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The movie inspired me to want to do a little fun take on it and write about how to lose a paralegaljob in 10 days. Now I’m assuming you probably don’t want to lose your job in 10 days, so avoid these things as a new paralegal and beyond. Here are some Paralegal Resume Drafting Tips. I’ll be honest here.
You only learn how to be a professional and a very basic understanding of legal research and some drafting. It will not enable you to be a paralegal without proper training and experience. You will need to apply broadly to jobs without letting the years of desired experience limit you. Maintain a positive and energetic attitude.
You just landed your first paralegaljob at a local personal injury firm. I’m going to start with 3 immediate/somewhat urgent things you have to do and then 3 knowledge-based things you have to know or learn about to have a successful career as a personal injury paralegal. Or maybe you transferred from another firm. Don’t panic.
Last week, I received an email from a paralegal who was trying to decide if she should join the Litigation Paralegal Boot Camp , which is only open for enrollment until June 16th. She started her paralegal career three years ago as a commercial realestateparalegal, and she does not enjoy what she’s doing.
Start by doing a Google search for one of the titles on the list and you will discover even more job opportunities gained from your prior paralegal career. You might be interested in exploring some alternative paralegal career options. Get some of our paralegal resume drafting tips here. Think outside the box.
We’ll show you what you can do in lieu of that on-the-job training to get ahead and fast-track your success. If you search US BLS paralegaljob and look at the table at the top labeled Summary. It also has a section for “on-the-job training,” and it says none. It has the median pay, the education level, etc.
Ashley is a Sessional Instructor for the Paralegal Studies and Office Assistant Programs at McEwen University, and she has over 16 years of experience in the legal industry. I talk to schools all the time and you know, heaven forbid if you wanted to be in charge of or run a paralegal program. And one big example is realestate lawyers.
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