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doublehoohopeful · Post by **doublehoohopeful** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 6:24 pm

barley wrote:
doublehoohopeful wrote:
barley wrote:Anyone else think this weekend went by really quickly?
Too quickly. And this week is going to seriously suck.
Busy week at work?

A perfect storm of people being out of the office and a huge amount of work that needs to be done.

Hildegard15 · Post by **Hildegard15** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 7:50 pm

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barley · Post by **barley** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 7:54 pm

doublehoohopeful wrote:
barley wrote:
doublehoohopeful wrote:
barley wrote:Anyone else think this weekend went by really quickly?
Too quickly. And this week is going to seriously suck.
Busy week at work?
A perfect storm of people being out of the office and a huge amount of work that needs to be done.

That's the worst, so here's a dog pic:

barley · Post by **barley** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 7:58 pm

Hildegard15 wrote:So I just checked mylsn and it said I have a 25% chance of getting into either Penn or UVA.....Are they known for YP or something?

I think UVA yield protects and Penn really wants applicants to submit Why Penns.

I have a similar UVA number, but the chances increase dramatically when I change the submission dates to Sept-Oct, so hopefully that bodes well for us!

benwyatt · Post by **benwyatt** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:03 pm

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barley · Post by **barley** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:24 pm

benwyatt wrote:Barley, a friend of mine just sent your tar to our group chat.
I was very confused for a minute

Are you sure it was who you think it was?

benwyatt · Post by **benwyatt** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:26 pm

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doublehoohopeful · Post by **doublehoohopeful** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:28 pm

barley wrote:
That's the worst, so here's a dog pic:

Corgis make everything better. Also mildly afraid of your implied ability to hack group chats.

Chronic underthought · Post by **Chronic underthought** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:40 pm

Trying to submit my applications in the next day or two and I have a last-minute question. Does anybody think that it is bad form to put a parenthetical example in a line on your resume? I have quite a few job/internship positions so I don't have room for more than a couple bullet points per. I am trying to lump random assignments together by saying something like "worked on assorted projects with attorneys from various units in the office (e.g. prison tape transcription)" Without the specific example, the line sounds too flimsy, but I'm worried "e.g." sounds silly. Thoughts?

doublehoohopeful · Post by **doublehoohopeful** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:47 pm

Chronic underthought wrote:Trying to submit my applications in the next day or two and I have a last-minute question. Does anybody think that it is bad form to put a parenthetical example in a line on your resume? I have quite a few job/internship positions so I don't have room for more than a couple bullet points per. I am trying to lump random assignments together by saying something like "worked on assorted projects with attorneys from various units in the office (e.g. prison tape transcription)" Without the specific example, the line sounds too flimsy, but I'm worried "e.g." sounds silly. Thoughts?

Without seeing your resume, it is difficult to provide guidance. At least on my resume, I only have a few bullet points per major job and don't get into the weeds with particulars. Regardless, I don't think the line you've provided as an example is a particularly well crafted one with or without the "e.g." Of course you work on assorted projects, that's kinda the definition of having a job.

barley · Post by **barley** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:50 pm

doublehoohopeful wrote:
barley wrote:
That's the worst, so here's a dog pic:

Corgis make everything better. Also mildly afraid of your implied ability to hack group chats.

I prefer the term "infiltrate."

benwyatt · Post by **benwyatt** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:50 pm

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urbanist11 · Post by **urbanist11** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:54 pm

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barley · Post by **barley** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:55 pm

benwyatt wrote:
doublehoohopeful wrote:
Chronic underthought wrote:Trying to submit my applications in the next day or two and I have a last-minute question. Does anybody think that it is bad form to put a parenthetical example in a line on your resume? I have quite a few job/internship positions so I don't have room for more than a couple bullet points per. I am trying to lump random assignments together by saying something like "worked on assorted projects with attorneys from various units in the office (e.g. prison tape transcription)" Without the specific example, the line sounds too flimsy, but I'm worried "e.g." sounds silly. Thoughts?
Without seeing your resume, it is difficult to provide guidance. At least on my resume, I only have a few bullet points per major job and don't get into the weeds with particulars. Regardless, I don't think the line you've provided as an example is a particularly well crafted one with or without the "e.g." Of course you work on assorted projects, that's kinda the definition of having a job.
Personally, I'd avoid the parenthetical examples. I don't think they contribute anything valuable and they do run the risk of sounding silly.

