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Carefully!
If you did not graduate from school, you did not complete the degree program and may not claim to have done so. You can not call yourself a Doctor, Lawyer, Accountant, or Social Worker without specific certifications and degrees. A potential client was curious why she wasn’t getting hired to do accounting work when...
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Chronological or Hybrid.
Reverse Chronological is the most well recognized – HR professionals and recruiters prefer this format and it is an option for almost all applicants.
Hybrid is Chronological + Skills-Based and enables you to highlight skills that might not be immediately obvious based on your experience. This is a...
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It depends.
If you recently obtained a new degree include the date to show that it is current but then be consistent and include dates for each degree.
Ageism will happen. It is unavoidable. People will judge you based on your years of experience, what you look like, and even potentially your email address. It is...
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Honestly.
Highlight your relevant skills and consider using subheadings to more specifically show your expertise. For example, my resume includes “Legal Recruiting Experience” and “Legal Experience” subheadings so that potential employers will see exactly what I wanted them to see and what was most relevant to them will be, literally, front and center on my...
Welcome to Matinee Wednesday. 1980-1989 was the era of big hair, big dreams and great movies. Take a break from work and grad some Twizzlers.
Weird Science (1985)
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Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to “create” a woman via their...
Think about your current or most recent job. What did you hate most?
To a potential employer those are all GOOD THINGS!
You didn’t make enough money. You are more likely to be hired than others with the same level of experience making more money. Your skills are...
I often judge a book by its cover. If the images on the cover don’t appeal to me I may not be the intended audience. The work above is the most perfect gift for me (hint hint). As an English major I read the classics and then fell in love with historical fiction. I have so many categories...
Do you consider your law school classmates your professional colleagues? Just that shift in language and attitude can make a difference. I wish that I had realized that when I was in law school. However, it is a different world now with the advent of social media. Facebook, LinkedIn and niche...
“Tea for two, and two for tea
Just me for you and you for me”
—Irving Caesar
Here, using the same words in a different order changed the meaning of the sentence. First, one order of tea for two people and second, two people are ordering tea.
“You like potato and I like potahto, You like tomato and I like tomahto Potato, potahto, Tomato,...
Tara Kachaturoff of TeachMeLaw Radio and I spoke recently about what recent law school graduates can do to increase their chances of getting hired now. If you didn’t do these three things while you were still in law school then read the bolded language in the interview transcript...
