While 90 million users may seem paltry relative to Facebook’s 500 million, LinkedIn offers a professional promise Facebook can’t touch: It can actually help you find and land a new position. In this two-part series, Wendy Werner gets you set up to do just that. First, the basics to ready your LinkedIn account.

Are you still using the default security setting on your wireless? Still using unsecured wireless settings at Starbucks, airports and hotel lobbies? If you answered, “What security setting?” then you'd better read this before you sit down with that Starbucks latte, open up your browser and click Connect again.

“It’s the silence that gets me most,” he said. We were sitting in his small office in a 1950’s building just off the main drag. His name was stenciled on the frosted glass door. He looked at the silent phone and absent-mindedly checked his e-mail, again. There were no calls and no e-mail, no mail (except a few bills) and no work. My friend suffers, like most solos, from a boom and bust workload. What could I possibly say to help him cope?

It’s Friday! Why not make today the day you finally do something about that vacation you keep putting off? Block out the time on your calendar, pull out the brochures and just make a decision. If taking a cruise has long been on your list but you’ve resisted, let lapsed lawyer and cruise industry expert Wendy London raise anchor on the concerns getting in your way. In this week's Friday Five, she debunks some of the biggest myths about cruising.

If financial planning sounds overwhelming, and you work on contingency, take a look at “structured settlements.”

Speaking with a reporter is always a crap shoot. But speaking with them is far better than avoiding them. While you can't control what the reporter ultimately writes, with a little advance work you can improve your chances of getting a positive portrayal in the press. Leigh Ann Nicas has some smart tips to consider before your next interview.

There are several steps you can take to "optimize" your rankings in Google and other search engine results. But keep in mind that Search Engine Optimization (SEO) shouldn't be an afterthought—it's not something you can just hook on like a trailer to a car and expect to tow along behind you. Gayatri Bhalla explains how to assess the SEO of your website.

In last week's Friday Five, we asked readers to share their favorite antidotes to stress and anxiety. Many did just that, and we’ve become extremely mellow here at Attorney at Work, sampling all of those wonderful ideas! This week, we’re sharing our five favorites—and the T-shirt winning tip.

It happens to every lawyer from time to time. Someone you thought was a good long-time client suddenly drops the relationship. Or, perhaps you compete for a new client and you’re not selected. It can happen for any number of reasons. Many of them are things over which you have control. Some of them aren’t. Regardless, what you do with that disappointment is the most important thing.

When you’re working and actively networking, you have constant opportunity to update and revise your biography. But it’s all too easy to let your resume lie fallow at the bottom of a desk drawer between job searches. Not a good idea. Most people make job changes when they are not actively looking, so you want to make certain your resume is always in top form.