Advice for Associates

• 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.

• 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.

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