FLN provides tips and advice on how to secure first job in legal field
- Tuesday, 6 November 2018
The Future Lawyers Network held its eighth meeting -first for the academic year- on Tuesday 6th of November 2018 at Microsoft offices and the discussion revolved around providing tips and advice on how a law student can secure his or her first job in the legal field. After an interesting tour of the Microsoft office, offered by Dr Lena El Malak, our guests, Idil Hanoglu, recruiter at Microsoft; Michael Estafanous, recruiter at Microsoft; Ricardo Christie, attorney at Microsoft; Aaron Faith, director in-house, Middle East & emerging markets at Marsden Internationall and Arshiya Khan, paralegal at Dubai Airports gave their expert advice during an interactive and engaging session. The panellists shared their own journey and provided useful information on how to build and use a Linkedin profile effectively to improve one’s visibility, networking exposure and employability prospects. They discussed the different qualification options and career paths available to graduates, as well as answered student questions with regards to interviews, CVs and effective approach to job hunting.