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Paralegal resume keywords
The skills, tools and terms recruiters search for when hiring a paralegal, and a free check of which ones your resume is missing.
Practice area and the litigation or transactional tasks you handle are the match points, along with the research and e-discovery platforms the firm uses. Give caseload and document volumes.
Skills and keywords
Tools and software
Soft skills
Use the exact wording from the posting you are applying to. Only include what is true for you.
Example paralegal resume bullets
Keywords work best inside achievements. Each example pairs a keyword with a number:
- Provided litigation support on 45 active cases for 3 attorneys, meeting 100% of e-filing and court deadlines
- Drafted 120 pleadings, subpoenas and discovery responses per year
- Reviewed and tagged 15,000 documents in Relativity for a commercial dispute, finishing 5 days ahead of the production deadline
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Where to put keywords
- Summary: your job title in the posting's words plus your two strongest matching skills.
- Skills section: tools and hard skills, spelled the way the posting spells them.
- Experience bullets: each important skill used in a sentence with a result. A skill that appears only in a list is weak evidence.
More in how to tailor your resume in 15 minutes and how to add numbers to your bullets.