{"id":54,"date":"2018-08-13T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ociblog\/?p=54"},"modified":"2018-08-13T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T14:20:00","slug":"attending-employer-receptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ociblog\/2018\/08\/13\/attending-employer-receptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Attending Employer Receptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Am I being evaluated at firm receptions, or are they simply meet-and-greets?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, you are absolutely being evaluated at receptions. Until you have an offer, treat every interaction with the firm as an evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>Receptions are a terrific opportunity to connect with more people at the firm, and to demonstrate that you would be a cultural &#8220;fit.&#8221; Dress professionally, keep one hand free for handshakes\/introductions at all times (i.e., don&#8217;t have a drink in one hand and plate of food in the other), and create face time with as many of the attorneys as you can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Am I being evaluated at firm receptions, or are they simply meet-and-greets? Yes, you are absolutely being evaluated at receptions. Until you have an offer, treat every interaction with the firm as an evaluation. Receptions are a terrific opportunity to connect with more people at the firm, and to demonstrate that you would be a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ociblog\/2018\/08\/13\/attending-employer-receptions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Attending Employer Receptions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6905,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ociblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ociblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ociblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ociblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6905"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ociblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ociblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ociblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ociblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ociblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ociblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}