“I appreciate talking to someone who knows what they’re doing.”
- Vice-Admiral (ret), U.S. Navy
Read More“I hope all is well. I have good news to report. Today is my last day in my current position with the City’s legal department. On [date], I will begin my new role as Senior Counsel, Employment for [Fortune 500 company]. Thanks for following up with me, and please share the good news with Shauna!”
- L&E lawyer transitioning from government to the private sector
“I was so excited to hear about you! There are all these places that do career counseling, but they just don’t do the résumé writing and they don’t have legal expertise. I’m so glad I called you! I was anxious before the appointment, but this is a level of wordsmithing at light speed I’ve never seen. And the way this résumé is written is just so much better.“
- Former Air Force Captain shifting to in-house roles
Read More“I’ve got to tell you, I like the career portfolio [CV, CV addendum, and cover letter] a lot. I’m pleased with all of it. I like the structure. I like the way you broke the information up and used bullets, and I like your wording. The CV has impact from the first page. And I can see you really did your homework. I don’t know how you did it, but you worked it! Every word has value. Trying to do it myself was a fool’s errand.
The cover letter is also a really, really helpful tool that I will be able to build on for future applications. It sets out a structure and lets me know how and where to add information for different job applications.
And I already got great feedback from the retained recruiter. You did everything I needed and I’m in a really good place.”
- One of the nation’s highest-ranking military lawyers
Read More“I was at a leadership for lawyers conference and the conference organizer specifically gave you a shout-out. Then two lawyers who had used you also stood up and said how kick ass your services are.“
- Former Business Unit GC for Fortune 10
Read More“This has been a great help. You obviously have a lot more experience at this than I do.”
- Junior litigator changing cities
Read More“Thank you for everything, Shauna. I appreciate both your end-product and your process.”
- Compliance officer
Read More“The résumé has helped a lot and I appreciate everything you’ve done for me.”
- Healthcare attorney
Read More“I want to thank you again for an amazing session, I have learnt a lot from it.”
- Foreign-trained lawyer and LLM grad entering U.S. market
Read More“I received a two-level promotion using the résumé.”
- Senior Fortune 100 lawyer who had been undervalued and underemployed
Read More“I appreciate hearing your way of thinking. I’m just so antiquated. I feel like I’ve been auditioning for a movie role using a VHS tape. This has been a major reveal. This is just such a weight of my shoulders.”
- General counsel
Read More“Good Morning, Shauna. Thank you for these draft documents. I think they are excellent.”
- Global head of anti-counterfeiting at S&P 500 component
Read More“I’m feeling great. It brings a lot of flavor and texture to my transactional background, which is important as I start to move from litigation. This résumé builds a story. Mine read like I was billing the client.”
- Mid-level corporate associate
Read More“I really appreciate your input. We've only been talking 10 minutes and you’ve already re-oriented how I think about my résumé. This is such a re-orientation on how tell my story. I feel very liberated. Everyone who has looked at my résumé has locked me into this format, but that hasn’t worked for me. Nothing is more painful than steady rejections. I really like what you're doing. You’ve burned through the log jam of frustration. This has been great.”
- Former GC returning to GC roles
Read More“One of the best pieces of advice you’ve given me is to think about the résumé as a living document. That’s really freed up my completion paralysis—just knowing that I can change it when I need to, whenever I need to.”
- Head of IP Litigation at Fortune 5
Read More“I had an initial job interview with a search firm this week and everything we talked about during the résumé session came in really handy. I used every interview prep line you gave me.”
- Senior securities lawyer positioning for first GC roles
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