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- [3 Key Tips for Optimising Productivity and Focus](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/3-key-tips-for-optimising-productivity-and-focus/) - In today’s fast-paced world, staying productive and focused can feel like a constant challenge. However, simple strategies can make a significant difference in how efficiently we work. Here are three key tips for boosting your productivity and maintaining laser-sharp focus throughout the day. 1. The 45/15 Minute Rule One of the most effective productivity techniques
- [5 Steps to Take If You’re Feeling Stuck in Your Career](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/5-steps-to-take-if-youre-feeling-stuck-in-your-career/) - Feeling stuck in your career can be incredibly frustrating, but it’s a situation many professionals face at some point. Whether you're dealing with burnout, lack of direction, or simply a desire for something new, there are actionable steps you can take to break free and get back on track. Here are five steps to help
- [Common Questions About Going In-house / Government](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/common-questions-about-going-in-house-government/) - Transitioning to an in-house or government position can be a significant career move for many lawyers and there are several common questions and concerns that arise during this process. Here’s a breakdown of some of the most frequently asked questions we get about in-house and government roles. How does the pay compare? One of the
- [4 good reasons to move jobs before Xmas...](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/4-good-reasons-to-move-jobs-before-xmas/) - Given that the Melbourne Cup is just around the corner and Christmas decorations have been up in stores now for months, a lot of lawyers we speak to assume there’s no point in looking for a job until the new year. Well, it’s time to dispel that myth! Now is perhaps the best time for
- [Is a headhunt call in the best interests of your legal career?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/is-a-headhunt-call-in-the-best-interests-of-your-legal-career/) - HEADHUNTING vs RECRUITMENT CONSULTING I recently read an article by a competitor about what to do if a recruiter approaches you directly with an opportunity (in this case via a direct LinkedIn message). To be fair, it was actually a pretty good read (credit where it’s due!). They canvassed suggested responses you should give –
- [Accessing the Hidden Job Market](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/accessing-hidden-job-market/) - If you find yourself relying solely on job boards for your next career move (think Seek, LinkedIn, MyCareer, etc), chances are you will be left feeling frustrated, disillusioned and often cynical about the whole recruitment process. So many jobs are never actually advertised yet for those that are, employers seem to have a wish list
- [Planning a move in-house](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/planning-move-house/) - Last Thursday night we presented to the Queensland Young Lawyers Association at the rooftop at Sage on Ann (with the lovely backdrop of city hall above) as part of our ongoing career development series on the topic of taking your career in-house or overseas. Given I spent time in-house myself on secondment as a lawyer
- [One for property lawyers...](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/one-property-lawyers/) - Time stands still for no one. And right at this moment, that's certainly the case for Brisbane property lawyers too! Legal recruitment, surprisingly, can be used as a reliable and accurate barometer for assessing broader market sentiment and conditions. Judging by the number of property related opportunities we are working on at the moment, and applying
- [How to resign](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/how-to-resign/) - So you’ve secured a great new job and now it’s time to resign. For many lawyers we speak to this can be an arduous task whether it be because you love your job and your colleagues and feel you are letting them down or you are simply terrified of how your boss is going to
- [4 reasons to move jobs before Xmas...](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/4-good-reasons-to-move-jobs-before-xmas-2/) - With the Melbourne Cup just around the corner and Christmas decorations already up in stores, a lot of lawyers we speak to assume there’s no point in looking for a job until the new year. But now is perhaps the best time for you to make that move. Why? A quick look at our own
- [Interview Tips](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/interview-tips/) - The key to any successful interview is preparation. While both of us spend a good amount of time preparing all of our candidates for any interviews we arrange, we have included some general interview tips below: Preparation Preparation is key. Do as much as you can to prepare before any interview as this will put
- [Is it Time to move In-House?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/inhousecounsel/) - For many lawyers we meet and speak to, a move in-house as legal counsel or general counsel is seen as the holy grail and the ultimate career goal. And with good reason – in-house positions offer a number of benefits and changes that many lawyers find an attractive proposition. Of course, sometimes there are unexpected
