Job Seekers

Making a lateral move is a big decision, it’s important for anyone making the career move does it for the right reasons. 

Integrity. Perseverance. Passion. Do you have Grit?

You are NOT a team player. You are disruptive and people find that you have a toxic influence on the firm.   

For a long time, business professionals have been told that in order to work effectively at their firms, they have to be in the office. This was due to culture and connection. 

A business’s success is inextricably connected to the diversity of its leadership and staff. This has always been true. Gartner, a business management consultant company, has reported that companies with diverse and inclusive teams consistently outperform less inclusive counterparts by roughly 50%. Currently, diversity inclusion and belonging have become business priorities, recognized as opportunities for innovation and process. Companies have realized that the more inclusive they are, the more their business will flourish.

Chief compliance officers that are after larger paychecks would be wise to begin applying for positions in the health care and life sciences field—and if they do not already have a degree in law, they may want to consider getting one. 

Two-thirds of the 68,200 legal jobs lost from March to April in 2020 have come back to law offices and in-house legal departments around the United States, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation Summary.

Environmental, social and governance issues have been on the rise recently to a position of prominence for many organizations. As a matter of fact, 90% of the S&P 500 published some form of ESG disclosure in 2020, an increase from 20% in 2011. 

Finding that Competitive Edge

Mohamed Taha was a London-based associate at the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in 2018, working hard every minute underpinning capital market transactions, when he began a conversation with his colleague John Kwan.