Lisa Lang joins Mosah Fernandez Goodman on this episode of Hiring Insights to discuss her diverse legal background, career advancement, relationship building, and the benefits of utilizing social media. Lisa is the Vice President and General Counsel at Ohio Northern University, her varied background spans private practice, nonprofit, academia, and six years in the United States Army, first as a legal specialist and then as a legal non-commissioned officer. Lisa is an author and passionate about building community and being a resource as she shares her journey and experiences in the legal world. The topics discussed in this episode:

• “You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you always have to connect them looking backward.” Steve Jobs
• Don’t be so fixated on a specific goal, that you lose sight of opportunities that may exist right in front of you.
• The relationships that you build and develop are key to not only doing good work and having trust, but also for advancement and opening up opportunities.
• How do you develop a personal brand, a reputation and a persona outside of your organization?
• Opportunities that LinkedIn and social media can open up beyond finding a new role.
• If you’re utilizing LinkedIn, it’s not as much about the content you're posting, but the relationships that can be built from commenting and engaging with others.
• When building relationships, give without expecting anything in return.
• Career advancement isn’t always a straight climb up in title and pay, consider lateral moves that will provide experience for the long-term strategy.

Brian Davis joins Mosah Fernandez Goodman on this episode of Hiring Insights to discuss advancing your career as an outside counsel. Brian handles lateral partner recruiting and in-house searches for financial services clients and law firms. He is particularly skilled in private equity, hedge fund, corporate, corporate finance, capital markets, compliance and tax searches for major financial institutions, broker-dealers, hedge funds, private equity funds, asset managers, sovereign wealth funds, family offices and law firms, domestically and internationally. In addition to his work in the United States, Brian has extensive experience with international firms in London, the European Union and the Middle East.

Topics discussed:

When do law firms choose to engage a search firm and what does that process look like?

Tools that candidates should be utilizing when either contemplating a search or in the middle of one.

If you’re an associate or partner considering a move, what active steps should you be taking?

No one is worried about your career except for you, you have to manage it.

Expectations for an attorney’s book of business and does that impact their ability to be recruited.

Common myths about the recruiting process.

Trends in the legal industry.

Red flags that candidates should avoid.

Mosah Fernandez Goodman sits down with Bryan Krajeski in this episode of Hiring Insights. Bryan is not only an incredible external recruiter, but he also has a long history of sales, marketing, and internal recruiting experience. In addition to giving us some insight into the recruiting world, both internal and external recruiters, Bryan will help us understand what goes on behind the scenes in a recruiting process, tips and tricks for how to optimize your LinkedIn profile, the importance of networking, how to draft a great cover letter, and use your resume effectively to help yourself get noticed.

Specific steps a recruiter goes through to place someone; sourcing, building a talent pool, challenges.

How to advantage yourself as a candidate.

What happens after you submit an online application?

Recruiter myths.

Making outreach to a recruiter; when they can help, and when they can’t.

Utilize the career tools at your disposal (LinkedIn, resumes, cover letters) but put thought and strategy into how you are creating them.

Requisites and red flags for resumes.

Network. Network. Network. Talk to the recruiters who make outreach, look to people in your industry, and strategize what companies you are targeting.

How best to work with a recruiter.

What qualities make a most placeable candidate (MPC)?

Finding a new position is a marathon not a sprint.