March 8, 2012

Review Your Resume in pdf Before You Send It Out

EVERY TIME you have an updated resume -- whether it has been approved by Law Career Services or has been automatically approved in Symplicity -- be sure to look over your pdf BEFORE you send it out.  Sometimes the conversion from Word to pdf throws things out of whack: your formatting, your bullets, your margins, the number of pages. 

Also be sure to proofread and run a spell check; you may have missed a mistake.  Better yet, or in addition, have someone else look over your resume in pdf.  A fresh pair of eyes will see things your eyes now pass over because you're too familiar with the content.

Remember you only get one chance to make a first impression.  Be sure your resume is making the right statement about you with its substantive content, not its careless mistakes.