HOW TO TAILOR A RESUME

By Anne-Marie DietersUCLA Extension Paralegal Training Program

Career & Graduate Services Coordinator

What You Will Need

A basic chronological outline of your past jobs Dates (Mo/Year), Job Title, City, State, Company

Name A job you are interested in

Job Description, Company, Law Firm, etc.

Improve your chances of landing a job in just 5 steps

1. Highlight2. Number3. Example4. Translate5. Plug

Highlight

Walk through the job description and highlight everything that you can do or have done in the past

PARALEGALJob Number: 23447442 Company Name: Westfield Location: Los Angeles, CA US Salary: Career Focus:

Real Estate & Building Maintenance Apply to Job Updated: 4/9/2010 PARALEGAL

PARALEGAL

Job Title: PARALEGALJob Type: Full-TimeLocation: Los Angeles, CA

Job Description:QUALIFICATIONS:· Post high school education and paralegal certification preferred. · Concise grammatical skills, excellent oral and written communication skills. · Capable of thriving in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. · Ability to meet tight deadlines. · Detail-oriented and well organized. · At least five years law firm corporate experience and/or in-house paralegal experience preferred. · Experience forming corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. · Able to interact diplomatically with corporate senior executives and staff.JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:· Assist in the organization of the Legal Department electronic document database and paper records. · Maintain corporate minute books. · Maintain corporate records database. · Process and track annual report filings for corporate entities. · Monitor, log and process Legal Department invoices. · Form corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. · Respond to various inquiries from mall managers on a wide variety of issues. · Maintain log of incoming lawsuits and distribute accordingly. · Assist in interfacing between internal departments and outside counsel with respect to due diligence relating to financings, dispositions, acquisitions and litigation. · Assist in compiling documentation in response to interrogatories and document production requests. · Draft board resolutions. · Other duties as assigned.We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer.

Number

Number your past jobs

Mark Education as “Ed”

Example(RETURN TO THE DESCRIPTION)

Go through each highlight and

place a number next to the related

experience

TranslateCreate a solid

sentence or phrase that puts your

example and the skill it

underlines in bullet form

to be…

Plug Using a chronological outline of your

work history, plug in each corresponding bulleted sentence or

phrase into your resume

5 x 5

TIP: If you desire to apply to more than one job at a time, follow this suggestion: Print out 5 job

descriptions of jobs you really want

Run through steps 1-4

Take a glance at all 5 job descriptions, discard duplicates and then proceed to step 5, and plug all bullets into your resume

You can send this one resume to all five jobs!

5 Steps To

Tailoring A Resume

1. Highlight2. Number3. Example4. Translate5. Plug