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[quote=Anonymous]OP I get what you mean. A few years ago I did a career change and was applying to law firms using a resume that was very heavily result oriented because my background was in STEMs with an MBA and work experience in product development and contracts.  The law firms I applied to needed technical experts and I thought that showing results in terms of % revenue growth, process improvements in terms of $ saved as well as things like number of papers published etc. was a great way to show that I get things done and add value. The feedback I got was that the partners couldn't relate to the resume. I was explicitly told that they were concerned about University name and GPA and what other law firm I had worked at prior. They didn't understand anything beyond their limited and narrow law-school experience. They were hiring for a licensed PhD to help them with patent litigation and they hadn't even done research on what the top two or three engineering schools are let alone what it means to be licensed. I came away from the experience with a clear picture that law firms are stuck in this law school mentality that changes into some sort of finder, minder, grinder mindset. The PP that said to check out some firm webpages a mimic what you see is good advice. If its different... they don't understand it...[/quote]

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