Content of Your Attorney Resume - Part 1

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Content of Your Attorney Resume - Part 1

Tell the truth. Lying on your Attorney resume will not help you. Employers are very familiar with employment verification and reference-checking services, and they do use them. Do not lie, or stretch the truth on your Attorney resume. Don't even think about it. Absolutely every statement on your Attorney resume should be the absolute, verifiable truth. No exceptions.

Be proud of your extensive career. If you have been working for many years and have many accomplishments under your belt, you do not have to be limited to a single page Attorney resume. If your Attorney resume spills onto a second page, it should fill at least a half of a page. Be sure to put your name and contact information on the top of the second page as well.

Eliminate excess language. Someone who has already scanned a hundred Attorney resumes that day and will still have to read a hundred more before the day's end will scan your Attorney resume. Saying "Currently I am actively involved in the day-to-day decisions regarding management of the document management system of my firm" will make the decision-maker sick of reading it. Instead you can say, "Supervised all daily decisions regarding document management" or "Made key decisions regarding document management system".