Keep in mind ---Dress and groom for a promotion.
---Stay late to meet an important deadline.
---Find ways to enjoy your job. Share your enthusiasm with your colleagues.
---Be willing to take on more responsibility.
---Help out in ways you feel will make you more valuable to the organization.
---Take any training that is available from your employer. Even if it is not in your practice area, it may help you gain new skills.
---You won't get much positive attention unless you do more than is expected of you.
---If no one expects too much, it is easier to be seen as successful.
---Look for some way to measure the results of your work. Working for a prestigious law firm or a major corporation means being exposed to high-profile cases and deals. It will give you instant credibility in the job market throughout your career. However, prestige is not everything. Sometimes, a job just doesn't work out. Ask for a reassignment within the organization before you give up. If you do decide to leave, begin looking for a job, quietly. Remember that your next employer will want to contact your previous ones.
Bar Admission
New York
California
Resume/Curriculum
Vitae tips
Candidates for
jobs with U.S.
companies are
well advised not
to include a
photo of
themselves with
their resume, as
is common
practice in
Europe and
elsewhere in the
world.
U.S.
employers do not
want their
hiring decisions
influenced by a
person’s
appearance, as
doing so could
violate the
country’s
anti-discrimination
laws, which
prohibit bias
based on age,
race, and other
factors.
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SCREENING
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Even if you have superb qualifications, we are duty-bound to pursue any number of impressive individuals discovered during the search and to present to our clients a "final slate of candidates," all of whom are comparably qualified.
Our screening involves an application, reference checking, degree verification and interview, when necessary. We encourage candidates to maintain a valid personal email address at all times. Our clients decide whom to interview based upon their reaction to your resume and background. However, we ensure that resumes are seen and read. If appropriate, we will refine them in order to emphasize the substantive skills most desired by each client.
Be prepared to provide the following upon request:
* Hard copies of an updated resume
* Law school transcripts
* Reference letters
* Language certificates, if applicable
* Legal writing samples
* Copy of licenses
Once received, your resume is promptly entered into our database and made available to our legal search consultants who specialize in the areas matching your skills.
Your background is reviewed to determine your chances of being offered an interview, based on the client's specific requirements. We then contact you to discuss the career opportunity. Your resume is sent to the client only if you show an interest in the position.
Attorneys are expected to have one telephone followed by two face interviews. The search process usually takes several months. If you do not hear from us, your resume will remain active indefinitely and you will be considered for all future positions for which you are well suited.
A recent market research shows that employers make a decision on a resume in 20 seconds or less. And only one interview is usually granted for every 200 resumes reviewed.
Are you confident that your resume will survive the cut?
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A cover letter is required with your resume.
* Since resumes are scanned, please use relevant keywords.
* Up to three (3) pages is standard for a resume.
* Well-organized resumes make a difference.
* Word document format is preferred.
* PDF, RTF or WPD formats are acceptable.
* Include full address (Street, City, State, Postal Code and Country)
* Personal email address is required.
* Add your personal phone number
* Send your resume with a cover letter to Email
Add a "signature" section at the bottom, below the closing.
A signature typically looks something like this:
Mary Jane Smith, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel
International Counsel Search
450 East 96th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46240
Phone: 888-256-1718
Email: mjsmith@ics.com
You will be informed by email that your resume was received. Subsequent emails contain detail instructions.
Please, understand that if we call or send you an email, you probably have been targeted as a potential candidate for a specific vacancy.
Evaluate all opportunities presented and discuss your options. Be willing to interview if possible. This could turn out to be a dream coming true.
If you have no interest in the position, but know someone with the preferred background, pass on her or his email address and phone number. You might help a colleague, friend or relative, in the process.
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Elie Francis, LLB, LLM
Managing Partner
International Counsel Search LLC
450 East 96th Street, Suite 500
Indianapolis, IN 46240-3760
(USA)
P: (317) 581-6245
P: 1-888-256-1718, Extension 83
F: 1-800-418-9751
From overseas: +1 3175816245
or Email
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Don't Let Spam Filters
Delete or Reject Your Resume
As we have tightened e-mail filters in recent months to keep out spam and a spate of damaging computer viruses, they also unintentionally have blocked all sorts of legitimate e-mail containing résumés among other files.
Our filtering technology has more than 10,000 rules to keep out unwanted e-mail. Messages containing attached files sent from unknown addresses can be automatically deleted, for instance. We also can block vast numbers of suspected spam senders whose addresses are on "blacklists," or deflect all the mail from an Internet-service provider known to be used by spammers.
In some cases, you may never receive a response from us if your own Internet-service provider blocks the messages from International Counsel Search.
Send your resume and cover letter from a "good" e-mail address. Messages from silly e-mail addresses may look like junk email and be deleted unread. While you can no longer assume that an e-mail you send will be received, you also can no longer assume that you will be notified that it wasn't received. Spam filters just delete suspected spam or divert it into folders that may never be checked or be automatically deleted after being in the folder for several days.
You also need to avoid the subjects used by computer viruses or junk e-mailers (like "Hi," "Important," "Information," etc.).
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