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   A recent article in  Financial Times  about Paul Weiss essentially circles back to the once-popular meme about GM -  What is good for GM is good for the country.  (The source for that has been debated.) The FT coverage highlights how the law firm's aggressive push in the London market is enhancing the location's reputation for being key in the local, regional and global legal sector. So, what's good for Paul Weiss is good for London.  Well-known is that Paul Weiss hired star Neel Sachdev, conducted raids on Kirkland & Ellis talent and most recently hired Kai Zeng from Blantyre Capital. The goal is to operate a 200-lawyer office. Meanwhile, watchers of Paul Weiss ponder if the rapid building of its presence in the London market is good for Paul Weiss. Ever since chair Brad Karp recently reset the firm for intensified competition it's become a fave to monitor and then speculate about. Professional anonymous networks Reddit Big Law and Fishbowl Big...

  If you're in professional services - such as law, management consulting or public relations - you probably have to bring in new business. That can be a requirement even if you are a contract worker. The star rainmakers at large law firms such as Kirkland & Ellis and Paul Weiss can pull down $20 million annually. As a contractor to major public relations agencies I received hefty commissions for developing new accounts.  In this article published in O'Dwyer Public Relations I present what type of rainmaker is most effective and six strategies to up your own game.  As an intuitive career coach/tarot reader I uncover for you the opportunities/obstacles  that others miss. Free confidential consultation. Try it. You have nothing to lose. If we work together, fees are what you can afford. For an appointment: contact Jane Genova (text/phone 203-468-8579, janegenova374@gmail.com). In-person and remote.

 Exam time Waiting to hear if we're on the layoff list After we find out we're pregnant and before we tell our partner. All require comfort food. Such "weakness" is often condemned. The assumption is that we should be able to absorb life straight-on. But, hell, that beats turning to illegal drugs or excessive boozing. Well, those of us who operate on the elite tiers of comfort eating might have to shift down to maybe those $2.99 bags of white corn chips. A tragic development has been reported by Yahoo Finance . Mondelez CEO Dirk van de Put informs us that we: " ... will need to get used to chocolate that is 30% to 50% more expensive than it used to be 'because that's what we're going to see' due to a supply crisis in Africa. Mondelez manufactures Cadbury and Milk chocolates. What's projected by Mondelez is just the tip of the iceberg. All quality chocolate may be beyond our tightening budgets.  In intuitive career coaching I will have to guide...

  It's such a roaring cliche. But cliches survive because they embed so much raw reality. One time-worn platitude is: Adversity is a blessing.  That is on the money. It can be the platform for giant leaps forward in a career. Think about it: Adversity is frequently visiting in form of finding out that you're replaceable - "a dime a dozen." Gone is your job.  Such a blow can push your being into activating your survival gene. In this brutal labor market it can simulate what an ambition gene usually does. That is, the survival gene motivates you into figuring out what it takes to become a star and then doing all that. You become irreplaceable. In this Substack article I open the door to you to stardom. As an intuitive career coach/tarot reader I uncover for you the opportunities/obstacles   that others miss. Free confidential consultation. Try it. You have nothing to lose. If we work together, fees are what you can afford. For an appointment: contact Jane Genova (text...

 It's the obstacle to getting, holding and moving on to better work. That's age discrimination and it impacts both ends of the continuum we designate as the labor market. That is, young and old.  Posted on Reddit Jobs is the observation:  "If you’re young, people assume you’re inexperienced or don’t take you seriously. If you’re older, you’re suddenly not valued." Responses indicate that the situation has been getting worse. With the Trump Administration not supporting labor and having so much influence on the legal system the pursuit of justice through lawsuits has mutated into a decade-ago sexy fantasy.  As I hammer in this award-winning podcast , you have to escape the force field of all this reflection on age discrimination. Instead, get out of your head and hawk how you can get results for those hiring for full-time and contract assignments. You'll probably have to do that several times before someone buys.  Earning income from your labor - at any age - h...

The number of safe havens is small. They range from healthcare to parts of AI to personal services such as caring for the elderly, children and dogs.  Those are the exceptions.  The other sectors have made serial layoffs the norm. In a sense we have all become contract workers. We have this or that work for, say, 18 months and then we're again figuring out how to sing for our supper.  On Reddit Public Relations is this post, a sign of these times of no employment security, at least not in the traditional sense: "In early February, my agency let go 15 people and this is the second time we’ve undergone layoffs in under a year. Should I be concerned? Is this normal?" The 2025 version of employment security is to continue to beef up current skills and acquire new ones.   Interestingly, my intuitive career coaching clients who had been in the military tell me that youth is entering the services not to pick up a college degree. That's so last decade. The lure is to h...