Want to be a General Counsel but not sure you have what it takes? A recent article at Law.com includes ten resume essentials that can help you seal the deal:
“For corporations looking for lawyers, its a buyers market, so they can be picky about who gets in-house legal jobs.
“Everybody wants to go in-house,” said Raj M. Nichani, vice president of Hughes & Sloan Inc., a 19-year-old Atlanta-based legal search firm. “There are not enough jobs.”
Four other legal recruiters confirmed this assessment, noting that while law firm jobs are plentiful, in-house positions make up less than 10 percent of the openings they fill but attract 15 to 20 extremely well-qualified applicants for each one.
What the recruiters have noticed over the years is that lawyers with certain types of skill sets — and mind-sets — tend to land the in-house posts.”
Read more and see the list of ten resume essentials at Law.com.
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