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			Including Languages on Your Attorney Resume By Emily Sanderson If you are bilingual, make sure to indicate it on your attorney resume. If you are not, and you are thinking of a career shift, consider learning Spanish. + read more Date: 05-05-2008

			How to Write a Legal Resume: Tips on Writing a Legal Resume to Get an Attorney Job By Carina Zaragoza The following article provides some guidelines for attorneys on writing legal resumes. Legal resumes differ from resumes written for jobs in other fields. Legal resumes may include sections and information, such as lists of representative cases and affiliations, which generally will not be found on other resumes. Highlighting accomplishments is key to writing an effective legal resume that will get you one step closer to landing a legal job. + read more Date: 04-28-2008 Current rating: 1

			How to Write an Effective Cover Letter for a Paralegal Job By Hardeep Singh Arora When it comes to hiring legal professionals, most law firm hiring managers are very meticulous; therefore, a solid, well-written cover letter is imperative to getting an interview for a paralegal job. + read more Date: 04-14-2008

			Everything Law Students Need to Know about Crafting Resumes the Right Way By Robin Salisian Before you submit your legal resume, be sure to organize your resume to eliminate clutter, highlight your strengths, and emphasize your education and experiences. You should also be sure to perfect your cover letter. By doing these things, you'll be well on your way to crafting a legal resume that will land you your dream legal job. + read more Date: 04-07-2008

			Grim Reality for Real Estate and Finance Attorneys By Emily Sanderson The recent forced buy-out of Bear Stearns by JPMorgan Chase is a significant catalyst for displaced lawyers. + read more Date: 03-24-2008

			Your Resume: A Marketing Tool By Emily Sanderson I studied journalism as an undergraduate, a field that emphasizes identifying the audience to which one is speaking when writing a piece. For example, many local newspapers throughout the country are written to a fifth-grade-level audience, but the Wall Street Journal and New York Times write to a much more advanced level of education. Not only do such newspapers use bigger words and more complicated sentence structures, but the content of their articles is geared not just to inform but to provide information for individuals to build upon and to apply to concepts discussed in their own businesses or communities. + read more Date: 03-17-2008

			Identify a Career Focus in Your Legal Job Search By Emily Sanderson Unless you are an entrepreneur with funding and other resources available to you (including risk management) to start your own practice, you should find a niche or two among your interests, talents, and skill sets that you can offer to the legal profession. And the big secret in the entrepreneurial world is that as a business owner, you are still seeking to find a niche in the global marketplace but just with higher stakes — such as the livelihood of your staff and clientele, in addition to yourself and your family. + read more Date: 03-10-2008

			Networking during Your Job Search By Emily Sanderson Perhaps your firm is downsizing; perhaps you have some ethical concerns regarding company activity; perhaps you are moving to a new city for personal reasons, such as your spouse accepting a new position or your child enrolling in a private school. Are you prepared to make a change in your career? + read more Date: 03-03-2008

			Using Strong Verbs in Your Attorney Resume By Emily Sanderson Whether you use bullets or place structured phrases in prose form separated by semicolons in your resume, you know that resumes must sound assertive, project confidence, and place you in a category above the rest. Using strong action verbs in your consistently structured phrases makes your resume easy to read; potential employers can retain more information about you. In addition, solidly written phrases establish that you will actively deliver in the position for which you are applying. + read more Date: 02-25-2008

			Sending a Transaction Sheet with Your Attorney Resume By Emily Sanderson Including a representative transaction sheet as an addendum to your attorney resume allows you to provide more detail about the legal transactions you have conducted throughout your career. Usually one or two pages, the sheet lists transactions in bulleted prose and groups them by law category under headings with category names. + read more Date: 02-18-2008

			Your Attorney Resume: Use a Statement of Qualifications and a Cover Letter Instead of an Objective By Lancelot Larsen Some experts believe that attorneys should have objective statements on their resumes. They see the objective as a nice, friendly opener to let the employer or recruiter know immediately what your legal focus is. Particularly, they believe that an objective section at the top of your resume right under your name and contact information will clarify things if you have an assortment of different types of legal experience or general careers or if you are looking to transition into a practice in which you have no experience. + read more Date: 02-11-2008 Current rating: 10

			The Perfect Way to Introduce Your Attorney Resume By Lancelot Larsen ''The purpose of the cover letter,'' a wise man once said, ''is to get the resume read; the purpose of the resume is to get an interview.'' It is also believed by some resume experts that most cover letters never get read — that including a cover letter is more of a formality. Cover letters get skimmed and tossed aside. In any case, be prepared. Submit a cover letter with your resume. Almost all resumes without cover letters are declined whether or not the cover letters are read. + read more Date: 02-04-2008

			Transferable Skills Often Facilitate a Needed Career Shift By Emily Sanderson The oil crisis of 1987 eliminated many oil-related jobs in the United States. The advent of the Internet in the mid-1990s changed the business outlook for many job sectors including IT and the media. 9/11 affected the financial industry in 2001, and the real estate sector is feeling the pain now as lending institutions struggle to stay afloat. + read more Date: 01-28-2008

			Where to Place Your Law School in Your Attorney Resume By Lancelot Larsen If you are in law school, have just graduated, or have been out of law school for fewer than three years, your legal education information should be at the top. After three years, it needs to go on the bottom. And the longer you are out of law school, the shorter your legal education section should become. + read more Date: 01-21-2008

			Make Your Career Soar during Your Next Flight By Mary Waldron Most of us have flown in an airplane at some point in our lives — some more often than we'd prefer. The takeoff is scary, your neighbor can't stop coughing all over you, the leg room in front of your seat sucks, and when the drink and snack cart isn't blocking your path to the restroom, a plane ride can be downright boring. + read more Date: 01-14-2008

			Revamping Your Resume in 2008 By Akbar Ali 'Tis New Year's Eve, and while many of us are busy looking inward to form those all-important (and oft-abandoned) resolutions, too many of us will forget to make equally important external changes. Like what, you ask? Well, for one, changes to your resume. + read more Date: 12-31-2007

			Staying in the Job Safe Zone By Mary Waldron No one is safe. It's a jungle out in today's job market. As the years pass by, the number of jobs seems to be diminishing because of the advancement of technology and the economy's unpredictability. + read more Date: 12-24-2007

			Bad Review? Don't Get Bitter; Get Better. By Mary Waldron Most of us consider review time at our offices exciting as we hope for and dream of that fat raise we've been anticipating. No one is ever prepared when he or she gets a bad review — perhaps we are all a bit biased toward ourselves. Regardless, the main issue is how you handle the bad review. + read more Date: 12-17-2007

			Playing It Smooth at the Job Interview By Mary Waldron They're kind of like first dates. You try to look your best. You try to make the perfect first impression. And you try so hard to say all the right things. + read more Date: 12-10-2007

			First-Job Limbo: Should I Stay or Should I Go? By Mary Waldron Though The Clash vocalist Joe Strummer wasn't referring to his job woes in the 1982 hit song ''Should I Stay or Should I Go,'' his message rings true for many recent graduates struggling in their first jobs. + read more Date: 12-03-2007

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