Resume
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TechnologyPlanning A Fall Job Search? Here Are 3 Ways To Get Ready.
Job searching is an arduous process. -
In-House CounselQuick Ways To Refresh, Optimize, And Modernize Your Legal Resume
While a resume is the initial threshold to land an interview, it’s no longer a laundry list of your tasks, job functions, and responsibilities. 
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In-House Counsel
Why The Anti-Résumé Provokes Such Strong Reactions
Who you are affects how you react to what I write.
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In-House Counsel
How To Write A General Counsel Resume (And Market Yourself Strategically)
It’s in the details -- not just the cursory overview of the skill set. -
Biglaw
Lawyer Suspended After Submitting An Inflated Résumé To A Biglaw Firm
Lesson learned. We hope. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Job Searches, Layoffs, Small Law FirmsReinventing The Law Business: You Lost Your Job In A Law Firm – What Do You Do Now? (Part 2)
Tips from managing partner Bruce Stachenfeld about recruiters, networking, résumés, and more. -
Job Searches, Technology
Back In The Race: Machines Are Now Deciding Whether You Deserve A Job Interview
Many job applicants will find it tough to get past résumé-filtering software now being used by employers, according to columnist Shannon Achimalbe. -
In-House Counsel, Job Searches
On Bragging Effectively (In Résumés And Briefs)
Wise advice from in-house columnist Mark Herrmann that's relevant to both résumé writing and brief writing. 
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Biglaw, Clerkships, Headhunters / Recruiters, Job Searches, Lateral Moves, Litigators, Politics
Anonymous Recruitment Director Answers Your Email Questions (Part 2)
How do law firms assess job moves on a résumé, and how do they feel about different types of prior non-Biglaw experience? -
Biglaw, Headhunters / Recruiters, Job Searches, Law Schools
Anonymous Recruitment Director Answers Your Email Questions (Part 1)
Have a question about getting a job in Biglaw? Anonymous Recruitment Director answers many of them here. -
Biglaw, Fashion, Headhunters / Recruiters, Interview Stories, Job Searches, Social Media, Social Networking Websites
11 Tips For The Biglaw Interview Day
What can you do to translate that interview into a job offer? -
Biglaw, Headhunters / Recruiters, Job Searches
Recruitment Staff Pet Peeves
Maybe you can benefit from these disclosures. This anonymous recruitment director certainly hopes so... -
Biglaw, Clerkships, Headhunters / Recruiters, Job Searches
Résumés: The Harsh Reality
What are law firms looking for in a résumé? Anonymous Recruitment Director reveals all.
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Biglaw, Headhunters / Recruiters, Job Searches
Strategic Career Choices And (Yawn) Cover Letters
How can you break into Biglaw if you didn't get a summer associate job as a 2L? -
Career Center, Career Files, Law Schools, LSAT, Pre-Law
From The Career Files: Tips On Five Key Pieces Of The Law School Application
Ann K. Levine, a law school admission consultant and owner of LawSchoolExpert.com, offers helpful tips for law school applicants. -
Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Education / Schools, Legal Ethics, Partner Issues, Screw-Ups, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Don't Lie On Your Résumé -- Even If You're A Partner
Legal secretaries and other support staffers aren't the only ones getting fired by Biglaw; partners who lie on their résumés get shown the door too. -
Job Searches, Law Schools
Need Résumé Help? Don’t Bother Career Services, They Might Be Too Busy.
Career services offices are doing triage; are law schools giving them the resources they need? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Job Searches
Inside Straight: Lessons Learned From The Résumé Professionals
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann offers some tips about writing a résumé, along with reflections about the difference between preparing a résumé when you work at a law firm compared to preparing one when you work in-house. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Job Searches
Inside Straight: Thoughts On Résumé Strategy
Some thoughts from in-house columnist Mark Herrmann on résumé writing. Specifically, what is the point of including an "executive summary"? -
Advertising, Career Center, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center: Building a Convincing Legal Résumé
As the market continues to grow with applicants across various practice areas, qualified or not, it’s more important than ever for your résumé to stand out, especially from the competition.
