Resources & Updates

By: Sabrina C. Spitznagle, Principal & Founder at Loop Legal Search, Chicago Legal Recruiters – Your Recruiting Connection I know March is nearly over, but let’s be honest, shouldn’t we be celebrating women and our incredible history every day?! I also am always looking for new books to read, and I highly recommend these books any time (not just because of Women’s History month):  1. A Woman of No Importance, By Sonia Purnell This...

By: Sabrina C. Spitznagle, Principal & Founder at Loop Legal SearchChicago Legal Recruiters -- Your Recruiting Connection Lawyers tend to be very analytical and deliberate, as well as perfectionists. Which of course is often a job requirement – until it results in analysis paralysis: “. . . when overanalyzing or overthinking a situation can cause forward motion or decision-making to become ‘paralyzed’, meaning that no solution or course of...

By:  Sabrina C. Spitznagle, Principal & Founder at Loop Legal SearchChicago Legal Recruiters – Your Recruiting Connection Starting a new job is exciting, but it also can be quite scary and challenging – even during the best of circumstances.  Throw in a worldwide pandemic that forces you to start your new job remotely and physically alone, and the process becomes even more challenging to navigate.  Start by taking some deep breaths and...

By: Sabrina C. Spitznagle, Principal & Founder at Loop Legal SearchChicago Legal Recruiters – Your Recruiting Connection With everything going on in the world right now, the last thing on many people’s minds is changing jobs.  If you are not forced to find another job, you likely are hunkering down and staying put both in your house and in your current job.  If you happen to have been in the middle of a job search, you probably...

By:  Sabrina C. Spitznagle, Principal & Founder at Loop Legal SearchChicago Legal Recruiters – Your Recruiting Connection In addition to the extreme hand sanitizer and toilet paper shortage, one of the numerous consequences of COVID-19 is that millions of people are having to work from home – many for the first time in their lives.  While working remotely may seem incredibly appealing, now that we are several weeks into this crisis, I...

By:  Sabrina C. Spitznagle, Principal & Founder at Loop Legal SearchChicago Legal Recruiters – Your Recruiting Connection Burn-out in the workplace, especially in the legal industry, is very real.  Lawyers, who tend to be hyper-competitive, Type A perfectionists, and who tend to work in very demanding and stressful environments, are particularly prone to burn-out.  In fact, it is almost impossible not to burn out when you are...

By:  Sabrina C. Spitznagle, Principal & Founder at Loop Legal Search Chicago Legal Recruiters – Your Recruiting Connection This Above the Law article is such a great reminder of the true meaning of Martin Luther King Day and what we should be doing to honor this exceptional man -...

By:  Sabrina C. Spitznagle, Principal & Founder at Loop Legal SearchChicago Legal Recruiters – Your Recruiting Connection Lawyers have the right to leave a law firm and practice at another one, and most lawyers will exercise that right during their careers (many will exercise it more than once).  During this transition, both the departing lawyer and their former firm have ethical obligations to protect their clients’ interests....

By:  Sabrina C. Spitznagle, Principal & Founder at Loop Legal SearchChicago Legal Recruiters – Your Recruiting Connection To be successful in your career (and in your personal life for that matter), you need to set SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound or trackable) goals for yourself on a frequent and regular basis (not just at New Year’s!).  Most likely, you have heard the term SMART, as it actually has...