Mary inTampa

Frustrated Job Seeker's Rant -- Feel Free to Add Your Thoughts

[QUOTE who="Janet in Van Nuys, California"]I finally gave in and filed for food stamps and Medical yesterday. One of the questions was what race was I. What does it matter ...

Stay at Home Mom Needs Resume Tips for Returning to Work

Amy, practice an interview. Get on the Internet and get some sample interview questions. Have a few friends give you a mock interview, and TAPE IT. Look at the tape a few days a ...

What would YOU do???

I wouldn't mention that you had an interview. Obviously, then didn't keep your resume (or anyone else's). Just set up the interview.

If you get interviewed by the same ...

Too old for beauty school?

Not everyone who actually went to law school and passed their state bar is a good choice for being a lawyer. I know that firsthand.

At least Jane knows she shouldn't be ...

Too old for beauty school?

I agree with Jane. So happens, I do know almost everything about law. I was a court reporter for ten years and a legal assistant for twenty.

There is a world of ...

Too old for beauty school?

[QUOTE who="Jane in Port Orchard, Washington"]Willoughby, I was interested in what you had to say! I spent over a decade while in my 30's to early 40's getting a ...

Stay at Home Mom Needs Resume Tips for Returning to Work

Susan, looks like you have some good stuff to put on your resume.
Start out with Objective, and be definite in WHAT kind of professional position you are looking for (don't ...

Negotiating a raise. Help!

Most people get more money in a job because they sell themselves in the interview and demand a certain pay. It's time for you to do the same.

Send them an e-mail telling ...

Outsourced Transcription at my firm...

Ingobi - the only one this is going to help is YOU!!! You got your e-mail in there so people can contact you directly to give you work. No pun intended, but American work. We ...

Is it illegal to post a website or Facebook page blacklisting certain clients to give other therapists a heads up?

Two of my posts didn't post. Make a Disclaimer advising them you are not providing sexual services and should they start anything you will end the massage immediately and they ...

Is it illegal to post a website or Facebook page blacklisting certain clients to give other therapists a heads up?

Shannon, aside from the Disclaimer, I would also have a two-minute chat with a new client, advising them that although you advertise on craigslist, you are in no way providing ...

Is it illegal to post a website or Facebook page blacklisting certain clients to give other therapists a heads up?

As an attorney I worked for said, never put in print something you would not printed on the front page of the local newspaper.

Yes, there is something wrong or slanderous ...

12 job interviews but no job offers

McCon is a wanaba personal manager.

Being a Teacher vs. a Paralegal

Here's a new one:

The GW Online Paralegal Master's Degree
The George Washington University is proud to offer its prestigious Master's Degree in Paralegal Studies in a ...

How Temp Agencies Operate - avoid. Work at Starbucks instead. Seriously.

Nick, when asked about your recent work history, simply say you are doing temp work with X agency. There is nothing wrong with temping.

How Temp Agencies Operate - avoid. Work at Starbucks instead. Seriously.

I'm running on fumes too. That was good.

Should I quit this job?

They would be paying more than $50 a day for daycare. QUIT.
Don't give four weeks. It's their problem if they have a hard time finding a replacement.

Frustrated Job Seeker's Rant -- Feel Free to Add Your Thoughts

The legal department of a major hospital in my county was advertising for a legal assistant. Just in the last few weeks. My resume and background (and education) are impressive ...

Nobody wants me and I accept it.

VPRICE - How many hours a week have you been working for this guy and for how long? That is a real determining factor.

Nobody wants me and I accept it.

Say you have been working for him since 2008. Since there is no record (tax forms, employment forms), that shouldn't be a problem. I am sure he will vouch for you. You can say ...

Nobody wants me and I accept it.

VPRICE - If you are working for a longtime family friend who has helped you with legal issues for free, there is a way to work with that.

When you get an interview, you can ...

Nobody wants me and I accept it.

You should not be working for free at a law firm. There is no such thing as a volunteer at a law firm. There really is no such thing as a law firm "not doing very well ...

Stay at Home Mom Needs Resume Tips for Returning to Work

What this all boils down to I am 56 years old with an incomplete El. Ed degree by two semesters, $40,000 debt and I have spent over a year looking for employment and even worked ...

Do you ever feel nobody was hired for the position?

I have another thought. When you look at the Sunday paper, and you see a company logo, but no job, that means the company owns that space and they have to put something in it ...

College degree needed to be a secretary

If your mom doesn't have time to surf the web to look for a job, then how is she supposed to havde the time to actally go to work if she gets a job?

