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Be “Easy to talk to” with Law360 November 14, 2007

Posted by atharkhan in : Career Development, Easy to do Business With, Law School, Personal , add a comment

Another aspect of being “Easy to Do Business With” is to be “Easy to Talk To.” That means being current and knowledgeable on/about the particular area of law you are interested in, a particular industry, your potential customer/employer, etc.

At one point, I was reading several technical publications per week to stay current with the information technology industry. Now, as I am changing careers, I try and do the same with various email and RSS subscriptions.

One particular email service that I really like is IPLaw360 (which is a subset of Law360.com). Law360 provides free targeted email subscriptions to various areas of law including: Intellectual Property, Technology, Bankruptcy, Antitrust, Employment, Energy, Health, Products Liability, Securities, and a general Litigation Almanac.

So, whatever your interest in law may be, consider subscribing to the service so that you can stay current with the area of law.

Be “Easy to Find” by using Emurse.com November 9, 2007

Posted by atharkhan in : Career Development, Easy to do Business With, Law School, Personal, Review, Tech , 1 comment so far

The first step in becoming “Easy to do Business with” would be to become “Easy to Find.” In other words, if a potential employer down the street needed someone with your exact qualifications, how would they find you?

This is why I would urge every jobseeker to have an online presence and to consider posting their resume (or CV) at www.emurse.com. There are tons of resume hosting sites out there. I like Emurse the best for the following reasons:

1) The site is free — not to mention high tech!

2) It provides a unique web address (e.g. mine is http://atharkhan.emurse.com) which you can place on the hardcopy of your resume. This is also valuable because you can submit it to search engines such as google.

3) It alerts you when someone views your resume — which is a really nice ego boost.

4) It allows potential employers to download a copy of your resume in all common formats from Text to PDF.

5) The resume is stored in a special format called “hresume” which is optimized for search engines.

Let me know what you think of Emurse by leaving a comment.

-Athar.

How to retrieve your FAFSA PIN Instantaneously July 23, 2007

Posted by atharkhan in : Law School, Personal , add a comment

If you are looking to retrieve your FAFSA PIN immediately, you can do so at: https://pin.ed.gov/epin

I found out about this “hidden page” after spending a half hour on the phone with the FAFSA Customer Service.

Hope this helps and saves you some time.

-Athar.