In this Q&A clip, Harrison discusses the recommended number of pages for an attorney's resume to be effective.
He emphasizes that the best resumes are typically the shortest and that a one-page resume is ideal. He notes that many professional resume companies write lengthy introductions with a lot of detail about a person's experience, but this is optional. Instead, a one-page resume with a transaction sheet attached is sufficient.
Harrison also suggests that a longer resume may negatively indicate an attorney's qualifications. He advises attorneys to be concise and clarify their resumes to make them as effective as possible.
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The best resumes are typically, often, the shortest. You don't need to do a lot of description of what you do.
There are all these kinds of professional resume companies that do resumes for attorneys, and typically, they will write this massive introduction. The introduction will go into a lot of detail about a person's experience.
It'll say something like a motivated and experienced corporate attorney that does this and this. And typically, when someone sees that, they automatically know a resume company's done it. Often they'll use keywords and all sorts of things with the expectation that humans won't review it.
But the resume really should, if all possible will, be one page, and then you can attach a transaction sheet. You never need to go into that much detail. Often, a resume over one page needs to be clarified, and typically, the longer the resume, the worse the attorney. I don't mean that in a salty way to anyone, but you should not need to say a lot of information.