Nobody wants me and I accept it.

Just how old are you. Someone mentioned getting a legal secretary job at age 60 (and she is thrilled because she didn't think she would get a job.

My last job I made $48 ...

Frustrated Job Seeker's Rant -- Feel Free to Add Your Thoughts

I would stop worrying. If they didn't even listen to your side, that says, she didn't need to. That Judge has been doing this stuff a long time. She probably knows he was lying.

Poor Performance and Lost Plans

If you can, drop classses that are C's. Take some extra classes to build up your GPA.

How Temp Agencies Operate - avoid. Work at Starbucks instead. Seriously.

appointment, spelling.

I also got that 5:00 call. LOL

How Temp Agencies Operate - avoid. Work at Starbucks instead. Seriously.

appointment, spelling.

How Temp Agencies Operate - avoid. Work at Starbucks instead. Seriously.

Nothing is more disappointing than preparing for that appoint-ment, getting all dressed up, spending 1 1/2 hours on spellintg, math, typing, and whatever tests, meeting with a ...

Unemployed for 1 year or longer: Part 2

As to the McDonald's job, why it's a very poor choice:

Any professional person who "goes that low" to make minimum wage, will spend all his time at work and out ...

Paralegal Salaries & Job Market in California?

No job yet, you resemble me very closely. I have a Bachelor's in Business Administration and an AA in Paralegal Studies.

Try applying for some part time legal jobs. They ...

Books that every paralegal should have

Don't buy updated books. DPL is right - the Employer provides books. You should have a small Webster Dictionary. I think you should spend the money for a Blue Book ($15?).

Unemployed for 1 year or longer: Part 2

The wrong wording is "frowned upon." When we take that low level work, and we tell perspective employers we took that work, we essentially have told them, "I don't ...

Books that every paralegal should have

She should have her very own Blue Book. No, she won't do drafting. But she may have to do transcription or editing - and she will need a Blue Book.

Books that every paralegal should have

Yeah.
The Blue Book (shows how to abbreviate statutes, codes, etc).
Rules of Civil Procedures for your state.
NALA Study Guide.

The Blue Book you should ...

Age discrimination as a leagal secretary.

Worst thing about using a recruiter, if you said the wrong thing or they didn't like you at the interview, and you get bad feelback, you feel like absolute schmuck and a looser.

Underqualified, Overqualified, and lost

You have a Master's Degree. You qualify to teach in a college. Go to the websites for your local colleges (all of them) and see what is available. You may only get one semester ...

What are other unemployed Hygienist doing while searching for a job in your field?

You are all not alone. Ready the other forums. The job market includes legal assistants, executive assistants. I have teacher certification (alternative program) and I am not ...

Age discrimination as a leagal secretary.

Damn, that was good. When I was working at Ruden, and the attorney I worked for (as literally his right-hand man) for seven years was being bumped up to Partner. I heard all ...

50 and scared!

Even a few years ago, before the economy crashed, an assistant I worked with kept telling me how bad New Jersey was for the legal field.

All I am seeing in Hillsborough ...

Unemployed for 1 year or longer: Part 2

I don't think younger employees are more efficient either. But managers and corporate America does. Younger are more efficient because they are more easy to manipulate, eager to ...

Unemployed for 1 year or longer: Part 2

For many of us, our age has put us out to pasture. The economy has changed our status. We are now like Model-T's because there better models available, which are more efficient ...

Problems with my cover letter

I have no vet assistant training. I have a general idea of what a vet assistant does, but I don't know the actual tasks.

Why are you applying for this job? You're not ...

Unemployed for 1 year or longer: Part 2

Unless that training is for something that is of a unique quality that few can possess (rocket scientist or court reporter (lucky me ... I doubt that training will serve any ...

Unemployed for 1 year or longer: Part 2

I was a court reporter for ten years and a legal assistant for twenty - and the recruiters required a typing test - and wanted a speed of 90. My speed is 80/85. I got a little ...

Age discrimination as a leagal secretary.

I have already been told, by teachers and teacher aids, that the school district isn't hiring older people. Florida is going through a lot of changes in hiring and firing teachers ...

Unemployed for 1 year or longer: Part 2

The "jobs" on Monster, Career Builder, Indeed, and my state employment sight, are posted to make the job board look good. Some of the posting are days and days old. I ...

Legal Secretary Positions for newcomers

[QUOTE who="Displaced Legal Professional in Denver, Colorado"]You sum it up in those two statements. A workday "starting" at 4:45 p.m. - especially when your ...