5 June 2009
Green Grads Grab #8
We’ve all been here. Study week, exams looming, textbooks open and a blank stare at an empty Word document. Procrastination sucks, slowly. This article discusses ways to get out of Struggletown and not suprisingly it comes to the conclusion that the best way to beat procrastination is to just get started.
The New Lawyer has written a nice piece that is relevant to law students looking to get into IP and tech areas. A senior partner from the firm Gilbert + Tobin advises people to focus on building a foundation of core legal skills first before thinking about developing any specialisation in the tech industries.
Above the Law do a great series that focuses on alternative careers for lawyers who are looking for a bit of a change. Generally they’re pretty zany out there alternatives, like professional gamblers or wrestlers. But this one seems pretty reasonable. Guy gets laid off and turns his interior-designer hobby into a new career. Good for him :-)
Yesterday (or now in the slow parts of the world) was the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident, where the dude stands in front of the tanks. Slaw has written about the measures the Chinese Government have taken to stop the Chinese people talking about this historic event.
In a somewhat related topic, it seems the Chinese Government have also taken steps to block access to Twitter.
One of the few little grabs that I have actually stumbled upon myself, Hays have released their 2009 Sector Commentary on the legal sector. This information could be extremely useful to graduates. It gives some advice to graduates looking for work (for example, you should highlight your ability to ‘hit the ground running’) and also gives a general outline of what is happening in the market.
Information like this is solid gold to graduates as it helps you sound like you know what you’re on about. It’s pretty much common sense and stuff that we’ve been saying for a while, insolvency up banking and finance down etc – but it is definitely worth a read. It also has some statistics on average salaries and the like, information that can be extremely helpful if you’re fortunate enough to make it to the negotiation stages.
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