Beyond Resumes: What Law Firms Truly Seek in Candidates
In the realm of competitive legal recruitment, aspiring attorneys frequently invest significant effort in...
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Crafting a Standout Legal Resume: Tips for Catching Employers' Attention
In the highly competitive landscape of the legal profession, a standout resume is not just a mere formality...
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Navigating Interviews After a Less-Than-Perfect Departure: Mastering References and Resume Checks
In the competitive landscape of job interviews, references and resume checks hold significant weight. These...
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How to Write the Best Attorney Resume for Your Legal Career
This article guides how to write a successful resume for law firms, explaining why it is essential to focus on...
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Attorney–Student Mentorship Opportunities in 2023
Mentorship is a crucial aspect of personal and professional development, and the relationship between an...
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Guide to Legal Writing Samples
A law firm job search is a stressful event. Applying with the right resume and cover letter, anxiously waiting...
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What To Include On Your Resume: Top 10 Tips From Employers
In a job search, your resume is one of the most important documents. A resume's purpose is to help impress...
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20 Resume Dos and Don'ts for Law Students and Attorneys
So now you've thoroughly researched potential employers, have done some soul-searching, and are on the path...
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Streamline your Resume Lingo: 7 Ways Law Students & Attorneys Can
Let’s face it: You’ll never fit everything you’d like to say onto a one- or two-page resume. That means...
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9 Things Attorneys & Law Students do That Make a Resume Look Old
Your resume is a representation of you to a legal recruiter or prospective employer, so don’t date yourself...
67 views5 Reasons Why Your Legal Resume Ends Up In The Trash
On average, a legal recruiter sees 5,000 resumes a year. Any legitimate reason she finds to make one disappear...
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Tailoring Resumes & Cover Letters to Fit the Legal Position
You're ready to begin the job hunt. You know what types of positions and firms you'd like to apply to. Now you...
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4 Reasons Why Every Job Should Have a Customized Resume
You keep hearing this advice on and on, “Always customize your resume to the job you are applying for” and...
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How to Write a Legal Resume
Summary: While having a well-written resume is a critical aspect of your job search, many attorneys don’t...
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Top 5 Tips for Creating Your Attorney Resume
Summary: Do you want to create a résumé that will wow any legal employer? Here are the top 5 tips that will...
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12 Resume Mistakes that Might Cost You an Attorney Job
The winning résumé is a marketing document, not an obituary that simply recites your life's chronology. From...
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Solid Lateral Resume
The lateral resume is an extremely important marketing tool. It's a key component of the recruiting process....
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Ingredients of a Resume
The employment resume--its style, organization, and content--has long been a topic of considerable discussion...
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Resumes are terribly important. Although it is possible to become paranoid about them and to spend too much...
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How Critical Is Your Appearance While Hunting For a Law Job
Your resume and cover letter represent you. They convey all that you are as a newcomer to the profession....
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Tailoring Your Resume To Push Yourself Strongly For Non-Legal Jobs
The vast majority of resumes look the same. Why? They look the same because the vast majority of job seekers...
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How To Make Your Resume And Introductory Letter Count In The Non-Legal Job Market
Legal training is comprehensive and intensive so it applies to a wide variety of career disciplines. You are...
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Importance of Resumes
Resumes are terribly important. Although it is possible to become paranoid about them and to spend too much...
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Legal Resumes and Cover Letters
A resume is an opportunity to create a positive impression with an employer. It may be viewed as a photograph...
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Cover Letter and Resume for Legal Professionals
The cover letter, like all correspondence and writings sent to employers, should be typed on good bond paper...
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Special Resumes for People with Special Circumstances
This article considers some of those special circumstances, whether they be a job problem related to age, a...
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How to Write Your Own Resume
Now you are ready to start writing your own resume. The following worksheets will help you include all the...
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How to Make Your Resume Look Good
Since your resume probably will be the first contact between you and your prospective employer, it is...
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Writing Your Resume
When writing your resume, always remember that its purpose is to make you interesting enough to a potential...
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Contents and Style in a Resume
Every resume must identify and describe the writer. You must include the following:
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