Harrison's Perspectives

• Conceptually, most law firms are very similar places to work.
• You are expected to sit down at a desk, bill hours, not get in trouble (or make trouble), and complain as little as possible.
• There is nothing more important for law firms than appealing to the right sorts of attorneys to get them to go to work there.
• Here are the marketing and branding messages law firms use to get people to work for them.

• If someone does not make us feel important, we do not feel good about ourselves.
• We often rebel against the people who made us feel unimportant.
• To be good at your job, you need to make others feel important and taken care of.
• You should seek first to advocate for others, then they will advocate for you.

• In most organizations, there is a conflict between advancing those who give their all and holding back those who do not.
• Too many people are held back because of their fear of exploitation.
• Paranoia about being exploited will hurt you in relationships, professional and personal, and in whatever else you do.
• To advance in life, what matters is providing value.

• Many attorneys are under the mistaken belief that law firms care if a legal recruiter is involved in their placement.
• When you consider the totality of what is going on, this is not the truth at all.
• What should concern you is if a law firm does not use a legal recruiter for its placement needs.
• If a law firm has enough work to keep you busy, they will not care about paying a placement fee.

• Many people do not want to know the truth about themselves, and this holds them back.
• They want to believe they are successful when they are not.
• You can never stop trying and must never, ever stop the fight.
• The sooner you wake up and accept this, the happier and more successful you will be.

• You need to push the drama out of your mind and concentrate on tasks before you want a great life and career.
• There is no other way.
• You need to avoid the news, participating in drama, and getting involved in things that do not advance you. You need to get outside of yourself.
• Internal peace and focus cannot exist when you allow drama to come in.

• Many attorneys go into the practice of law with the idea of making a lot of money.
• The purpose of this article is to tell you how to think about making money when practicing law.
• In reality, it doesn't matter where you went to law school, how well you did in law school, or even if you want to be an attorney.
• If you want to make money practicing law, you can.

• Over the past several years, I have worked with countless law clerks and gotten them positions during and after their federal and state clerkships.
• This article will tell you what I do to get law firm positions for clerks and how you can do the same.
• This article will also show you the most marketable clerks likely to get law firm jobs and those who are least marketable.

• In my relationships, my career, and my life there were mistakes made that provide compelling lessons for your career.
• Relationships offer several insights into ourselves and how we are likely also to handle our careers.
• Few things are as powerful, formative, and essential to our long term development as our relationships and careers.
• Understanding the mistakes you are likely to make in both can be extremely helpful for your long-term happiness and success.

• A law firm cannot survive if it hires improperly.
• Once someone invites you for an interview, they do not care about your resume.
• They care about five different issues entirely—and the better you understand these, the better off you will be.
• Almost always, you get disqualified by one of these five questions that every employer asks themselves about you.

• I have personally reviewed over 500,000 resumes of attorneys and law students who have applied to work with BCG Attorney Search.
• I’ve gotten jobs for thousands of attorneys by fixing their resumes.
• There are specific patterns in people who get the most interviews and jobs, and those that do not.
• If you want to get a position, you can listen to my advice, or ignore it at your own peril.

• Many young job-seekers make the mistake of saying a lot about themselves in cover letters, resumes, and interviews.
• A cover letter serves an entirely different purpose than bragging and talking about yourself.
• What a cover letter needs to do is make a connection with your audience and show you are interested in them.
• Your ability to make this connection and the strength of this connection will determine how well you do.

• When you are looking for a position in an unfortunate legal market, it can be hard to find many of the jobs available.
• It is even more difficult if you are in a small market, an entry-level attorney, or a senior attorney without business.
• Concluding there are not a lot of opportunities is one of the dumbest and most serious mistakes people make.
• The only thing that is going to change everything for you is information.

• The most common method of getting a position is through networking.
• You are better off using networking to get defined positions than just applying on your own.
• You can get much farther than you would without knowing someone.
• You need to impress everyone you meet because they can help you.

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• The most successful people have others who believe in them.
• There is a ton of confidence that comes from others believing in you.
• You need to fill yourself with the right information, look out for yourself, and do whatever you can to become the best person you can be.
• I want you to learn from my mistakes and make the best decisions for you based on my successes and failures.