3 New Legal Courses at
Los Angeles

Valley College
 
LAVC Los Angeles Valley College 3 new legal classes from www.legalfieldcareers.com
 
Legal Field Careers Home ::



MOBILE - CELL VERSION

 
 

Legal Secretary Career Options
and Opportunities
-

Another in a Series of LegalFieldCareers.com Articles
to Help You Enhance Your Career!


'You've decided on your Career...
now decide on a Strategy to Secure it!'

__________________________________________________

Legal Secretary

Legal Secretary - Maximizing Your Career Potentials
By: Ric Riccobono

As a Legal Secretary student are you just interested in any 'job', or do you want the Best job, maybe even your own business?

Understanding Your Career and Some Diverse Opportunities

As a student of LAVC you have your own reasons why you choose a particular career path. For those of you who have chosen the Legal Secretary Career courses you should be fairly familiar with the duties of a LS assistant, so this article is for you. You do have some options available to you and depending on your character and personality; you may find this article of some of value to you. For example, becoming a Legal Secretary may afford some opportunities that exceed the act of simply trying to get a good secretary or executive secretary job. Consider one fact, many businesses can't afford to hire an in-house attorney, but need someone with some legal understanding plus they have need for a Secretary. That's were hiring a Legal Secretary may be of great interest to a small to medium sized business in as much as they would be getting both a Secretary and a Legal Assistant who has certain legal knowledge above that of an average secretary. This might include the proper channels to file legal forms, alert them for various legal issues the company might run across and many other assets that might accompany a well-educated Legal Assistant.

This may also serve as an opportunity for a higher rate of pay as you would be serving dual needs. While the sound of being an Executive Secretary, one who is responsible for assisting the executives in the office, may be interesting keep in mind that an Executive Legal Secretary you can bring much more value to the a firm. A Legal Secretary or Executive Legal Secretary

Throughout the LFC Legal Field Careers website you will find articles on various aspects of the Legal Career Courses at LAVC. The LS job functions have been discussed in several ways on the site, but there are also many temporary legal jobs which may lead to full-time work especially when the employer is pleased with your work. Strong computer skills are obviously a very important aspect of legal assistant jobs. Managing projects for the attorneys and performing research are other examples of some key parts of the Legal Secretary job description.

Learn to promote yourself.

Can you act as an attorney? No

Can you give legal advice? No, but you can advise in the proper areas of your Legal Secretary education.

Can you act as a regular Secretary, Yes, of course.

As a LS you would and should, be familiar with all of the work skills required of most secretarial positions, such as computer, certain software knowledge, databases, fax machines, photocopiers, scanners, various telephone systems, video conferencing equipment and more. As a Legal Secretary you would have experienced in all of those, plus you would bring your knowledge of legal duties frequently performed at any lawyers’ office. So you can see how you would have a major advantage over other candidates.

Let's discuss some common ground rules for consideration with regards to starting your Legal Secretary career.

Grammar – P's and Q's

First off, how's your CV - 'Curriculum Vitae' - Grammar, be honest and rate yourself, ask others to give you an honest opinion. You may not be expected to write like Shakespeare, but you don't want to sound like you just graduated from Romper Room either.

In reference to a recent survey performed by the recruitment consultancy Nicoll Curtin: they asked over 500 companies this very scenario, an overwhelming 65 percent pointed to CV errors as their ultimate annoyance. As you do not to want to fall into that 65% zone, work on it. Understanding your shortfalls and improving or correcting them can be a major plus, while taking your Legal Secretary courses at LAVC. Also, ask your instructors to analyze your shortfalls, which can result in a hidden cause of the lack of job offerings. Improve your self-worth by making notes on your shortcomings and strengthening them.

Good communication skills are a very important aspect of any job.

Understanding your abilities, your talents, your strong-points and weak areas is how you build value into your career and there's absolutely no time like during your courses at LAVC to build those crafts. Make your mistakes here so LAVC Instructors can correct them before you make them in your career, that's why you're here and that's why they're here, to help You get the best out of...'You!'.

Virtual Legal Secretary

In one of our most recent articles we discussed becoming a VP Paralegal and illustrated how forming your own business is an interesting possibility. The same can work for LS as well. In principle a Virtual LS would be the same, except in this case you would be your own company and instead of having a boss, you'd have a client. This could result in developing a business of your own. We'll get into this area a little more in future articles.

_____________________________

Watch our New Legal Secretary Video
and also Read the HR Career Opportunity Article
  Watch our New Paralegal Careers Video
and Read the Virtual Paralegal Article
legal secretary career video from www.legalfieldcareers.com
  paralegal career video from www.legalfieldcareers.com


Also Check Out...
 
Tips for HR Strategy
"An Indepth Look"
 

And most importantly,
whatever avenue you choose,
Complete your graduation and land that
GREAT ‘Career'!
 

 


4-24-13
Hired legal field careers graduate from lavc www.legalfieldcareers.com
HI Sharen

"Thank you so much for referring the job to me. After the interview I was called yesterday to tell me I got it."
Regards, Carmen Cordon

- see Many More Reviews >



Course Starts March 12, 2014

LAVC legal secretariy, paralegal and human resources classes from lavc www.legalfieldcarerrs.com photo
Roxanne Roske
Human Resource Assistant
Course Lead Instructor


_____________________

Feb 2013
INSPIRED legal field careers laavc graduatge www.legalfieldcareers.com
Ric,

"I cannot stress enough just how much this school prepared me. Every base was covered..."
- see Full Review and Many More >
Thank you. Respectfully,
Sabrina Luna

_____________________



So What are you Waiting For?
Sign up today while there's still time!




paralegal program calendar from www.legalfieldcareers.com




Call or Email Us for More Details!
(818) 997-0967



HUMAN RESOURCE ASSISTANT ACADEMY
Next COURSE BEGINS March 12, 2014

   

Financing Now Available - Enroll Now - Pay Later!

2 Convenient Finance Plans to Choose From!

We're here to get you in!
Legal Field Careers and LAVC have arranged 2 separate Financing
Plans for you to get started in your Legal Field Career Today!

Contact us now
for Complete Details!

(818) 997-0967


   

Check it Out Today!

 


An Exciting New Career
at a Newly Remodeled College

LAVC new admissions building from www.legalfieldcareers.com

Now's the time to consider all your options before you graduate. Talk with others in the field of Paralegal you think you may be interested in, talk to those who work for law firms and talk to those in business for themselves, such as Document Filers and Virtual Paralegals, as those questions, your instructors are here to help!

       
The LegalFieldCareers.com site is a multi media promotional site featuring various legal courses being offered at LAVC, Los Angeles Valley College. While the legalfieldcareers.com website is not the official site of LAVC, the programs featured on this site reflect the information about the programs being offered at LAVC.All rights to the information on this web-site are the exclusive rights and property of Skylight Consulting, Inc. No portion of this material may be used or duplicated without the express written permission of an authorized representative of Skylight Consulting, Inc.' 2013. This site is being featured as a multi media format version solely designed to assist in the illustration of the courses being offered at LAVC. Legal Field Careers Video Produced by Global Media Productions, Los Angeles, CA, GlobalVizion-GV is a custom proprietary format of Global Media, all rights Reserved. Web design and promotions by Global Media Productins www.globalvizion.tv. Unauthorized use is prohibited and punishable by law.

GlobalVizion.net full service multi media web design and seo search engine optimization from www.globalvizion.net