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More Alternative Career Choices for Lawyers

published December 24, 2012

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The foregoing areas are the ones in which most legally trained persons are currently filling non-legal positions. However, anyone contemplating a business management career should be aware that this is far from a complete roster of the possibilities. An active imagination can easily expand the number of opportunities. Just a few examples of positions currently filled by lawyers to get you started:
 
A word of caution comes from the corporate recruiting and employment manager of one corporation with extensive overseas business, "In the past we have received a number of inquiries from individuals possessing a legal background and desiring employment relating to international marketing opportunities. Unfortunately, most positions that become available in the international business area are filled by individuals from foreign countries having a varied degree of practical experience."


Industrial development for a railroad. This involves negotiations with representatives of business and industrial organizations and community leaders to stimulate industrial development within the territory served by the railroad. Information on such things as available plant sites, availability and quality of water resources, tax rates in given communities and the proportion of the total work force having specified skills must be gathered, sometimes in cooperation with representatives of state governments, public utilities, universities and similar groups. Negotiation with communities, state governments, public utilities, universities and similar groups. Negotiation with communities, businesses, and public utility representatives along the railroad must be undertaken to eliminate obstacles industrial development and to development of harmonious relations between local citizens and new plants.

Merchandise control for a retail organization with a substantial number of outlets. In this area records are kept on all merchandise on hand and data on sales on all items of merchandise in the various branch stores. Those working in this area are responsible for seeing that merchandise from the general stock is delivered to the branch stores or moved from one branch to another as sales may indicate. They provide information to buyers to assist in making decisions on the need for current or future buying activity.

In accessing the variety of possibilities, also keep in mind that almost every business and each industry has unique functions peculiar to it alone. Consider just the operational differences between hotels, retailers, banks, mining operations and producers of heavy industrial equipment. As you analyze the functions involved in any operation, imagine how you might use your legal training to enhance your job performance within those functions.

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published December 24, 2012

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