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"I
was very impressed with how quickly you
zeroed in on not just on my particular
personality, my strengths and weaknesses,
just through a handful of conversations,
and were able to adjust or adapt your work
to fit what I needed. That was quite
remarkable, and just as helpful,
obviously."
Senior Benefits Attorney
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You
can move smoothly and efficiently to a new
career
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Are
you thinking of changing your practice
area, the kind of employer you work for,
or even moving out of law altogether?
Many successful lawyers discover that
their work no longer satisfies their
unique professional, financial and
personal goals. Like these lawyers, you
may be facing challenges such
as:
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on your time, attention, and
effort,
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Financial
concerns,
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Uncertainty
about your goals or available
options,
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Too
much comfort in your current job,
or
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Unease
about moving into an unknown
future.
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You
can move efficiently past these obstacles
to a rewarding new career
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You
use our tools to gain the skills and
insights to move into your new career on
your schedule. You clarify your
choices, make the decisions, and take the
steps that move you into new
success.
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We
have developed specific career change
techniques and approaches for lawyers.
Just as you as you have developed
expertise in your practice, we have
developed experience and expertise to
support your career change. You
can:
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Identify
the key factors that will support—or
hinder—your success in changing your
career,
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Use
sophisticated decision-making techniques
to clarify your options, and
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Define
a path forward to move into your new
career.
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How
our methodology helps you identify and
make the right move
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While
your plan will be custom developed to fit
your specific goals; many of our clients
move through a process like the
following:
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Phase
1
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Use
a custom-selected set of our
proprietary assessment tools to
identify and clarify your
strengths, experience, and
challenges. This gives you a
strong foundation, so you are
clear about where you are coming
from. To go to someplace new, it
is essential to understand where
you are.
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Phase
2
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Assess
your career values, goals, deal
makers and deal breakers, using
our tools. This sets the
broad parameters of your career
path.
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Phase
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Use
your assessments to identify
potential career tracks that are
right for you.
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Phase
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Develop
and execute your career change
campaign—You define a
set of clearly defined steps
which lead to the career change
you have identified. These steps
can include designing your search
strategy, resume review and
revision, and interview
preparation, or others from our
range of techniques.
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You
will have a checklist to follow,
to help you stay focused, moving
forward past resistance and
obstacles, and moving towards
multiple opportunities for
success. Your campaign leads you
to a great job; our support gives
you a cross-check and
encouragement as you move through
the process.
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Please
note that the package of services
you receive is customized to your
specific situation and needs, so
this description provides only a
general overview.
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A
speedy, enthusiastic career
change.
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More
options for your career
change.
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Increased
clarity about your career
direction.
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Much
better understanding of your
goals, values, strengths and
challenges.
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Fewer
and smaller delays and roadblocks
in your career change.
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Increased
persuasiveness via your resume,
cover letters, phone
conversations, and
emails.
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Our
clients typically find our services
provide excellent value, because they move
to a new position more quickly and with
less stress. Indeed, by moving to a new
position by as little as five days more
quickly, they net more than the cost of
their fees. They also improve their
job satisfaction and job
performance.
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You
can make your career change more quickly
by working with us, because we are
experienced in areas that are key to your
career change success. We understand the
job campaign process and techniques, and
know how to help you master
them:
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We
have a decade of successful hands-on
experience with the career change process
for lawyers, having helped lawyers
move to and from government, law firm,
corporate, and not-for-profit
positions.
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We
have made them successful career
transitions ourselves, having moved
successfully from government work to
private practice, between law firms, and
from private practice to not-for-profit
work. We understand job campaign success
from the inside out, and the outside
in.
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We
have experience with a wide range of
matters and clients, including work on
litigation, transactional, and regulatory
matters, so we can knowledgeably
understand your experience, and advise you
on a wide range of options.
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A
successful job change campaign always
reflects successful marketing and sales
techniques. It is not enough to be
qualified; unless the employer clearly
sees your qualifications, you can lose out
to someone less qualified.
We
have the proven marketing expertise to
support your success, including marketing
and sales to Fortune 500
companies.
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Read
more about our
qualifications to help you.
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You
gain an advantage from our experience that
no non-lawyer or less-experienced career
advisor can match.
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Contact
us now to succeed more quickly with your
career change
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Would
you like to learn more about if and how we
might help you, and the steps in deciding
whether to work together? Please see
our
contact
information
for more details. Your confidentiality
is strictly guaranteed, and there is no
obligation.
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Telephone
(202)-966-1489 Email
info@jdresume.com
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