10 Job Search Tips for Downsized In-House Attorneys

January 30, 2009

Deborah M. House, vice president and deputy general counsel of the Association of Corporate Counsel, has done her share of job hunting and hiring. She estimates she has pursued and been offered 10 jobs in her career -- she has been rejected for three -- and has hired 50 people from hundreds of candidates. So House feels she is in a strong position to offer advice to in-house lawyers who've been laid off or downsized in the current economic calamity and are looking for work.