Purpose: To have you draft a professional resume.
Outcome: Demonstrate job search readiness by preparing an effective and accurate resume, cover letter and job application per instructor guidelines and standard law office procedure.
You can redo drafts as many times as you need to have me look at and make changes on your documents. Better to get it right!
Assignment:
draft a professional resume for yourself.
There are lots of dos and don'ts shown on the samples which come from the optional textbook "Job Placement Strategies for the Paralegal". All of the resumes' are geared for jobs in the legal industry. I strongly suggest you use them.
NOTE:
In your "Skills" section, you should put the following (as you will have all of them before you graduate):
Outlook, Access, Word, Excel, Power point, Clio, legal research, Adobe Pro,
NOTE:
In your "Skills" section, you should put the following (as you will have all of them before you graduate):
Outlook, Access, Word, Excel, Power point, Clio, legal research, Adobe Pro, than 48wpm
Purpose: To prepare a draft cover letter for job search.
Outcome: Demonstrate job search readiness by preparing an effective and accurate resume, cover letter and job application per instructor guidelines and standard law office procedure.
Assignment:
Draft a cover letter for yourself. Make sure you use the same letterhead you used for your resume and for your reference document. All your job search documents should be in same format and with same letterhead. Be consistent.
The cover letter needs to be in proper business letter format.
