In-House Counsel

Interview Strategies: Get Ready for Your Video Close-Up

By Law.com

Your next in-house counsel job interview may be by video link – so there are a few things you need to keep in mind to ensure you are at top of your interviewing game:

Videoconference interviews are becoming more common as law firms and corporations expand geographically, and as travel becomes more expensive and time-consuming. Increasingly, law firms are organized by practice or industry groups, with matters being staffed with lawyers from offices around the globe. Therefore, candidates may need to interview with practitioners in other states or countries with whom they will be working if hired. And, especially in this down economy, prospective employers are cutting costs, so many may utilize their on-site videoconferencing capabilities rather than fly interviewers or candidates to meetings in far-flung offices.

[via lawjobs.com Career Center - Interview Strategies: Get Ready for Your Video Close-Up.]

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Full post as published by InhouseBlog - News and Jobs for Inhouse Counsel on February 15, 2010 (boomark / email).