Publisher's Synopsis
In this lively, practical paperback, Christofer French, a career counselor at the renowned Denver Paralegal Institute, helps your students package and present the particular skills and qualities they need to find and keep a paralegal job in today's increasingly competitive market.</ul>The author presents a full range of effective tools to launch a strategic job search--from successful interviewing techniques and resume-writing skills to follow-up and networking. Organized in eight chapters, this book also details job descriptions and expectations for various types of paralegal work, including government, litigation, in-house counsel, bankruptcy, and real estate, and provides your students strategies for approaching law firms of different sizes.</ul>Assign<b>THE PROFESSIONAL PARALEGAL JOB SEARCH</b> and help your students:<li class=copymedium>customize skills for each job opening<li class=copymedium>use the right "buzz words"<li class=copymedium>choose which virtues and skills to highlight<li class=copymedium>discover how to avoid being rejected as "overqualified"<li class=copymedium>broach the money question in interviews<li class=copymedium> make the strongest and most compelling presentations ...and much more!</ul> Filled with sample cover letters, sample resumes, success stories from working paralegals, and an appendix that lists state-by-state paralegal professional organizations, this invaluable reference will assist students now and throughout their careers.
