“I feel like I was hitting a wall with this résumé. I had it professionally done before, but it just didn’t work for me and I didn’t like the style. I think I look great now. Yay me! This session has been so great. Just to be able to be talk through my work has given me a lot of confidence.”
- Award-winning legal reporter
Read More“I have two interviews. I had been rejected from these two places a few months ago, and then I reapplied with your résumé and got a call for interviews. I sent my résumé on Tuesday and they replied the next day. Thank you so much. You’ve given me so much more confidence and really put me at ease.”
- Junior in-house counsel
Read More“I went to another résumé writing service. That résumé writer didn’t know anything about law so it was hard to talk to her and I ended up a résumé with too much going and it’s not conveying real meaning. I tried to fix it, but I didn’t know how. Now my résumé flows much better and it shows my progression. It’s so much better than I was able to do.”
- Corporate counsel for tech companies
Read More“That is awesome advice! I’ve never it heard it laid out like this. This is the best thing I’ve done for myself in a long while.”
- Military lawyer preparing to transition to private sector
Read More“I’ve had interviews with three companies since the résumé rewrite. Your points on interviewing are super helpful and your key themes resonated well and helped me identify my value in the interview.”
- Senior corporate counsel in Fortune 5 multinational
Read More“This was a much-needed change from being law school-focused to being a lawyer. I’ve been hesitant about how to make the change. This has been extremely helpful. I haven’t been able to talk to other people the way I talk to you.”
- Second-year associate
Read More“When I looked at the new résumé, I was like of course it should have metrics and of course it shouldn’t have fluff. My sister in BigLaw loved the résumé too and said it really popped. She told me ‘If that doesn’t get you a job, then nothing will!’ I’m extremely excited about it—and how fast I got results. Within 24 hours, the first firm I sent it to contacted me for an interview.”
- Junior litigator
Read More“Thank you for meeting with me this evening, Shauna! It was really helpful to discuss the problem areas I hadn’t considered. I look forward to working with you again soon.“
- State government lawyer shifting to BigLaw
Read More“It was a pleasure to meet you by phone, Jared. Thanks for getting me off to a good start!”
- Legal researcher and writer
Read More“Hi Shauna, It was a pleasure meeting you over the phone. Thank you for taking the time to talk with me last night. I greatly appreciate your insights and advice. I found the session to be extremely helpful. I will work on following up on your suggestions and will keep you posted on my progress. Thanks again for all of your help.”
- Senior FinTech lawyer
Read More“This is all perfect advice. This will work really well.”
- Law professor building a plan to transition back to law firms
Read More"The résumé you worked on for me is really good. This has all worked out terrific.”
- Regional GC for one of the largest U.S.-based private companies
Read More“[15 minutes into Résumé Cram with Live Edit] I like what you’re doing already.... The narrative already feels better and at a much higher level. [At end of appointment…] This was super helpful and got me thinking about my résumé differently. This has been fantastic.”
- Lead corporate transactions attorney for business unit of Fortune 50 company
Read More“This truly looks great. The format is really lovely. And I’m going to be so prepared for my job interviews because of you!”
- 3L
Read More“All is well. I started a new position with [global bank] in their Legal Dept. as a Corp Counsel.”
- Downshifting financial services CLO
Read More“Thank you so much, Shauna! I very much appreciate all your assistance.”
- GC for privately held company
Read More“Even just saying a lot of this out loud has been great. It’s been really isolating to have all this going on and not having anyone to talk to about it.”
- Income partner in BigLaw
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