Sorry I’m late to the #PracticeTuesday party, but a word on talking yourself up: Do it. You owe it to yourself and your future employer. You are amazing, and if you don’t help them know how, then the position will be filled by a less amazing, less appropriate person. Net loss.
https://twitter.com/RachelGurvich/status/1354234244139282433
“Yes but Carl, don’t be stupid. It’s certainly possible to be too braggy. I’ve seen it done. How do I avoid going too far?”
Pretty easy, really, if you are the type of person to worry about whether you’ve gone too far. You’ve got the internal regulator that braggy people lack.
Pretty easy, really, if you are the type of person to worry about whether you’ve gone too far. You’ve got the internal regulator that braggy people lack.
Harder for them to learn to dial it back. I find you rarely go wrong if you don’t spend your time on the resume candy—they know your GPA, and there’s not much to say about it. Better to focus on things you’ve done that you found interesting.
They’ll tend to notice when you describe them that you did them well.
And a conversation can be had about that clinic client you helped, or your interesting moot court problem, or just that person on the street that made you think about life in a different way.
And a conversation can be had about that clinic client you helped, or your interesting moot court problem, or just that person on the street that made you think about life in a different way.
Heck even that class you really liked can be fun to talk about.
And they’ll come away from the conversation thinking about the things you have done, not just the stuff you say. So you really don’t have to worry about the stuff you say sounding braggy.
And they’ll come away from the conversation thinking about the things you have done, not just the stuff you say. So you really don’t have to worry about the stuff you say sounding braggy.
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