-Read “Hire is not a ‘Four-Letter Word’” ABA Solo, Small Firm, General Practice, eReport, January 2017.
-Review the ABA Career Center’s job search engine, (Links to an external site.)
-On the top of the screen next to the “ABA Career Center,” type the word Paralegal in the keyword box. Scroll through your results. You should yield more than 10,000 job postings across the country.
-Back to the top of the screen, next to the “ABA Career Center,” type the word Paralegal in the keyword box and then type in the name of the State where you reside.
Step 1:
-Introduce yourself to the class and explain why you have decided to enroll in the Paralegal Program at Eastern Gateway Community College.
-Identify and describe the functions of members of the legal team as described in the article “Hire is not a ‘Four-Letter Word’”: Legal Assistant, Legal Secretary, and Paralegal.
-From the perspective of the hiring lawyer, why do you think it is a mistake to hire any of the legal team as “independent contractors?”
-Based on the article what skills should a paralegal have when applying for a job?
-What takeaways do you gather from the article about preparing for an interview for a paralegal position?
-Discuss your findings and impressions after reviewing the ABA Career Center site based on the two different search paths you were asked to prompt.