Articles by Harrison Barnes

Discovering Career Opportunities at BCG: Searching for Employment Success with BCG

IntroductionBCG Attorney Search maintains the largest and most up-to-date database of attorney job opportunities inside ....

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LawCrossing Announces Hiring Demand for Attorneys in 2005 Increased Substantially Across the U.S.; Need for Many Legal S....

Maximizing Your Employability Through Involvement in the Legal Community

In today's competitive legal job market, attorneys must actively cultivate their professional networks and stay involve....

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Harrison Barnes' Advice to Legal Recruiters About Resumes and Cover Letters for Attorneys

The resume and cover letter are among the most effective of the tools an attorney can market themselves with. Our goal i....

The Principle of "Kaizen" and BCG Attorney Search

This memorandum discusses the principle of 'Kaizen' which in many circles has been called the key to Japan's success in ....

When is the Best Time for an Attorney to Make a Lateral Move Between Law Firms

Listen to the Full Podcast by Harrison Barnes About This TopicAt least once during their careers, most attorneys think t....

Can Experience as a Patent Prosecutor Benefit a New Attorney?

Your experience as a high-tech patent prosecutor will certainly strengthen your application and should compensate for th....

How Attorneys Can Cope With Losing a Law Firm Job: A Guide to Keeping it Together and Pushing Forward

We regularly read and hear that 'jobs for life' are disappearing, to be replaced by a pattern of consecutive jobs and un....

What Most Legal Recrutiers Will Never Tell You: How Most Legal Recruiters Really Do Their Jobs

Every individual recruiter....

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Relocating to New York City from New Jersey

I have been working in a small firm in New Jersey practicing labor and employment law since I graduated from Rutgers in ....

How to Effectively Interview Lateral Candidates: Pointers for Law Firms

Numerous books, articles, and training materials have been written on the subject of how to successfully interview for a....

Why Getting a Position With a Law Firm is Often a Crapshoot Because of the Uncertainty of the Interview Process

The interviewing process is punctuated by uncertainty. Indeed, uncertainty is perhaps its defining feature for everyone ....

How Attorneys Should Handle Counter Offer When They Are Looking for a New Job

Well, there are many things to consider when weighing multiple offers....