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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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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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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Dear Petunia Partner: Practical Advice for the Everyday Lawyer - Part II
I am pleased to introduce you to Petunia Partner, a lovely figment of my imagination and my homage to all of...
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The Dos and Don'ts of Tightening and Toning Your Resume
There were two inspirations for this week's resume article. One was Britney Spears's less-than-stone-toned...
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The Top Three Mistakes Attorneys Make on Their Resumes
We all make mistakes, but as you know, resume mistakes are rarely forgivable. Read on to find out what the top...
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Tips on how to make that cutting edge Resume to impress interviewers
Crafting a resume that showcases a tantalizing variety of relevant jobs and skills is ideal, right? Define...
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Free Employment Clinic: How to Fix the Boo-Boos in Your History
Remember how, when you were a child, your mommy taught you how to put a Band-Aid on your knee after your most...
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The Lifestyles of Lawyers
We've all heard different versions of the Ecclesiastical statement ''There is a time for everything.'' In...
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Resume Tailoring
In my line of work, ''resume tailoring'' refers specifically to clients who would like extended periods of...
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Making Pro Bono Worth Reading About
Every legal professional seeks to find ways to make his or her resume stand out from the rest. Sometimes it...
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Tips on how to avoid procrastrination
I hate to say it, but life is all about the here and now. The longer we wait to do things, the less likely it...
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Calling All Psychic Employers
There are millions of possible ways for any candidate to phrase descriptions of past positions, and most of...
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Employment Patriotism
For years, applicants have been utilizing objectives at the tops of their resumes or cover letters in attempts...
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