Resume question: being too specific about projects?
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:32 pm
After stuffing myself with BBQ on this fine holiday, I thought I'd update my resume after my 2L SA because I am considering applying for a spring antitrust externship.
My question: I am drafting some points for my job description and I am wondering whether I am being too specific (in a client confidentiality sense). I did a few antitrust memos over the summer--mentioned that and the general topic areas they involved (nothing too specific--just things like monopolization, market definition).
My question primarily revolves around this: I also worked on a due diligence team for a huge merger that wrapped up during my penultimate week. I altered language here to not out myself, but it's something akin to: "Participated on due diligence team for a $2.8 billion leveraged buyout of a plastics company." The sentence as written is enough to easily find the client name on Google, but in most of the news articles, it reported my firm as representing this client in the buyout. Should I be more generalized in my phrasing or would it be OK because the news reported my firm as representing the client?
Thanks and Happy Labor Day!
My question: I am drafting some points for my job description and I am wondering whether I am being too specific (in a client confidentiality sense). I did a few antitrust memos over the summer--mentioned that and the general topic areas they involved (nothing too specific--just things like monopolization, market definition).
My question primarily revolves around this: I also worked on a due diligence team for a huge merger that wrapped up during my penultimate week. I altered language here to not out myself, but it's something akin to: "Participated on due diligence team for a $2.8 billion leveraged buyout of a plastics company." The sentence as written is enough to easily find the client name on Google, but in most of the news articles, it reported my firm as representing this client in the buyout. Should I be more generalized in my phrasing or would it be OK because the news reported my firm as representing the client?
Thanks and Happy Labor Day!