Tailoring your resume is one of the most important aspects of applying for a position. Learn how to reach your future employer through your resume!

1. How to tailor a resume By Anne-Marie Dieters UCLA Extension Paralegal Training Program Career & Graduate Services Coordinator

2. What You Will Need A basic chronological outline of your past jobs Dates (Mo/Year), Job Title, City, State, Company Name A job you are interested in Job Description, Company, Law Firm, etc.

3. Improve your chances of landing a job in just 5 steps Highlight Number Example Translate Plug

4. Highlight Walk through the job description and highlight everything that you can do or have done in the past

5. PARALEGAL Job Number: 23447442 Company Name: Westfield Location: Los Angeles, CA US Salary:Career Focus: Real Estate & Building Maintenance Apply to Job Updated: 4/9/2010 PARALEGAL PARALEGALJob Title: PARALEGALJob Type: Full-TimeLocation: Los Angeles, CAJob Description:QUALIFICATIONS:· Post high school education and paralegal certification preferred. · Concise grammatical skills, excellent oral and written communication skills. · Capable of thriving in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. · Ability to meet tight deadlines. · Detail-oriented and well organized. · At least five years law firm corporate experience and/or in-house paralegal experience preferred. · Experience forming corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. · Able to interact diplomatically with corporate senior executives and staff.JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:· Assist in the organization of the Legal Department electronic document database and paper records. · Maintain corporate minute books. · Maintain corporate records database. · Process and track annual report filings for corporate entities. · Monitor, log and process Legal Department invoices. · Form corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. · Respond to various inquiries from mall managers on a wide variety of issues. · Maintain log of incoming lawsuits and distribute accordingly. · Assist in interfacing between internal departments and outside counsel with respect to due diligence relating to financings, dispositions, acquisitions and litigation. · Assist in compiling documentation in response to interrogatories and document production requests. · Draft board resolutions. · Other duties as assigned.We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer.

6. Number Number your past jobs Mark Education as “Ed”

7. Example (Return to the description) Go through each highlight and place a number next to the related experience

8. Translate Create a solid sentence or phrase that puts your example and the skill it underlines in bullet form to be…

9. Plug Using a chronological outline of your work history, plug in each corresponding bulleted sentence or phrase into your resume

10. 5 x 5 TIP: If you desire to apply to more than one job at a time, follow this suggestion: Print out 5 job descriptions of jobs you really want Run through steps 1-4 Take a glance at all 5 job descriptions, discard duplicates and then proceed to step 5, and plug all bullets into your resume You can send this one resume to all five jobs!

11. 5 Steps To Tailoring A Resume Highlight Number Example Translate Plug