Blog | survivelaw

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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Natalie

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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Jess

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.

Jessica C

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

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Kate F

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

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Finding legal work experience in unlikely places

Meg

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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Kat Crossley

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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Kat Crossley

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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Cameron

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

Emily Kelly

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

Laura

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

Hayley

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

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Amy Ward

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

Chris K

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

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Jessica C

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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Claira

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

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Amber Cameron

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

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Jessica

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

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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

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