Posts in Individual Contributors
I really appreciate your help with my résumé

“I really appreciate your help with my résumé, Jared. I had no idea what I was doing, and certainly no idea it would take this much reflection and work. Like you said early on, I've been thinking of my résumé the same way I thought of it walking out of school. Twenty-five years on, there's so much more to the story.”

- Professional Staff, U.S. House of Representatives

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I really feel like I'm going in the right direction

“I'm pretty encouraged, Shauna. It makes me feel more positive. I really feel like I'm going in the right direction. I had just been overwhelmed by the task in front of me and just didn't know how to start. I had a lot of psychological baggage. It's time for something new and better.”

– Commercial transactions lawyer with non-traditional path

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I greatly appreciate your explanation regarding your thought process

“Thank you, Julie! I have enjoyed working with you, and I greatly appreciate your explanation regarding your thought process when it came to the format and design of my résumé.”

– Senior attorney transitioning into new area of expertise

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thank you for helping me to update it and highlight my strengths

“My spouse and I are looking over the résumé that you and I have worked on over the past couple of weeks. We really like the way it reads! The language is strong and concise. Thank you for helping me to update it and highlight my strengths for making this transition, Julie.”

Midlevel attorney transitioning into new field

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thank you for helping me to update it and highlight my strengths

“My spouse and I are looking over the résumé that you and I have worked on over the past couple of weeks. We really like the way it reads! The language is strong and concise. Thank you for helping me to update it and highlight my strengths for making this transition, Julie.”

Midlevel attorney transitioning into new field

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I ended up with multiple offers and landed at [law firm] in [major market]

“Dear Shauna, I hope this note finds you well! You helped me rewrite my résumé last summer a when I was searching for a job back in the U.S. / looking to transition home from [abroad]. You gave me clarity and confidence — not to mention the actual résumé and LinkedIn revamps. I ended up with multiple offers and landed at [law firm] in [major market], and I am absolutely loving it here.”

– AmLaw 100 associate

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they were so impressed that they cancelled the last rounds of interviews and just gave me an offer

“Shauna, ​I applied online to Microsoft--my dream employer--and they reached out to me. I followed all your recommendations during the preliminary interviews and now I'm in the final rounds! I also got a job offer last December. They were so impressed that they cancelled the last rounds of interviews and just gave me an offer.”

– Foreign-trained commercial transactions attorney

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