- [Recent in-house trends & salary survey](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/recent-in-house-trends-salary-survey/) - Earlier this month, Ross Dakin sat down for a webinar with the Association of Corporate Counsel Australia which was moderated by Angie Coleman, General Counsel & Co Sec, Springfield City Group. The broad topic was in relation to Peppercorn Recruitment’s recent Legal Salary Survey and the state of play in the in-house legal market in
- [Building your legal career](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/building-legal-career/) - We recently spoke at a Career Planning Seminar for the Queensland Young Lawyers Association and thought it worthwhile writing a quick blog summarising some of the key takeaways from the night. There is no one size fits all to planning a legal career. If you have started working in a law firm, your career planning
- [What to do if you didn’t get that promotion or pay rise?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/what-to-do-if-you-didnt-get-that-promotion-or-pay-rise/) - It’s the start of a new financial year and, as is often the case at this time, we’ve been receiving calls from lawyers who are disappointed about not getting that promotion or pay rise they were hoping for. If you still have to do your annual review (we know some get delayed and some firms
- [WFH vs Hybrid Work](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/wfh-vs-hybrid-work/) - Back in 2020, as COVID-19 began to take hold, we wrote a blog about “making work from home work for you”. Unprecedented times called for unprecedented measures as many firms (and lawyers) grappled with how it was all going to work. Fast forward two years and there has been plenty of conversation about how WFH
- [Why Brisbane is So Hot Right Now](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/why-brisbane-is-so-hot-right-now/) - (And no, we are not just talking about the weather.) It’s no secret that the legal market in Brisbane is booming. Over the last 18 months, there has been an unprecedented demand for lawyers in Brisbane across the majority of practice areas. Happily, this demand is being answered by an escalation in interest from lawyers
- [Are there too many law graduates in Australia…? Maybe not.](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/many-law-graduates-australia-maybe-not/) - Ever since the day I was one of what seemed several hundred students sitting my Property Law B exams at the University of Queensland, I wondered whether there were too many of us actually studying our law degree. Once I graduated, and reflecting on my time spent on a course I’d accumulated thousands of dollars
- [Diversity in the Legal Profession](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/diversity-in-the-legal-profession/) - I recently sat on the panel hosted by the Queensland Law Society (QLS) and the Asian Australian Lawyers Association (AALA) to discuss diversity in the legal profession. It was a great night and I thought it worth putting to paper (electronically anyway!) some of the discussion we had, particularly if you are from a diverse
- [Work from Home “Works” – A Positive from COVID-19?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/work-from-home-works-a-positive-from-covid-19/) - Working from home has long been something that some lawyers and law firms have made work, but other law firms and businesses have been slower on the uptake. We do wonder if one positive to come from the necessity of working from home that COVID-19 has thrust upon many of us will be a more
- [Are you "unconsciously biased"...?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/are-you-unconsciously-biased/) - This morning Pete and I were invited to a round-table discussion hosted by Seek where the topic focused largely on "unconscious bias" within recruitment. I look at CVs for a living and I'll be the first to admit that I have certain biases when it comes to reviewing a lot of these. While my bias
- [Preparing your CV](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/preparing-your-cv/) - Put simply, your CV is who you are in three or four pages. It tells someone who hasn’t met you or spoken to you who you are. Needless to say, it’s critical to get it right! A CV is also the first piece of drafting a prospective employer will see from you and is your
- [Why Aren’t I Partner Yet and What Can I Do About It?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/how-can-lawyers-make-partner/) - Despite the long list of alternatives to the traditional partnership path (another blog topic itself), many lawyers in private practice still desire to make partner at some point in their career. As the practise of law becomes more commercially competitive, and the number of lawyers striving for the corner office steadily increases, one question comes
- [I Hate Being a Lawyer – is it me, my firm, or the law generally?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/hate-being-a-lawyer/) - It won’t come as a shock to anyone that lots of lawyers end up hating their jobs. Sad lawyers aren’t hard to find - maybe you’ve met one, maybe you’ve read about one, and maybe you’re becoming one. If that’s you, then wallowing in your dissatisfaction isn’t likely to help. To begin approaching a solution,
