Non-Sequiturs: 12.01.10

onDecember 1, 2010 at 6:01 PMDecember 1, 2010 at 7:27 PM

* Job seekers: there’s nothing wrong with a good old fashioned résumé. It isn’t necessary to create an eleven-page slideshow, replete with clip art and stock photos, explaining why you should be hired (unless you wish to be mocked on the internets). [Dealbreaker]

* Remember legal secretary Jaki Nelson’s salacious lawsuit against Jones Day? Partner Frederick “Rick” McKnight, whom she accused of using the n-word, is stepping down as partner-in-charge of the Los Angeles office. [eBossWatch]

* Does Simpson Thacher’s new policy of docking pay for delinquent timekeepers run afoul of the law? [The Careerist]

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* Speaking of employment laws, what do they have to say about a Norwegian boss’s practice of making menstruating employees wear red bracelets? [Law and More]

* You know things are bad when the parties dispute where to hold their alternative dispute resolution. [South Florida Lawyers]

* To our Jewish readers: Happy Hanukkah! Here’s a parody video, set to the tune of Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite,” that you might enjoy. [YouTube]