Anybody ever deal with Michael Page for recruiting? After speaking with one of their recruiters they send me a “candidate registration form” which asks me to fill out basic information but also (cont)

Give me the scoop on flying in/out of Philly

I have a 630a flight (us air) and live outside of the city (~45 mins north). How early do you have to arrive? I’ve never set foot in the airport so not sure size/ease of navigating. Any thoughts appreciated!

Where are the hot spots in NYC right now for the under 30 crowd? Looking for bar recommendations specifically. Thanks!

Anyone from HCL DB account from Noida location?

Have a 5th interview tomorrow and and 6th sometime next week. All have been with partners. Is this normal? Has been going on for over a month now and now sure how to interpret it.

Any advice on getting up early for a morning workout? I set my alarm for 6 every day, and every day I turn off my alarm and wake up at 7 😐

FYI - the Snoo is 40% off right now. Great time to buy one if you’ve been eyeing it.

BMW 7-Series or 6-Series Gran Turismo?

I finally have a crush!!🥰 3 floor PU office. She's so cute and was going towards the meeting room when I first saw her. 2nd time she was having coffee in the cafeteria. I thought of saying hello but you seemed to be busy on your phone and I felt nervous. Indian/traditional wear suits you 😍 Can we meet tomorrow at the cafeteria? 🥰

First day in advisory Monday. Suit?

Worst people you’ve sat next to on a plane?

Potty training tips? We just started with our 2.5yr old and have made 0 progress going on 4 days. He’s super smart and inquisitive and we probably made a mistake in having high expectations. He’s just super freaked out about the potty and just holds everything in.

Details on Slalom Consulting as Manager and above. As good as the marketing material and rankings make it out to be?

How can I pivot from being a senior BSA to a Product Manager. I have recently left my job to take a break for a few months and be a SAHM but want to utilize this time to explore product management as a career. What all skills can I acquire or courses can I do? Can I do some projects on the side that validate my skills for being a product manager?

Hello All, I have an interview for Salesforce Data & Integration Senior Consultant at Toronto. Can anyone help me with what kind of questions to expect?
10 YoE in the space.

A book/website/podcast/any other resource on personal finance and best practices for spending/saving money? I'm in the 1st year of my career and want to make the wisest money decisions I can make

Anyone familiar with Integrative nurse coach? Any one enrolled in the program or know of someone & their experience?

What are some passive aggressive things you’ve noticed that are pretty subtle? When a partner I work with responds to an email with a single sentence that doesn’t have a period, she’s not thrilled

Anyone had experience with Todd Legal Search? Good, bad, ugly?

How do you deal with a partner who won’t accept the conclusion you reached/recommendation after performing legal research and analysis because the client wants a different result/answer?

Thinking about transitioning to transactional hospitality law- purchase and sale of hotels and RE related to hotels. Thoughts and experiences?

Tips for interviewing for openings - first job as a ‘real lawyer’?

Parents: how soon after your spouse giving birth and your baby coming home would you consider lateraling to biglaw? Consider for this that you only get a few weeks of paternity leave.

Other than LinkedIn, what are the best job boards? Indeed sort of sucks IMO, but want to make sure I am seeing most/all of the opportunities in my area.

Is asking first year associates to hit 215 billable hours normal?!

My firm has started sending our law student law clerk to me for assignments and to help me with my assignments and such. I’ve never had this before, so I never know what to give the law clerk to do. Part of this is not wanting to give up the billables; part is not knowing what to give; and part is I’m the type that hates delegating my work because if I want it done right I’ll do it myself lol. Any tips on how to know what to delegate out to law clerks?

Took an in-house job with a small legal department for the flexibility; was 100% remote for the first few months bc of pandemic; they told me that after the pandemic it would be flexible and 2 days wfh… now they are indicating “more time in the office is better” and I am feeling barely veiled pressure to be 5 days a week in the office… how can I tactfully raise this with my boss? I took a pay cut and I’m starting to feel a little bait-and-switched. The work is awesome and the people are great.

Received an offer from Firm X but not in preferred location. Firm Y recently reached out to express interest in interviewing me and asked me to keep them in the loop of where I am in the process. Should I let firm Y know about the offer or would it back fire? If so, how to word it nicely? Am more interested in firm Y because of the location, but worried that with the processes being far apart in terms of timeline, I won't finish with Y's process before I'm set to respond on existing offer.

I mainly do civil/ commercial litigation. 98% percent of what I do are copy and paste jobs from prior motions/briefs that require minimal thought. Is that a common thought?

I'm a long time prosecutor getting into the ID game and billable hours. Are there any resources out there that can help me get more effective/efficient without spending months/years learning the hard way? Some days I'm at the office 10 hours, took virtually no breaks and yet only bill 7. 🤬

In house counsel, can you share your perspective on any “loneliness” in your job compared to firm life where you may have had the camaraderie with fellow associates/staff? I’m wondering if you feel like you’re on an island (if you have a small legal team).

Does anyone have any insight into the CaseSmart attorney roles at Littler? Pay, hours, work, etc?

Why is the US so litigious compared with other countries?

Good morning to everyone except the partners that send tracked changes on Word redlines.

Marketing tips for getting Business Lit and PI cases? I’m a new associate at a prestigious boutique firm. My drafting and analytical thinking is not up to par because I’m so green. Looking to find some slack by bringing in cases. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Would you take a pay cut from biglaw market salary—working as a generalist in a secondary market—to move to NYC to work at an AmLaw 200 firm for a $215,000 salary where “the vast majority but not all” of your work would be in your desired niche practice area? This is for a mid-level associate. Originally led to believe it would have been 100% doing the desired niche practice area; post-offer it’s now “the vast majority.”

Do I have to give notice on a Friday?