Jobs for 6/24/03

1. Paralegal Opening - Encino Plaintiff's Law Firm - Northridge Litigation against Insurance Companies for Bad Faith.
under CCP 340.9. - will need to do discovery, production of documents, interrogatories. law firm located in Wells Fargo Bank Building.
$15 per hour - 40 hours per week. Contact their head paralegal (one of our grads) Richard Daugherty - phone 818-325-3828
fax resume to 818-784-3547 attention Richard Daugherty. good luck.

2. Sample Resume - Business Administration/Law
http://www.resume-writing-example.com/samples-resumes/business-administration-law-sample-resume.html

3. Write about your results
These are your key selling points. You will get interviews if you list what you added, achieved, contributed, improved, discovered, expanded, launched, improved, sold, solved and won for your previous employers. Put your results under each position you have held to show prospective employers what you can do for them. Here is an example of how to write about your experience in your resume:
http://www.resume-writing-example.com/work-experience-resume.html

4. Pitch your resume to meet your prospective employer's needs
You're typically competing against 100 other candidates and the employer will only call four or five to an interview. You want to be one of those select few. To win that interview you must work out what your prospective employer wants and pitch your resume to meet those needs. Closely study the advertisement and try to match your skills and achievements to those specifically mentioned.

Nine out of ten people fail to write about what the employer's central question: Can this candidate do the job? Most resumes are an autobiography or a chronological list of positions held. This makes it hard work for the reader. Keep the employer's central question at the forefront of your mind when you put together your resume. The reader looks at the information presented and says ‘so what’. You have to work out what the employer wants so as he or she reads the information, the response is ‘great, that’s what we want.’

5. Tips for Writing Resumes - Univ. of Michigan, School of Social Work
http://www.ssw.umich.edu/ofi/resume/tips.html

6. Examples of Good Active Verbs for Resumes

accelerated accomplished achieved adapted
administered analyzed approved coordinated
conceived conducted completed controlled
created delegated developed demonstrated
designed directed effected eliminated
established evaluated expanded expedited
facilitated found generated increased
influenced implemented initiated instructed
interpreted improved launched led
lectured maintained managed mastered
motivated operated originated organized
participated performed planned pinpointed
programmed proposed proved provided
proficient in recommended reduced reinforced
reorganized revamped revised reviewed
scheduled simplified set up solved
structed streamlined supervised supported
taught trained translated utilized
won

http://www.leadershipinstitute.org/03CAREERS/Resume.htm

7. some more acive verbs for your resumes
adapted
administered
advertised
advised
aided
analyzed
answered
applied
arranged
assessed
assigned
audited
collaborated
completed
communicated
compiled
conducted
coordinated
corrected
counseled
created
delegated
designed
determined
developed
directed
edited
employed
established
evaluated
expanded
guided
headed
hired
identified
implemented
improved
increased
initiated
introduced
led
managed
negotiated
operated
ordered
organized
originated
oversaw
planned
prepared
produced
programmed
raised
rated
recruited
regulated
researched
revised
scheduled
served
settled
sold
solved
started
supervised
systematized
taught
trained
wrote

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/resumes/coverlet/style.html

8. difference between active and passive voice from Purdue Writing Lab (excellent source)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_actpass.html

9. Hot Jobs for Women
Paralegals are expected to be in great demand as well, reflecting efforts to reduce the cost of legal services. This was one of the fastest growing occupations during the 1983-1994 period and will continue to be so through 2005.
http://www.soundvision.com/Info/education/career/career.women.asp

10. Monster.com
Paralegal Job Definition
http://legal.monster.com/articles/paralegal/

11. Sample Paralegal Resume - from Monster.com
http://resume.monster.com/samples/jacobs1/

12. Words of Advice for Women on the Move
http://management.monster.com/tip/120301/

13. regional jobs
http://regionalhelpwanted.com/p/jobs_city/220/Los_Angeles/

14. paralegal job - Burbank, CA. at Disney
http://www.hotjobs.com/cgi-bin/job-show?TEMPLATE=/htdocs/job-show.html&J__PINDEX=J410785HP&P__SOURCE=HJC&P__SOURCE_SPECIFIC=HJC&BOLD_KEYWORDS=(NULL)&BOLD_OPENTAG=%3CFONT+color%3Dred+size%3D%2B2%3E&BOLD_CLOSETAG=%3C%2FFONT%3E

15. Hot Jobs by Communities
http://www.hotjobs.com/htdocs/client/splash/communities/