Thomas Career Consulting

Our office is closed beginning August 13 and reopens Monday, August 31 — you’re welcome to email us to schedule a discovery call.

Legal resume writing, Philadelphia & nationwide

The legal market is competitive. Your resume can't afford to be generic.

Mindy Thomas is a Certified Professional Resume Writer and a former Legal Recruiter. She knows exactly what law firms, corporate legal departments, and legal staffing agencies look for, and how to position your experience to get noticed.

A former Legal Recruiter who knows what law firms actually want.

Legal resumes are not like other resumes. Firms evaluate candidates with a specific lens, and a generic resume writer simply won't cut it. You need someone who has sat on the other side of the hiring desk in the legal world.

Former Legal Recruiter. Understands what firms look for.

Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW).

ATS-optimized for legal job boards and firm portals.

Practice area expertise. Litigation, transactional, compliance and more.

Career counseling included. Not just a resume, a full strategy.

Outplacement services available for firms transitioning staff.

First-year associate or managing partner, Mindy can help.

25+ years of career counseling expertise combined with direct experience as a Legal Recruiter, across attorney resumes, paralegal profiles, and legal administrator CVs.

Attorneys

Associates, senior associates, partners, and in-house counsel seeking lateral moves, promotions, or pivots to the corporate world.

Paralegals & legal staff

Paralegals, legal assistants, legal administrators, and compliance officers positioning for advancement or transition.

Law firms & outplacement

Firms transitioning staff through downsizing can engage Mindy for outplacement counseling, career assessments, and resume services.

Legal resume questions, answered.

Law firms and legal departments evaluate candidates very differently from other industries. Practice area positioning, bar admissions, publication credits, case experience: all must be presented in a specific way. Mindy's background as a former Legal Recruiter means she knows exactly what hiring partners look for, and what makes them pass.

Your legal career deserves a resume that commands attention.

Send Mindy your current resume for a complimentary review. No pressure, no commitment. Just expert eyes from someone who has worked inside the legal hiring world.