- [Do You Really Want to be a Partner In THAT Firm?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/really-want-partner-there/) - While climbing the ladder to partnership in your current firm is often the default method of promotion, sometimes an opportunity arises to accept a partnership in a new firm. And although the temptation is to leap at partnership whenever, and wherever, it’s offered, sometimes that isn’t a wise choice for your long term prosperity. In
- [Problems, Politics and People in your Legal Career (and how to deal with them)](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/problems-solutions-legal-career/) - On a nearly daily basis, we spend time with young lawyers who simply don’t like their jobs. As we talk with them, often this isn’t to do with their legal career as much as it is to do with their particular job. What we’ve found is not only that many of the negative experiences are
- [I Want to Take My Practice To Another Firm – How do I Find an Opportunity?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/finding-partnership-opportunities/) - If you had a budding legal practice that you wanted to take with you to a new firm, would you know where to look for willing new partners? Many senior associates and junior partners have a lingering feeling that they might be waiting a long time for that invitation to apply for partnership or claim
- [Why is There a Bottleneck of Senior Associates?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/bottleneck-of-associates/) - It’s frustrating being stuck in the limbo of non-promotion. You’ve put in the hours, the hard work, and the time at your firm, but it seems like there are simply too many other senior lawyers who have been there just as long, or longer, for you to have any hope of partnership in the near
- [How Scrooge Can Help your Legal Career Over Christmas](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/build-career-over-christmas/) - The vast majority of lawyers, young or old, are going to spend their Christmas holidays just enjoying the fact that they aren’t at work. A few beers or glasses of wine, a dose of the standard family (dis)functions and some time to do 1 or 2 of those household jobs that have stacked up in
- [Senior Associate in a Big Firm, or Partner in a Small Firm?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/senior-associate-big-firm-partner-small-firm/) - With the inevitable bottleneck of senior associates that can happen at larger firms, many senior lawyers at some point will think: why not just try to find a Principal/Partner position at a smaller firm? Perhaps that might offer a significantly greater degree of satisfaction. But perhaps it won’t. Let’s consider things that might need to
- [Does “Boutique Firm” Just Mean “Small”?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/boutique-firm-or-just-small/) - If you’re hunting for a new job, you’ll see that firms use a variety of different terms to describe themselves. Common at the larger end of town are words like national, international and top-tier. But if you’re convinced that biglaw life isn’t for you, then you’re going to come across the word “boutique” a lot.
- [Should You Take Staff With You if You Move Firms?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/should-you-take-staff-with-you-if-you-move-firms/) - You’re a senior lawyer responsible for a team of staff. That might include some support, some other lawyers, and some law clerks. You’ve found a great opportunity at another firm, and they’ve given you the option to bring some or all of your team along with you. The question is: should you? Start with the
- [Beware the Counter-Offer](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/beware-counter-offers/) - You’ve finally done it! After lots of consideration and contemplation, you’ve decided that your current firm isn’t right for you. A great CV, multiple interviews and a bunch of secret phone calls later, you say “yes” to a new opportunity. Then comes the big conversation… You take a deep breath and let your boss know
- [My Boss is Moving Firms – Should I Go with Them?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/my-boss-is-moving-firms-should-i-go-with-them/) - Everything’s going just fine – you turn up to work each day, knowing that Bruce will be on your left and Jane will be on your right. You settle down with a strong coffee to start your day of paperwork, research, telephone calls and meetings. And then your supervising partner calls you in, closes the
- [Is Staying for the Team a Good Career Move?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/staying-for-team-good-career-move/) - As we crunch the data on the 2019 legal salary survey, one of the many interesting bits of information we’ve found is this: while money is a strong motivator to leave a firm, the motivation for staying usually isn’t the salary package. It’s the people. But is it really good for your career to hang
- [FOMO for Lawyers – The 5 Most Common Benefits You Might Not Be Getting](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/fomo-for-lawyers/) - FOMO: anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on social media After the questions about salary, many lawyers are interested in finding out what else is “out there”. This might be because you’ve only worked at one firm and wonder if things are the same
