First Contact - How to Take Control of Your Job Search from the Start
MANY PEOPLE VIEW the ad-answering phase of a job search too narrowly, as if it were only a two-step process: 1) You answer the advertisement, and then 2) you interview with your potential employer. The most ignored aspect of this activity is as important as a steppingstone in the middle of a fast-flowing stream. MORE
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Working With Recruiters - What To Expect And What You Need To Know
BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR JOB SEARCH, be sure that your resume is updated and professional. For tips on writing the perfect legal resume, refer to The Attorney Resume Guide to the Perfect Legal Resume. Once you have your resume ready, you have several options. One option preferred by many attorneys, but not possible for every attorney, is that of working with a recruiter. MORE
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Choosing The Right Resume Style - How To Effectively Show - Case Your Strengths
A RESUME IS A MARKETING TOOL, not your life's story. Neither is it a ticket to a new job. A resume is merely a way of making you visible as a valuable asset to a law firm, corporation, or any other prospective employer. A resume should be so attractively designed that it immediately arrests the reader's attention. It should also be visually inviting, well organized, use space wisely, and most of all, set you apart as a competent professional. MORE
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The ''How To'S'' Of Telling Your Story With A Functional Resume
MANY LAWYERS POSSESS ATTRACTIVE RESUMES, know how to dress for success, and have well-rehearsed answers to all the tricky interview questions. But when the time comes to make a career change, they may talk a lot, but few are really skilled at the subtle art of marketing themselves by weaving accomplishment stories into their resumes and their interviews. MORE
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Mastering The Interview
ANDY CORELLI NEVER DREAMED that one day his mid-sized litigation firm, Holmes & Watson, would go under. As the senior associate and, by everyone's estimation, the firm's best litigator, Corelli was on a fast track to partnership. But as the firm's half-hearted marketing efforts failed, its client base eroded, and downsizing soon followed. Instead of moving into a comfortable corner office, Andy found himself looking for a new job. MORE
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Targeted Mailings - Make It Personal
PERSONALIZING YOUR RESUME AND COVER LETTER is a vital part of your targeted mailing. By doing so, you can ensure that potential employers will not automatically think that you did a mass mailing just by looking at your resume and cover letter. This allows your targeted mailing to have a personal feel uncommon to normal mass mailings. MORE
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Tell Your Story - The Unique Value Of The Functional Resume
THE FUNCTIONAL RESUME TELLS STORIES. It presents a lawyer's credentials under skill headings, rather than by the more conventional way of job task descriptions. It does this by illustrating these skills with an accomplishment story. In other words, it brings the human talent for storytelling into the job-search process and by means of a story focuses the reader's attention on a lawyer's competencies and expertise, not just on his or her work history. The functional resume communicates a person's skills through the vehicle of accomplishment storytelling. MORE
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How To Win Over Your Interviewers - First Impressions Do Count
ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR INTERVIEW, you need to be able to answer the perennial threshold question: Tell me something about yourself. This chapter will explain how to best answer this question. MORE
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