Blogs About "Resume"

Are you curious about alternative legal careers? There are many options, not just various careers you can pursue, but lots of people who can help you along the way to your dream job. We are lawyers and we’ve been where you are. Law Students. Recent Graduates. Professionals dissatisfied with their careers. Job seekers seeking something new.

You are not alone. Here are a few job search tips ...

The top 5 interview mistakes that I have seen repeatedly, and it is (VERY) difficult to choose just 5, are:

Candidates are unprepared. Either the job seekers don’t know enough about the company at which they are interviewing, enough about their own resumes, or they are unable to answer basic interview questions, for example their strengths and weaknesses.

Candidates appear sloppy. Either their hair and ...

Are you consistent? One of the biggest mistakes job seekers make is that they are inconsistent. They are inconsistent with their message, their level of professionalism and their documents.

YOUR MESSAGE:
If you are a lawyer seeking to change practice areas or any professional seeking a position different from the one you have, your message must be consistent. A legal resume is not ideal when applying to a fundraising...

Not including a cover letter – This is your opportunity to tell your target employer exactly why you are the perfect candidate and how your work experience exactly matches their current needs and will make their life better. Make them want to read your resume. If a job application has a section to upload your cover letter, do it! If you are emailing your resume...

Resume Do’s and Don’ts apply to everyone. But, like the law, there are rules and standards and consequences. For example, if you skip to the bottom of this post to find the link to the 5 Do’s and Don’ts you’ll miss a few additional rules. You wouldn’t skip the instructions on your exam would you!? Is this you: OH NO, I didn’t know it was open book!!!!! Keep...

Doctors practice medicine. Lawyers practice law. We PRACTICE. We say we're experts and some of us are, but we are always practicing, gaining new skills and bolstering others.

If you are not sure that you want to practice law you are not alone. You have options. If you have practiced for years you have most likely gained transferable skills. It is those skills that make you a valuable candidate for...

Besides the great comic, this blog post covers all of the major errors resume reviewers and hiring managers see with resume file names.

Everything about you must be consistent throughout your job search. Not just the contact information at the top of your resume and cover letters but also your appearance and demeanor. Do not ruin all of your hard work by ignoring what your potential boss may see first, right after...

 

Many women know what they want to be when they grow-up. Today my 2.5-year-old daughter wants to be a doctor-mommy-good-girl. I promised her I'll work hard so she can be whatever she wants and she promised me the same.

 

What she ends up doing professionally may not exist yet. I won't go down the slippery-this-and-that-didn't-exist-when-I-was-her-age-slope (car phones, VCRs, fax machines, the internet, Starbucks!)...

Lawyers are trained to think, often alone and not to operate as part of a team, we are often hesitant to network. However, we already network all the time, every interaction with a client, a colleague, and a family member is a meeting, a coffee and an opportunity. Call it whatever you want. Lawyers are also trained to research, to gather information, and networking is the same thing. You are learning...

Does your resume rise to the Bar? IT WILL! We'll help your resume PAY OFF.

If you missed any of my tweets earlier this week and all of last week about how Attorney's Counsel can help make your resume PAY OFF here they are:

PAY OFF: PRESENTATION-Your resume must be easy to read! Think margins, spacing, title of doc you send & paper, bc some ppl still want hrdcpy

PAY OFF: ACCOMPLISHMENTS-Quantify! What Problems...