Practical Video Presentation TipsFor better or worse, video conferencing has become an integral part of internal and external communication. This includes interviewing for jobs.   I asked a good friend with experience in the field to help Dovetail by providing us with...

Paralegals to the rescue?Over the past few months, we have experienced an increased demand for capable in-house paralegals, particularly on a flexible, project basis.  Good paralegals can shoulder a significant amount of the time-sucking admin and logistical work that...

Legal Job Market UpdateAs a kid, in bed, I would hold my breath, not moving a muscle, frozen, so the monster with its tentacles and fangs under the bed wouldn’t eat me. Well, that is like the current legal job market and the monster is COVID. A Government initiative,...

Follow-up Q&A to Practical Tips When Looking For Your Next RoleRESPONSES TO DOVETAIL ARTICLE IN ACC MAGAZINE, MAY 2020 Following our recent article in the ACC Magazine we received some excellent feedback that also included several queries. We thought it would be...

Practical Tips When Looking For Your Next RoleWhen the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) hit back in mid-2007, many countries went into a deep recession as markets, companies and jobs fell worldwide. I was in London at the time, managing interim placements for a global...

How Will the Coronavirus Impact the Legal Job Market?We often get asked what impact the virus is having on the job market… here are our thoughts… Four Phases in the Legal Job Market We expect that there will be four phases in the job market until the virus is...

2020 ACC VIC In-House Counsel Day Dovetail SummaryAndrew Murdoch and Charlie Smirl were pleased to represent Dovetail Legal Solutions at the ACC VIC In-House Counsel Day in Melbourne on 4th March 2020.  Thanks to everyone involved. If you couldn’t make it, here’s a...

2019 ACC National Conference Dovetail SummaryThe team at Dovetail; Andrew Bursill, Sonia Cason, Andrew Murdoch and Charlie Smirl, had the pleasure of exhibiting at the 2019 ACC In-House Legal National Conference in Adelaide. Below is a brief compilation of the key...