Comments on: Mid-Level Job Application Tips: Share Your Best Advice for Mid-Levels! https://corporette.com/mid-level-job-application-tips/ A work fashion blog offering fashion, lifestyle, and career advice for overachieving chicks Tue, 22 Mar 2022 22:54:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 By: techgirl https://corporette.com/mid-level-job-application-tips/#comment-3890535 Tue, 05 Mar 2019 22:24:44 +0000 https://corporette.com/?p=92200#comment-3890535 This is perfect timing. I am in that 5-10 year range and have spent the last 8 years at the same company, in a variety of roles. This Thursday is my first interview in around 5 years, at a brand new company. I’ve spent an hour searching through my wardrobe, and I just keep telling myself I’m excited not anxious but… maybe I’m both?!

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By: Anna https://corporette.com/mid-level-job-application-tips/#comment-3890252 Tue, 05 Mar 2019 16:20:23 +0000 https://corporette.com/?p=92200#comment-3890252 In reply to Erin.

Seriously seconding everything you said. A lot of smaller companies also don’t tend to even have mid-level roles, and now that I have experience I more know what to look for and what I want in a role/company, which limits options a bit more in a good way. I’ve been actively job searching (while employed) for the past year and, while my field is a bit narrow and I’m being fairly choosy, it’s getting frustrating.

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By: Erin https://corporette.com/mid-level-job-application-tips/#comment-3890030 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 23:03:09 +0000 https://corporette.com/?p=92200#comment-3890030 Thanks for discussing this. When I was just starting my career, there seemed to be a lot of different options, and I had a pretty high application-to-interview rate. But now my experience level is in that 5-to-10 year range, there are fewer options overall, and fewer still that fit my areas of expertise. I also get the sense that a greater share of those roles are being filled by internal hires and people in the employer’s network. Plus it’s harder for me to quietly network for jobs now that I am a little more visible in my field and word might get back to my boss.

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By: Anonymous https://corporette.com/mid-level-job-application-tips/#comment-3890008 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 22:28:56 +0000 https://corporette.com/?p=92200#comment-3890008 In reply to Anonymous.

Personally, I’m all for current trends. I don’t have a super long torso but most sheath dresses I can find in stores have the waist hit too high for me (at my ribs rather than my actual waist), which I guess means I have a longer than average torso. High rise pants are kind of a godsend, and I like all the other stuff too – midi skirts, cropped pants, cropped shirts. I wear sweaters and skinny pants a lot for the fall/winter office wear, but I’m looking forward to maxi dresses and cropped pants or flowy pants with crop tops for summer casual. FWIW I’m 28, 6′, a regular inseam (32″), but always dealing with sheath dresses and other dresses with natural waist ties hitting the wrong place.

As Anon at 2:01pm said though, you should wear what suits you.

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By: anon https://corporette.com/mid-level-job-application-tips/#comment-3889983 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 21:38:13 +0000 https://corporette.com/?p=92200#comment-3889983 In reply to law resumes.

I graduated from law school in 2007 and mine is still at the top. I have gradually stripped it of details and only include super basic info (no GPAs but do include my undergrad major and journal participation). It takes up little room and is more important than job number four on my resume. Ideally, it would be between jobs two and three but that would be odd.

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By: Ellen https://corporette.com/mid-level-job-application-tips/#comment-3889975 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 21:31:38 +0000 https://corporette.com/?p=92200#comment-3889975 In reply to Equestrian attorney.

I think it depends on what position you are going for. Dad says that if you have already established yourself in a particular legal subspecialty (like litigation or WC) and wish to remain in it, then move the law school history down out of the way. However, if you have some experence, but wish to switch, then keep the law school up top, and in your COVER letter, explain that you did X for 3 years but need to move into Y, because of (blah blah blah).

In this way, you are showing your flexibility, but at the same time, showcasing that you are an attorney at law, and at the same time, a graduate of a reputable ABA accredited law school.

Dad says that if you are not a graduate of an ABA accredited law school, move it down, or better yet out of the picture entirely, as long as you are in good standing as a member of the STATE bar.

I remember when I was at GW, I met a guy who was a Harvard Law School graduate at a bar on 19th street, and he was so stuck on Harvard Law School when trying to impress me, but I really did not care that much. My freind and I were GW law students, so it was not that much of a difference to us, and we preferred to talk about our freinds from high school. He got miffed at us, telling us we were dumb b/c he was a HARVARD LAW graduate, so who cares about freinds from high school! Needless to say, we did NOT wind up doing anything with him–he thought we were just two dumb law students that would do $exueal things with him in his fancy car b/c he was a Harvard man who worked at a very big law firm in town (Covington). FOOEY on him! That poor Yutz went home alone that night! DOUBEL FOOEY on him for thinking WE were the dumb ones!

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