Showing posts with label practice skills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label practice skills. Show all posts

Monday, October 20, 2014

Engage Your Senses for Powerful Proofreading

By: Kandice Thorn

I am constantly emphasizing the importance of a *PERFECT* resume and cover letter, and today I'm going to give you a powerful tool to help you get there: using your senses.

Obviously, I am not suggesting that tasting or smelling your resume will bring it to the next level - that would be gross and creepy and ultimately useless.  But here is how engaging your senses of touch, sight, and hearing can help you make your document perfect.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

¿Como se dice? Language and the Job Search

By: Kandice Thorn

Doctors have instruments; engineers have numbers and stuff (or so I'm told); lawyers have language.  For a practicing lawyer, facility with language is not just a plus, it is a requirement.  For non-native-English-speaking LL.M. students who will be searching for jobs in the U.S., this means that getting up to speed on the language is of the utmost importance.

Fortunately, the LL.M. program provides tremendous opportunities for you to improve both your oral and written communication skills in English.  Here are five things you can do to improve your English quickly: