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Career Services Planning


Planning Timeline
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Evening Student
Resumes
General Info
Checklist
Basic Format
Action Words
Cover Letters
General Info
Checklist
Basic Format
Interviewing
For Information
The Screening Interview
The Callback Interview
Preparing
Basic Questions
Appearance
Out of Town Interview
First Impressions
Questions to Ask
After the Offer Questions
Inappropriate Questions
How to Handle Them
Equal Opportunity
Reasons for Rejections
Responding to Offers
Salary & Benefits
Career Testing
Seeking Reciprocity

Career Services
Judicial Clerkships



RESUME ACTION WORDS

ANALYTICAL

Analyzed

Clarified

Evaluated

Review

Anticipated

Compiled

Examined

Appraised

Conceptualized

Formulated

Assessed

Diagnosed

Interpreted

ENTERPRISING

Achieved

Established

Introduced

Publicized

Conceptualized

Founded

Invented

Recruited

Created

Generated

Marketed

Customized

Initiated

Originated

Designed

Implemented

Persuaded

FINANCIAL

Allocated

Audited

Calculated

Forecasted

Analyzed

Balanced

Computed

Projected

Appraised

Budgeted

Developed

MANAGEMENT

Administered

Expedited

Motivated

Revitalized

Approved

Evaluated

Organized

Scheduled

Arranged

Executed

Oversaw

Shaped

Attained

Formulated

Planned

Spearheaded

Chaired

Improved

Prioritized

Strengthened

Consolidated

Increased

Produced

Supervised

Contracted

Influenced

Promoted

Taught

Coordinated

Instituted

Reduced

Trained

Delegated

Integrated

Recommended

Directed

Handled

Resolved

Enlisted

Led 

Reviewed

NEGOTIATING/COUNSELING

Advocated Consulted Interviewed Rehabilitated
Arbitrated Counseled Listened Resolved
Clarified Diagnosed Mediated Represented
Coached
Facilitated Negotiated Solved
Clarified Guided Referred  

RESEARCH/WRITING

Authored

Compiled

Examined

Researched

Catalogued

Corresponded

Identified

Reviewed

Clarified

Critiqued

Illustrated

Translated

Classified

Developed

Interpreted

Summarized

Collaborated

Drafted

Investigated

Systematized

Collected

Edited

Organized

Wrote

SPEAKING

Addressed

Informed

Pioneered

Spoke

Arbitrated

Lectured 

Moderated

Translated

Convinced

Litigated

Presented

Reported

Demonstrated

Marketed

Performed

Represented

TECHNICAL

Assembled

Engineered

Operated

Repaired

Built

Fabricated

Overhauled

Upgrades

Computed

Inspected

Programmed

Designed

Maintained

Remolded

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