Why Is This Article Worth Reading? As a legal recruiter, I review hundreds of resumes every year. Disappointingly less than 1 in 10 resumes are good enough to pass on 'as is' to a prospective employer. Most need major surgery! Here are 3 starter tips to improve your resume: 3 Resume Starter Tips Your CV [...]
DOES YOUR RESUME HAVE AN "INTERESTS" SECTION? One of the most important parts of your resume is often the one that candidates pay the least attention to when writing or updating their resumes. I am referring to the Interests & Activities section of your resume - if in fact there is even one included in [...]
Being prepared for your first chat with the legal recruiter is a key element in landing a new job! Here are some helpful hints. UPDATE YOUR RESUME Your resume should be current and mistake-free and you should send it to your recruiter in pdf format. Avoid unnecessary punctuation such as periods at the end of [...]
An essential component of getting your foot in the door of the legal profession, furthering your legal career and building your practice is networking. Many of us loathe the idea of coming up to a stranger and starting a conversation. Turning that conversation into a meaningful connection can be even more daunting. Networking plays into a number of anxieties [...]
Interviews can be intimidating and rewarding at the same time. While practice makes perfect, you don’t want to practice too much if you plan to work in a fairly small industry like the legal profession. In fact, whether you got the interview through recruitment agencies in Toronto or elsewhere or by sending out resumes on [...]
