Direct Mailing and the Job Search

QUESTION:

Should we send resumes to law firms/employers in Little Rock? I know in other cities law students send out resumes to firms, but I didn't know if this was the traditional thing to do in Little Rock.


ANSWER:

The job search is personal so you must explore your options (review tips in your Career Services Handbook - the purple book you received in November, or check out from Career Services the law student job search resource, Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dream, by Kimm Alayne Walton, or one of several other books available to you), THEN decide which strategies you want to employ. Personalized job search strategies sessions may also be scheduled through Symplicity.

Since several of the more high profile and structured employers that hire regularly have arranged with Career Services to participate in the Spring On-Campus Interview Program to interview a pre-determined number of students who meet their hiring criteria, try hard to gain an interview through that process with those particular employers. Sign-ups are available with these employers through Symplicity at www.law.ualr.edu/careerservices/ . Click Symplicity, then log on using your email address and the pass word you received in November. Make sure you meet their specified criteria or you will be removed from their schedule. Symplicity will require you to have a resume uploaded in order to sign up for interviews. If an employer requests a cover letter or writing sample or grade sheet, those items must also be in your Symplicity account.

The job search section of the CSO Handbook addresses the most prominent issues regarding direct mailings. Please refer to it. This information can also be found on the Career Services website under Student Information.