This week is my 63rd birthday and I am celebrating relationships. I was in DC yesterday presenting on Mentoring & Engagement for the partners at Sterne Kessler, doing work I love for a firm I feel deeply connected to. While in DC, I got to celebrate with client-friends I’ve known for over 25 years. I … Continued
April has been busy with industry conferences. ALA, NALP, and LMA all held their annual conferences this month. My LinkedIn feed has been filled with smiling faces of colleagues reconnecting. Seeing these photos reminded me of a fundamental question: Why is it so vital to nurture these professional relationships? Because when change happens, and it … Continued
By Jake Wisnik Last week, I had the absolute pleasure of attending my first NALP Annual Education Conference in Hollywood, Florida. While I had previously attended the Newer Professionals Forum in a slightly colder Philadelphia two months ago, this conference felt like a big step into the major leagues of law firm recruiting. Getting to … Continued
Next week, I’m heading to the NALP conference in Hollywood, Florida, to present Achieving Your Next Level of Success. This feels like a truly full-circle moment for me. The first time I ever spoke in public was at a NALP conference on Goal Setting & Planning. I credit that one opportunity with helping me overcome my … Continued
Thirty years ago this week, I launched Wisnik Career Enterprises, Inc. with a phone, a desk (no computer), and a belief that there were unmet needs in the industry I grew up in and loved. Hiring hundreds of law students for two major NYC firms made it clear to me that attorneys needed skills to … Continued
Why do you need a search consultant today to represent you or your firm? When I started this business 30 years ago, the “World Wide Web” was a novelty on my DOS-driven computer. I submitted all resumes via a fax machine. I didn’t have a database of candidates or LinkedIn to find new ones. Many … Continued
Uncertainty feels like it’s everywhere right now. It’s in our extreme weather, our polarized political environment, and for those in the legal industry, it’s the jarring shift of law student recruiting moving to January, which has forced major career decisions after just one semester of law school. On a personal level, my Jan/Feb have been … Continued
This week has been hard. We moved out of my beloved “Barbie House” right after the blizzard. The snow and ice turned a one-day move into a two-day ordeal. Throughout, I kept trying to keep things in perspective. The day we began our move, temperatures in New Jersey hit the single digits. It was also … Continued
Happy New Year! This year, we will celebrate 30 years since I launched Wisnik Career Enterprises. On a recent flight to Boston to conduct Interviewer Training, I had a déjà vu moment. I clearly remembered being on the Delta Shuttle to Boston in January 1996 to present to the Women’s Law Group at Harvard on … Continued
Interviewer Training is more important than ever. Never in my 29 years of conducting interviewer training for law firms have I seen recruiting change this much. Winter 2026 will mark the start of law student recruiting season for many firms across the country. Firms will be making hiring decisions based on just one semester of grades, … Continued