- [Dealing with Subjective and Objective Promotion Criteria](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/dealing-with-subjective-and-objective-promotion-criteria/) - At some point in their career, almost every lawyer is going to be looking at career advancement. While many firms have documented criteria associated with obtaining the next level of seniority, the actual criteria by which a firm makes a promotion decision can seem to be a little opaque. And, if you look around, it
- [4 Ways to Build Better Relationships at the Office](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/4-ways-to-build-better-relationships-at-the-office/) - As we recently pointed out, the extent and quality of your relationships at the office is most likely going to be a major factor in any promotion decisions that need to be made. Beyond that, it’s also going to have a major impact on your career satisfaction. After all, who wants to turn up to
- [How to Assess if Partnership at Another Firm is a Good Fit](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/how-to-assess-if-partnership-at-another-firm-is-a-good-fit/) - “Better the devil you know”. This is often the mindset when it comes to partnership promotions. After all, if you’ve been in a firm for a while and are looking at applying for partnership then you probably have a good feel for the firm. You already know who holds the power and who doesn’t,
- [Looking for a Less Traditional Legal Career Path?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/looking-for-a-less-traditional-legal-career-path/) - If we’re honest, most of your law degree is geared towards setting you up in a private practice career of some kind. However, that doesn’t mean that you’re completely stuck in a traditional legal role if you decide along the way that it’s not for you. The soft skills you have developed along the way
- [Will Taking a Secondment Hurt My Career?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/will-taking-a-secondment-hurt-my-career/) - Lawyers can gain many professional and personal advantages from secondments, but sometimes what seems to be a good thing can actually hurt your career prospects. In this article, we’re going to take a look at some factors to consider if you’re asked about taking a secondment. But first… What is a Secondment for Lawyers? Ordinarily,
- [My Firm has Me Trapped in X, and I Want to do Y](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/my-firm-has-me-trapped-in-x-and-i-want-to-do-y/) - What should I do? In the current legal climate, graduate lawyers for the first few years are usually just thankful that they have a job at all. For that reason, being fussy about the precise practice area they have landed in usually doesn’t become a serious factor to worry about for a while. But eventually,
- [How Important is a Job Title for my legal career?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/how-important-is-a-job-title-for-my-legal-career/) - Associate, Corporate Counsel, Solicitor, Head of Legal, Special Counsel, Associate Director, Senior Associate, Counsel, Senior Counsel, Partner, General Counsel, Associate General Counsel, Legal Risk Solicitor, Director, Chief Counsel, Principal, In-house Lawyer, Managing Associate, Senior Lawyer, Legal Manager, Consultant, Legal Advisor, Legal Officer, Assistant Chief Counsel, Legal Head, Senior Legal Counsel, Legal Specialist, Legal Director, Deputy
- [How to Negotiate a Pay Rise](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/salary-review-negotiation/) - With the 2021 salary survey just released, and mid-year reviews happening we are fielding a lot of questions about what people should be earning, and how to go about negotiating a better pay rise. As you’d expect, preparing for the discussion (or discussions) is critical, and the better your preparation the better the outcome. Business
- [How can you Move Into a New Practice Area, and When Should you Do It?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/move-area-of-law/) - Getting a graduate job as a lawyer is a challenge in the first place. And if you’re fortunate enough to get a decent job, the chances are slim that it’s going to be exactly in the legal area that you’ve dreamt about since Intro to Law 101. There are two main reasons for this: Most
- [What’s my Practice Worth to Another Firm?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/whats-my-practice-worth-to-another-firm/) - One of the common concerns senior lawyers we speak to have when looking to make a lateral move to another firm is the question of what their perceived value will be to a new firm and how to formulate a target list of firms who will place the highest value on their practice. So how
- [Does Size Really Matter… if you Want a Higher Salary?](https://peppercornrecruitment.com.au/do-large-law-firms-pay-more/) - Conventional wisdom says that lawyers who want big salaries should strive to get to a large law firm as soon as possible. But is that really the right approach, and is it even based on the correct information? We’re going to run through a few factors to consider when it comes to legal salaries, and

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