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    What job ads say vs What they mean
    Survive Law
    • Jul 6, 2016
    • 2 min

    What job ads say vs What they mean

    1. Mail/courier management, You’ll be the one printing off all the incoming correspondence, or sorting the outgoing correspondence into enve
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    Horrible (potential) bosses
    Survive Law
    • May 5, 2016
    • 2 min

    Horrible (potential) bosses

    Sometimes the interviewee needs to become the interviewer. Job interviews are just as much about you interviewing the firm as they are inter
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    22k Problems but a job ain’t one
    Survive Law
    • Oct 26, 2015
    • 2 min

    22k Problems but a job ain’t one

    There once was a magical job advertisement that would help solve the lack of employment opportunities for law graduates. Alas, there’s a cat
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    Golden rule for resumes: Short and professionally sweet.
    Survive Law
    • Oct 13, 2015
    • 2 min

    Golden rule for resumes: Short and professionally sweet.

    Whether you are leaving the university nest and flying into the big world of scary jobs or you are looking for a casual pub job to cover tex
    31 views0 comments
    How to turn your internship into a job
    Survive Law
    • Sep 3, 2015
    • 3 min

    How to turn your internship into a job

    I am in the enviable position of having left my part-time, low wage job in retail for part-time work at the community legal centre where I i
    29 views0 comments
    Finding legal work experience in unlikely places
    Survive Law
    • Aug 6, 2015
    • 3 min

    Finding legal work experience in unlikely places

    “How can I get experience if you won’t give me a job?!” This is the question we all scream out after scrolling through the dozens of apparen
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    Tips and Tricks for your First Law Job
    Survive Law
    • Jun 18, 2015
    • 3 min

    Tips and Tricks for your First Law Job

    So you’ve got your first law job and you’re keen to put some of that legal learning into practice. If you’ve never worked in a law firm befo
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    Career Overkill
    Survive Law
    • Sep 16, 2014
    • 2 min

    Career Overkill

    It’s no secret that this isn’t exactly the ideal time to be a law graduate. The competition for jobs is fierce and it begins long before gra
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    Work Experience Ideas for First Years
    Survive Law
    • Apr 21, 2014
    • 3 min

    Work Experience Ideas for First Years

    You’ve most likely heard the worrying news that now is one of the toughest times in recent history to be searching for a graduate legal job.
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    Kick Starting your Legal Career in First Year
    Survive Law
    • Mar 6, 2014
    • 2 min

    Kick Starting your Legal Career in First Year

    Don’t let your year level discourage you from getting involved in the legal industry early. There are plenty of ways to wade into the ocean
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    Graduate Job Prospects a Leading Cause of Law Student Stress: Survey
    Survive Law
    • Dec 11, 2013
    • 2 min

    Graduate Job Prospects a Leading Cause of Law Student Stress: Survey

    If you’re worried about what you’ll do for work when you finish law school, you’re not alone. Uncertain job prospects after leaving law scho
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    Staying Motivated while Looking for Work Experience in a Bad Job Market
    Survive Law
    • Nov 16, 2013
    • 2 min

    Staying Motivated while Looking for Work Experience in a Bad Job Market

    At a time when so many law students are struggling to find any kind of legal experience, it is hard not to become disheartened… or to fall i
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    Now what? Starting my Career in a Bad Job Market
    Survive Law
    • Sep 13, 2013
    • 3 min

    Now what? Starting my Career in a Bad Job Market

    I sometimes find it useful to start at the beginning. I wouldn’t say that my entry into the legal profession was unorthodox; it just wasn’t
    10 views0 comments
    How to Stand Out in the Job Market
    Survive Law
    • Aug 1, 2013
    • 3 min

    How to Stand Out in the Job Market

    “I’ll think about it later…” This is what I hear many students say when I ask them about their plans for after graduation. The idea of what
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    “I don’t know what to do with myself”: My Post-Law Life
    Survive Law
    • Apr 24, 2013
    • 3 min

    “I don’t know what to do with myself”: My Post-Law Life

    I shudder as I see the flashing icon of a fellow law graduate pop up on my Facebook. Don’t get me wrong. I absolutely adore my fellow law al
    14 views0 comments
    Graduate Job Hunting… and Angry Birds
    Survive Law
    • Apr 1, 2013
    • 3 min

    Graduate Job Hunting… and Angry Birds

    You thought that property law was the most horrific thing you had ever done, didn’t you? You thought that after 1,000 pages of equity and tr
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    Tips for your First ‘Serious’ Job
    Survive Law
    • Mar 14, 2013
    • 2 min

    Tips for your First ‘Serious’ Job

    So you’ve got yourself a job. And I mean a job job. You’ve landed something that’s more than babysitting the neighbour’s kid or helping your
    13 views0 comments
    Life After Law School
    Survive Law
    • Jan 2, 2013
    • 1 min

    Life After Law School

    Ask a first year student where they expect to be one year after law school and the answer might be “interning at the United Nations” or “wor
    16 views0 comments
    How to get your First Law Job
    Survive Law
    • Sep 13, 2012
    • 3 min

    How to get your First Law Job

    Breaking into the legal industry is not the easiest thing to do, but once you're in (and have that all important experience) you'll
    14 views0 comments
    You’re Hired! Careers in Legal Recruitment
    Wenee Yap
    • Aug 28, 2012
    • 3 min

    You’re Hired! Careers in Legal Recruitment

    We toil away our law school lives (ostensibly) towards the goal of becoming a lawyer, studying hard to hopefully end up a heroic legal icono
    24 views0 comments
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