired.

A lawyer job search should always start online because most companies are actually recruiting online these days. With that being said, head over to your favorite search engine and begin your search. You should find several hundred different job boards. Some of them will be free, some of them will be paid, and some of them will be free with extra features if you choose to pay.

Before you rush out and pay for any website though, it would be a good idea to make sure they have the listings you are looking for. Any good website with online job postings will allow you to do a free search to see what is available to you. Once you make that determination, you can decide whether or not you actually wish to pay.

In your attorney work search you are going to need a resume, and that resume will be uploaded your profile on the job search website. Employers who use job boards will be able to view your resume and possibly offer you employment if they feel your qualifications meet the job they are providing. Job boards are great for a lawyer job search, whether you are the seeker or the employer.

When it comes to a lawyer job search, online job postings are a tool that will help you to accelerate your career in ways you could not have previously imagined. Not only will you be able to find the job you are looking for, you may be able to find several different job opportunities. If you go back a few years, you will remember that job postings were not so readily available to the public. It did in fact take several weeks or even months of job searching to find a decent job, or even a few listings. Things have definitely changed, and they have changed for the better.

Are you ready to start your attorney work search? Are you prepared to take on the responsibilities of the profession you have chosen? If so then understand that you have made a great, yet very challenging choice. With hard work you will pull through and you will make a great career for yourself, so get to it!

Finding your Dream Law Job with a Law Job Search Website So you’ve just gotten out of law school and it is time to begin your lawyer job search. Where do you start? Who do you go to? Maybe

you were lucky enough to have an apprenticeship, and maybe you’re just learning about such opportunities. To start out we will discuss

possible internship opportunities that you can take advantage of in your lawyer job search.

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