As you know times are tough right now--unemployment is rising and jobs are increasingly scarce.

I'm Jill Levin, a legal recruiter from California, and I've created this website to help attorneys hone their resumes and interview skills, because the legal job market is flooded with job seekers and that's creating problems for everyone.

You see, I used to work with the top 25% of the lawyers available. However, there's now so many candidates looking for jobs that I can only work with the top 5% (!), meaning that I have to screen out many more attorneys and have to read many more resumes in order to find an exceptional attorney.

This also means that instead of having 30+ seconds to stand out, now your resume has, at best, 15-20 seconds to impress.

Employers are now inundated with applications, meaning that the caliber of attorney now expected from me actually has gotten stiffer, as they now often can find sufficient staff without me.

However, as under-performing attorneys are being fired in much more significant numbers now, employers have to sift through many more resumes, the majority of which are poorly written; which also means employers are short on time, too.

More than ever before, law firms are now judging the book (you) by its cover (your resume), meaning that an eye-catching, winning resume is often your only shot at securing the crucial interview.

One mistake and your resume will be in the trash and you won’t even know why. Almost no employers have the time or inclination to provide the reason for taking a pass on you.

Once you're in the interview you have, at best,
15 minutes to impress.

Of course, it can take far more than 15 minutes for a hiring manager to finally say "Yes." However, it will rarely take more than 15 minutes for them to say "No!" if they don't like you.

As a legal recruiter, I've interviewed thousands of attorneys. So I know first-hand exactly what questions to ask, and the answers to give, too.

The problem is that many attorneys think, that just because they're a great lawyer, they'll automatically shine in an interview; and way too often that’s not the case.

Everything from adopting the right tone and body language (non-verbal communication) to asking leading questions, while side-stepping the tricky ones is important.

	Writing your resume in chronological order so that your education (particularly if your educational credentials are not stellar) comes first and the critical details such as what you've done the past two years come last.
	Not planting 'interesting facts' [seeds] in your resume to give the interviewer subjects you’d like to be asked about in the interview.
	Not spelling out in your resume both your personal contribution (what you did) and also the benefits that your employer received - winning cases, closing deals, money made, etc. - from you.
	Starting a cover letter with "Dear Sir/Madam" rather than knowing the name of the Hiring Partner or Law Firm Recruiter.

You'll also receive a free podcast and/or transcript telling you:

How to make your resume stand out from the crowd, along with how to interview in this job market so you get the job offer

You’ll also get important tips and/or strategies on:

	How to write a cover letter that makes your resume impossible to ignore
	6 killer interview questions every attorney must ask
	3 job hunting and networking secrets that professional recruiters won't tell you. (Because they use them themselves.)

If you didn't do so above enter your telephone number with your other contact info and I'll call you at a time that suits you to offer you a Free 10 minute consultation to say thank you!

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