Ditto. If that's the type of project you did the most often, maybe "Worked on prison tape transcription and other projects with attorneys..." might be a better way to frame it.

doublehoohopeful · Post by **doublehoohopeful** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:55 pm

benwyatt wrote:
doublehoohopeful wrote:
Chronic underthought wrote:Trying to submit my applications in the next day or two and I have a last-minute question. Does anybody think that it is bad form to put a parenthetical example in a line on your resume? I have quite a few job/internship positions so I don't have room for more than a couple bullet points per. I am trying to lump random assignments together by saying something like "worked on assorted projects with attorneys from various units in the office (e.g. prison tape transcription)" Without the specific example, the line sounds too flimsy, but I'm worried "e.g." sounds silly. Thoughts?
Without seeing your resume, it is difficult to provide guidance. At least on my resume, I only have a few bullet points per major job and don't get into the weeds with particulars. Regardless, I don't think the line you've provided as an example is a particularly well crafted one with or without the "e.g." Of course you work on assorted projects, that's kinda the definition of having a job.
Personally, I'd avoid the parenthetical examples. I don't think they contribute anything valuable and they do run the risk of sounding silly.

Agree with this. I also focus on responsibilities in mine. For example, one reads something like: "Leads project risk management effort, focusing on legislation, litigation, and regulation." That way, you're providing some detail and you're showing the role you play.

doublehoohopeful · Post by **doublehoohopeful** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 10:02 pm

barley wrote:I prefer the term "infiltrate."

whacka · Post by **whacka** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 10:03 pm

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Chronic underthought · Post by **Chronic underthought** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 10:07 pm

I guess my concern is that this internship position was unusual in that other than one particular focus (which my first bullet point addresses) I sort of just floated around an office of several hundred attorneys. An email went out that "intern is free and looking for work" or I reached out to somebody to get work, and then I completed whatever project the particular attorney wanted. Sometimes this was prison tape transcription, sometimes it was case theory writeup/brainstorming, sometimes it was compiling data in excel, etc. I know the sentence is weak and the rest of my resume does not read like that, but I'm sort of lost for words to describe my floater duties

benwyatt · Post by **benwyatt** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 10:10 pm

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doublehoohopeful · Post by **doublehoohopeful** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 10:12 pm

Chronic underthought wrote:I guess my concern is that this internship position was unusual in that other than one particular focus (which my first bullet point addresses) I sort of just floated around an office of several hundred attorneys. An email went out that "intern is free and looking for work" or I reached out to somebody to get work, and then I completed whatever project the particular attorney wanted. Sometimes this was prison tape transcription, sometimes it was case theory writeup/brainstorming, sometimes it was compiling data in excel, etc. I know the sentence is weak and the rest of my resume does not read like that, but I'm sort of lost for words to describe my floater duties

In that case, I'd pick the three or so best mini projects you picked up that you don't mind speaking to should an interviewer ask questions. They understand it was part of an internship, they're not expecting you to be a leading expert.

slippin_jimmy · Post by **slippin_jimmy** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 12:13 am

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benwyatt · Post by **benwyatt** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 12:31 am

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whacka · Post by **whacka** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 12:49 am

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slippin_jimmy · Post by **slippin_jimmy** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:12 am

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barley · Post by **barley** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 10:20 am

I thought finally submitting my apps would make me less antsy, but apparently it has the opposite effect.