How I Got My Job as a Labor Law Attorney – Sonia Pressman Fuentes




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Summary: In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 23:45, 21.8 MB), Sonia Pressman Fuentes shares how she got a job as a Labor Law Attorney for the National Labor Relations Board over 50 years ago. If you have a job-hunting success story you'd like to share, please e-mail your contact information to successstories AT howigotmyjob DOT com, and we'll get in touch to set up an interview. Find other job-hunting success stories at http://howigotmyjob.com More job-hunting and career development information at http://getthatjobonline.com Please share this episode with someone else who is looking for a job, and tell others about the show. They will thank you for it. Thanks! About Sonia Sonia Pressman Fuentes is a feminist activist, author, public speaker, and retired attorney. She has been involved in women's rights since 1965, when she joined the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as the first woman attorney in its Office of the General Counsel. Ms. Fuentes served as an attorney with the Federal government (Department of Justice, National Labor Relations Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development) for over 20 years and was an attorney and executive with multinational corporations (GTE and TRW) for over 10 years. She was the highest-paid woman at the headquarters of each of these corporations. Ms. Fuentes is a founder of the second wave of the women’s movement. She has lectured extensively in this country and abroad on women's rights and has written numerous articles on that subject in law reviews and other publications both in the U.S. and abroad. Her memoir, Eat First--You Don't Know What They'll Give You - The Adventures of an Immigrant Family and Their Feminist Daughter (affiliate link), has been required reading at Cornell University and American University. Ms. Fuentes resides in Sarasota, FL. Did you like this post? If so, please subscribe right now! Get this and other job-hunting success stories from the source at www.howigotmyjob.com Related articles by Zemanta 3 State AGs threaten to sue FedEx over contractors (seattletimes.nwsource.com) 100 Best Blogs For Law School Students Chooses Leopard Solutions Law Blog (prweb.com) Orlando Lawyers Overcome the Recession and Learn to Become Rainmakers (prweb.com) For HELP Committee, Wednesday Is NLRB Day (blogs.wsj.com)