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web-toedchloe Sep 16, 2004

In what kind of law are you looking for a job? Maybe your resume just needs a little sprucing.

suchgr8heights Sep 16, 2004

Yes. Resumes are vey important...I had ZERO experience in finance and somehow I got in and was complimented on my resume which is interesting cuz I just went thru a resume workshop and they basical...

web-toedchloe Sep 17, 2004

My resume has the last 3 firms I've worked for and about 5 bullet points under each stating what I did there.

englandkid Sep 17, 2004

ive only worked in one law firm

web-toedchloe Sep 17, 2004

Stretch it out, then. Is that the only job you've had? If not, try to pull your job duties that had anything to do with office work from your other jobs and put them in. Don't list waitressing jobs...

englandkid Sep 17, 2004

Nope.... my last job title was legal secretary....nothing special! My jobs before that were in retail.... Staples for a year and a half

web-toedchloe Sep 17, 2004

No, the title isn't what's important, it's the skills you list. Make those stand out.

englandkid Sep 17, 2004

ok.... my resume says: General Office Responsibilities, Research, Education Law

web-toedchloe Sep 17, 2004

Don't generalize. Be specific. List what "General Office Responsibilities" entails and don't use single words or short terms like "Research" or "Education law", use sentences, like "Legal research ...

englandkid englandkidOG 2003

can i ez message you my resume?... the dictaphone.... is that the tape recorder thing?

web-toedchloe web-toedchloeOG 2001

Sure. Or you can e-mail it to me in word at my office: diana@kingspry.com

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