Years ago when I worked at a certain law firm, it was frowned upon for employees to speak at conferences (or even attend them), post original content on LinkedIn, write
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It’s fall y’all! In addition to consuming copious amounts of pumpkin lattes and pumpkin cookies, you should consider is creating a content and social media campaigns around the idea of
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Every business professional should have more than 500 LinkedIn connections. If you don’t, you aren’t maximizing your network or using LinkedIn effectively.
While the number of connections you have shouldn’t
Women Who Wow: Merle Vaughn
Merle Vaughn is Major, Lindsey & Africa’s National Law Firm Diversity Practice Leader and a partner recruiter based in Los Angeles.
Since becoming a recruiter in 2003, Merle has been involved in several high-profile law firm partner and in-house placements in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. She has also been retained by corporations and law firms specifically for her expertise in diversity recruiting.
Before becoming a lateral partner recruiter, Merle was a successful business owner, practiced corporate law at Cooley LLP and was General Counsel for WOC Products, Inc. She was the top salesperson in the country for Texas Instruments was awarded “Minority Entrepreneur of the Year” by Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordon, was a Chair of the Los Angeles Mayor’s Minority Business Opportunity Committee and was on the Los Angeles Mayor’s Contracts Subcommittee.
Merle was recently inducted as the first Diversity and Racial Justice Member on the Executive Committee of (WLALA). She is the past founder and co-chair of the Southern California branch of Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF).
I met Merle when we were both on a panel together about law firm recruiting earlier this year. Merle’s insights instantly drew me to her, and I started following her on LinkedIn (of course!), where my admiration of her only grew.
Merle has a podcast you should subscribe to called B.S.: Beyond Stereotypes.
Learn more about her in this Women Who Wow profile.
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I recently had the opportunity to attend (and speak at) the LMA Mid-Atlantic Region Conference on building an alumni relations program. It was great to see old friends and make
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Over the summer LinkedIn introduced some cool new updates and tools you should incorporate into your LinkedIn strategy, which will help enhance your visibility and business development efforts.
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I often wonder why some women are so mean to other women for no reason. Why do they see other women as a threat instead of lifting each other up?
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Women Who Wow: Jennifer Green
Jennifer Green is the Enterprise Sales Director for Passle (you may recognize Passle by their orange stuffed octopuses at conferences) based in Annapolis, Maryland. Jennifer, who started out in corporate
Women Who Wow: Summer Eberhard
Summer Eberhard is partner at legal recruiting firm Major Lindsey & Africa in the Associate Practice Group, where she focuses on the Northern California, Seattle and Portland markets. She specializes in counseling, representing and relocating AmLaw 100 associates and counsel, working closely with candidates to help them achieve their long-term career goals. As a former attorney, Summer really understands the importance for her clients to find the right professional fit.
I met Summer – where else? LinkedIn! One of her posts came up on my LinkedIn feed, and we connected. If you aren’t following her on LinkedIn, you should. Her advice is powerful, fresh and real (and not just for lawyers seeking a new role – anyone can benefit from her career tips).
Learn more about her in this Women Who Wow profile.