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Structure vs serendipity on the job hunt as a legal professional with Sam Santos

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Episode Highlights
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💪 Taking chances

Being a student with internship requirements sometimes forces you out of your comfort zone. Sam talks about how she took chances, applying for a computer science job and ended up getting it as a law student. This experience is something that still impacts her life today. Hiring managers - take some chances on the right people!

💻The complementary parts of tech & law

On the outside, it may seem that technology companies and law firms have little in common. As someone who works in both, what is Sam's perspective?

🧑‍⚖️ The journey of a law student

We dive into what law students go through and what Sam recommends. (There are a ton of tips that work for people in all industries):

  • How diversity in your experiences is a real benefit to having a fruitful law career
  • How law school has added new ways to analyzing personal problems
  • What OCIs are and her experience going through it
  • How OCIs can be beneficial or detrimental to people on the job search

🔧 Job Search Tools

Sam shares a ton of fun stories that relate back to everyday job search tools:

  • Why research is important on the job search
  • Why you never know if an interview actually went well

Credits
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Guest: Samantha Santos
Host: Marco Yim
Company: Extempra
Music by Wataboi
Artwork: Ravenfrostt

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9 episodes

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Manage episode 288292331 series 2859738
Content provided by Extempra and Marco Yim. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Extempra and Marco Yim or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Follow Samantha on LinkedIn
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Episode Highlights
----------------------------------

💪 Taking chances

Being a student with internship requirements sometimes forces you out of your comfort zone. Sam talks about how she took chances, applying for a computer science job and ended up getting it as a law student. This experience is something that still impacts her life today. Hiring managers - take some chances on the right people!

💻The complementary parts of tech & law

On the outside, it may seem that technology companies and law firms have little in common. As someone who works in both, what is Sam's perspective?

🧑‍⚖️ The journey of a law student

We dive into what law students go through and what Sam recommends. (There are a ton of tips that work for people in all industries):

  • How diversity in your experiences is a real benefit to having a fruitful law career
  • How law school has added new ways to analyzing personal problems
  • What OCIs are and her experience going through it
  • How OCIs can be beneficial or detrimental to people on the job search

🔧 Job Search Tools

Sam shares a ton of fun stories that relate back to everyday job search tools:

  • Why research is important on the job search
  • Why you never know if an interview actually went well

Credits
----------------------------------

Guest: Samantha Santos
Host: Marco Yim
Company: Extempra
Music by Wataboi
Artwork: Ravenfrostt

  continue reading

9 episodes

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