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"What
I had after we worked together was a
resume that demonstrated that I was
qualified to move to a job at a higher
level. Not only did it show that I was
qualified, it presented a compelling case
for interviewing and hiring me."
In-house Counsel
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Persuasive
Resume Preparation
Do
you have a lazy
resume?
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For
your resume to get you interviews—its
most crucial function—it must
convince employers that you can meet their
needs. Many lawyers' resumes, however,
don't work as hard as they could, instead
presenting weaknesses such as:
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Failing
to mention all of a lawyer's
accomplishments and strengths—including
some employers would find
compelling,
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Confusing
or boring formatting - spacing, font
choice and font size, margins and tabs,
use of bold and italic - that leads
employers to ignore your resume in favor
of those that read more easily,
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A
flow from one position or accomplishment
to the next that is jarring, hard to
follow, or doesn't make sense-that doesn't
tell the lawyer's story well,
and
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Grammatical
or typographic errors.
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Your
resume can work harder for you and get you
more interviews
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Your
resume can compellingly convince
employers, and get you more
interviews, through our proprietary
tools and services to:
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Identify
the full range of your career credentials
(including some you may have
overlooked),
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Select
your credentials most relevant to
employers' needs, and
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Structure
and format them into a sophisticated
narrative that persuades employers to
interview you.
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We
can help you master the two cornerstones
of your resume: content and
format.
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Your
resume's content is more than a
mere recitation of positions you've
held. It is a narrative of your
professional credentials, such as
accomplishments, roles, skills, and
abilities. Moreover, the selection of
career credentials to include, exclude,
emphasize or de-emphasize is an equally
important choice, and one where we are
highly experienced.
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The
importance of content explains the
disadvantage of using software to write
your resume: these programs simply lack
human judgment, expertise and flexibility.
Further, software programs cannot provide
the objective, third-party review of your
career credentials you get from us, nor
our copy-editing that eliminates
typographic and other job-killing
errors.
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A
sophisticated format can lead employers to
favor your application, and invite you to
interview, by making it easy for them
to see your qualifications and displaying
your competency. The format of your
resume grows from its design and layout.
It includes the flow from one career
credential to the next, and placement of
the resume blocks.
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While
many lawyers write well, few are as good
at writing resumes as they are at writing
as lawyers— particularly with
respect to format. This makes sense,
because a good resume has many facets with
which lawyers often are unfamiliar. These
include overall design, the effective use
of character size and line spacing, proper
description of responsibilities and
accomplishments, choice of fonts, and the
effective placement of dates, publications
and honors, to mention just a
few.
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Also,
consider the time it would take to write
your own resume. How many job
opportunities would pass by? How many
scarce billable or leisure hours are you
willing to take to perform an unfamiliar
task?
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Your
wiser option is to work with an expert,
exactly as your clients work with you
because of your expertise. We have
extensive experience writing resumes for
lawyers, and have worked on a wide range
of sophisticated legal matters-experience
generic resume services cannot begin to
match. You save time, you save money,
and you get the interviews you
want.
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Our
clients report the following results,
among others:
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A
much more powerful
resume.
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A
speedier move to your next
job.
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Increased
job search confidence.
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A
better understanding of your
goals, values, challenges, and
especially your strengths -
including strengths you may have
previously discounted.
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Our
clients typically find our resume service
provides excellent value, because they
move to a new position more quickly and
with less stress. Indeed, by getting a
new job even two 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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Your
resume will be prepared by an experienced
lawyer who is familiar with effective use
of content and format in preparing lawyer
resumes, understands your work and job
search, your resume needs, and has written
dozens of resumes for lawyers who got good
jobs. We are experienced and expert in the
areas that are key to your resume and job
campaign success:
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Knowledge
and experience from a decade helping many
lawyers get good jobs through powerful
resumes
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Douglas
Weinfield, Esq., President of The
Successful Lawyer's Resume, has over a
decade of experience helping attorneys
develop and use successful resumes—we
are specialists in preparing
lawyers' resumes. Our experience
ensures that your resume will include the
data employers seek.
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Experience-based
knowledge of how employers hire
lawyers
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Mr.
Weinfield has participated in hiring
lawyers in law firms, in the government,
and in a not-for-profit organization, and
has been hired into positions in each. He
is intimately familiar with the hiring
process for lawyers from both sides of the
hiring desk. We know what to include and
emphasize in your resume.
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Insightful,
skilled, empathic counsel
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We
have large firm, boutique, and
not-for-profit experience with a wide
range of matters and clients, including
work on litigation, transactional, and
regulatory matters. This means we
understand your work and can identify your
career credentials in a way that
non-attorneys or those with less
experience may not.
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Proven
Marketing Expertise
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A
successful job 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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You
gain an advantage from our experience that
no non-lawyer or less-experienced career
advisor can match.
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Read
more about our
qualifications to help you.
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Final
resumes normally are ready in three to
five working days. Expedited service is
available for an additional fee, as are
custom electronic versions such as HTML.
Resume preparation typically takes two
one-hour sessions in addition to the
initial phone conference, with your input
via email or fax before each session. The
fee is $150 per hour, which usually is tax
deductible. Please see IRS
Publication
529,
p. 3, or consult your tax
professional.
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Contact
Us Now to Find Out How Successful Your
Resume Can Be
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You
can have a resume that invites employers'
attention. Contact
us
via email at info@jdresume.com
or
telephone at 202-966-1489 for a
complementary
consultation.
In this conversation, we'll talk about
your needs and the scope and nature of the
work to be performed, and you can assess
whether we can help you. 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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2002-2004 The Successful Lawyer's
Resume
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