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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What You Need to Know about Cover Letters
Enclose a covering letter whenever you send your resume to a prospective employer. While it rarely gives any...
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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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Power Attorney Resume Formats
There are many formats from which to choose when writing your resume. The most common in the legal community...
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The Job Information You Should Include on Your Resume
A job resume is a summary of a person's job experiences and factors that relate to his or her job...
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What Law Firms Look for in a Lateral Resume
The lateral resume is an extremely important marketing tool. It's a key component of the recruiting process....
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Preparing Non-Legal Cover Letters
A cover letter is an introduction. You use a cover letter to market your skills and abilities to the employer...
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Alternative Legal Careers: How to make a non-legal resume
OBJECTIVE: An objective states what you want to do and where you want to do it. It is specific for the...
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Resume Building Worksheet
On the left below, list the qualifications and skills that the employer will expect you to have in your new...
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Alternative Legal Careers: Utilize Excellent Resume Strategies
Writing a resume for a non-traditional legal job is like writing a resume for any other targeted position. You...
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Why is Having a Good Resume So Vital for a Law Job in Philadelphia?
If you are just moving to Philadelphia or have lived in the city a while, you may start looking for law jobs...
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Resume writing from the experts
Introduction A good resume is an extremely important tool in the job-search process. Because firms are...
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Standing Out in the Crowd
Times are grim in many ways for the legal industry. And that means lots of resumes are hitting desks.
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Let Your Attorney Cover Letter Make the Case for Interviewing You
Your cover letter is your personal marketing tool. Its purpose is to sell your qualifications to a prospective...
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Foreign language skills is definitely a key asset in an Attorney's Resume
If you are bilingual, make sure to indicate it on your attorney resume. If you are not, and you are thinking...
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How to Write a Legal Resume: Tips on Writing a Legal Resume to Get an Attorney Job
The following article provides some guidelines for attorneys on writing legal resumes. Legal resumes differ...
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Grim Reality for Real Estate and Finance Attorneys
The recent forced buy-out of Bear Stearns by JPMorgan Chase is a significant catalyst for displaced lawyers.
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An effective and strong Resume can be useful as a Marketing tool
I studied journalism as an undergraduate, a field that emphasizes identifying the audience to which one is...
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Using Strong Verbs in Your Attorney Resume
Whether you use bullets or place structured phrases in prose form separated by semicolons in your resume, you...
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Sending a Transaction Sheet with Your Attorney Resume
Including a representative transaction sheet as an addendum to your attorney resume allows you to provide more...
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Your Attorney Resume: Use a Statement of Qualifications and a Cover Letter Instead of an Objective
Some experts believe that attorneys should have objective statements on their resumes. They see the objective...
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The Perfect Way to Introduce Your Attorney Resume
''The purpose of the cover letter,'' a wise man once said, ''is to get the resume read; the purpose of the...
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Tips on best ways to revamping your Resume
'Tis New Year's Eve, and while many of us are busy looking inward to form those all-important (and...
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Marketing When You Are the Product
''The greatest thing to be achieved in advertising, in my opinion, is believability, and nothing is more...
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