Working as a litigation assistant can be challenging, interesting and highly rewarding. To land a job in this competitive field, you’ll need to focus your job search on finding a position that suits your skills with an organization that supports your goals and approach to work. Here’s what we recommend. Learn about different types of… Read More »
Job Search Tips & Tricks
Being Resilient: How to Bounce Back After Missing out on a Great Job
Today’s legal support job market is more competitive than ever before. For every successful candidate, there might be several rejections. This is a fact of life when it comes to your search – however, it doesn’t make it any easier. It’s a Candidates’ Market Professionals who have avoided the job market for years are now… Read More »
How to Discuss Your Experience During a Job Interview
When you’re seeking a new position as a legal support professional, it’s important to showcase your past experience and demonstrate how it will help a law firm, legal department or other organization to succeed. To do this, think about how you talk about your work experience during a job interview. Here’s how to prepare for… Read More »
Five Essential Leadership Qualities in High Demand (and How to Develop Those Skills)
Leadership is best thought of not as a single skill, but as a bundle of skills, all of which can be learned and improved upon. Here are five skills that are essential to leadership and how to improve upon them in your own career. Communication An ineffective communicator can never make an effective leader. To… Read More »
Keep Applying but No Response? Here’s What You Can Do
Perhaps you’ve been on the legal support job hunt for a while. You keep sending out resumes, following up to ensure they arrived, and waiting to hear whether you’ve landed an interview … yet you hear nothing. Why are you getting radio silence? Here are some of the most common reasons: You weren’t the right… Read More »
5 Common Mistakes Legal Support Professionals Make When Job Searching
You put a great deal of effort into your job search – perhaps as much as you do when you’re working full time. And you want your job search to reflect your hard work by paying off with a great new legal support position. If you’re not using the best methods available to search, however,… Read More »
How to Craft an Effective Litigation Assistant Resume
If you’re looking for work as a litigation assistant, you probably already possess the core skills required to succeed on the job: You’re organized, your research and writing skills are excellent, and you understand how to work on a team and to communicate with court personnel. So how do you make yourself stand out from… Read More »
10 Ways to Overhaul Your Legal Support Job Search in 10 Days
With the new year comes the opportunity to make a fresh start. Whether you’re making formal resolutions this year or simply looking to make 2016 a great year for you, start by taking a fresh look at your job search. Here are ten ways to overhaul your legal support job search in just ten days:… Read More »
5 Tips to Help You Find a Great Litigation Assistant Job in Toronto
Litigation assistants possess a specialized set of skills that law firms and legal departments desperately need. When you’re looking for a position as a litigation assistant, you may feel overwhelmed at the sheer number of opportunities and the work required to stand out to potential employers. How do you find the position that suits your… Read More »
How to Find the Firm with the Right Culture Fit For You
A job posting that lists your skills and areas of experience is an exciting find. On paper, the job looks like the perfect fit – but is the firm or department the perfect fit as well? The culture of a law firm or legal department can impact your career as heavily as the tasks you… Read More »