Weighing Multiple Law Firm Offers?
In the last couple of months, I've worked with a few terrifically strong candidates who received multiple law firm offers simultaneously. Obviously, this is a great problem to have. Many candidates receive one offer and are happy to have it! But if you do receive many competing offers at the same time, making your choice can become an agonizing decision.
I found this chart on NYU Law School's website. It has a handy questionnaire that allows you to assess your goals and really solidify what is you want from your next position. I think it is always a good exercise sit down with pen and paper when you really need to think through something. Your career is such an important factor in your happiness and it deserves careful, periodic examination.
I found this chart on NYU Law School's website. It has a handy questionnaire that allows you to assess your goals and really solidify what is you want from your next position. I think it is always a good exercise sit down with pen and paper when you really need to think through something. Your career is such an important factor in your happiness and it deserves careful, periodic examination.
posted by Suzanne Dupree Howe (Texas Office) at 2:39 PM
1 Comments:
Suzanne,
I wrote an article on a related subject (What to do When the Offer Comes too Soon-- it can be found at http://www.lawyersusaonline.com/reprints/seckler36.htm ). Also, I have a career audit tool which overlaps with the excellent tool you discovered on the NYU site. That can be found at http://www.bcgsearch.com/crc/a_career_audit_for_associates.html on the BCG website. I am in the process of automating the tool and will post a link when it is ready for public use.
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