Help With A Lawyer Resume

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If You Need To Write A Lawyer Resume... you likely already know how tough the job market is in the legal services industry. Employment for lawyers is expected to grow 13% over the next decade - about the average for all occupations.

While there will be an increasing demand for lawyers in the areas of healthcare, corporate and securities litigation, environmental law and intellectual property, growth will be constrained as business increasingly rely on accounting firms and paralegals to perform functions that have historically fallen to lawyers.

In short, competition will be keen - especially factoring in the large number of students graduating from law schools each year. Increasingly, resumes competing for job openings for lawyers are being written by professional resume services. Should yours be written by a pro? Well...

The Pro Has 4 Advantages When Writing A Lawyer Resume

The professional resume writer brings some advantages to the game right off the bat. You'll need to match these advantages, or compensate in other ways, if you plan to write your own resume.

1. The professional resume writer is adept in current resume techniques; format selection, design and layout, what information is critical on a lawyer resume, what information should be left off.
2. The pro has industry experience that is both perceptive and objective. As a side note, the better and larger resume services are often able to pair you with a writer whose background matches your specific professional discipline. 
3. The pro is comfortable working with "keywords." These are buzzwords and critical phrases that reflect your discipline, and when used strategically, ensure your resume will pop up in database searches.
4. The professional resume writer is, most importantly, a marketing pro. There's a real skill in selling a job candidate to an often cynical audience (i.e. recruiters and hiring officials in the legal services industry, or in state or federal government) with nothing more than words on a page.

Ready To Write That Lawyer Resume?

As a former resume writer, I can say without a doubt that each and every one of my clients, from every professional walk of life, could have crafted a resume themselves that could have been competitive in the marketplace. And that includes clients in the legal services industry. But they came to me because they didn't have the time or the inclination to get up to speed on resume techniques. Or they found that their job qualifications were difficult for them to express in a promotional -- and unbiased -- manner.

If you're a lawyer who falls into either category, you've got plenty of company. And you've probably noticed there are a lot of resume services popping up to take advantage of these economic times. I've tried to separate the good from the not-so-good when it comes to professional resume writers. I personally hope you'll take a look at our Resume Service Reviews, a lineup of mini-reviews of the more popular resume writing services on the web. I show their pricing points, and give each one a star ranking. Pick one or two and go in-depth...

Or, if you're pressed for time, you can click straight to the website of top-rated ResumeWriters.com. As the largest network of certified resume writers on the internet, they've got unparalleled resources to best match you with a writer most qualified in your profession. Plus, they guarantee you'll get interviews with their resume. That cinched the deal with us.

Look over the reviews. Let us know if we can be of further help. And best of luck in your job search.

-- David

David Alan Carter is a former headhunter and the founder of Resume One of Cincinnati. For more than ten years, he personally crafted thousands of resumes for satisfied clients from all occupational walks of life -- entry level to executive.

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