[USER]

My husband is a lawyer, but needs to find something else since the legal profession is really only providing him with stress and not even particularly good pay. He is also a Navy reservist and has lots of leadership and management skills, but doesn’t really know what to apply for other than lawyer roles.

He also doesn’t have time to look for anything else that may be more fulfilling and less stress, since he is constantly working around the clock.

I’d love to find someone I could pay to help him identify and apply for other positions (ideally remote or mostly remote) that may suit him better and aren’t driven by billable hours. I make enough to cover our household expenses, so money isn’t as important as finding a job that will provide him with quality of life and some fulfillment.

My husband is very ready for a change and knows he needs to find a lower stress job. He just doesn’t have time to really focus on the job search since he is always working.

I was thinking that a career coach or other type of professional headhunter etc might help guide him, since I also don’t have a ton of spare time (I have a busy corporate job, am 6 months pregnant, and caring for our toddler).

[Karolina]

I can connect you with a friend of my who is a carrier coach and can help him not only find what he wants to do but also help with the LinkedIn, CV etc.

[Adam]

Check out “Love or Leave the Law” podcast with Adam and Casey. Addresses this issue and will pose the initial questions that a career consultant would ask. Can get the thought process rolling before taking the next steps of working one-on-one with someone.

[Moore]

Headhunters or recruiters can help with this. He can reach out to a few on LinkedIn probably. He can set up job search alerts on indeed or LinkedIn to email him with possible job opportunities. The local workforce center and library probably have some career coaching resources.

[Teresa]

Consider the county government attorney profession. The pay is decent but not like private firms. But it is less stressful. Bigger counties have a team of attorneys.

[Geof]

There are recruiters (head hunters) that specialize in placing attorneys. They have access to many jobs that simply aren’t listed.

[Stephanie]

His college and/or law school career center should be able to help. Also, he can try a head hunter or executive search firm. Frankly it’s his life he has to figure out what he likes, doesn’t like and what he is good at, not good at.

What area interests him. No one can tell him that, but once he knows some of it, he can start to Articulate that to career centers.

[Andrea]

Compliance, risk management and government affairs positions rely on legal knowledge and legal research skills, but aren’t lawyering and don’t require a bar exam.

[Lisa]

It really depends on the type of law he practices. It sounds like he is in a firm now. If there is an in-house (ie at a company instead of a firm) version of his job, he needs to explore that as his first option. In-house life is WAY less stressful than law firm life.

No billable hours, corporate hours and benefits, and the same skill set you use at a firm. I worked in a firm for nearly 7 years and then went in-house; it’s been 13 years, and I haven’t looked back

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