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WOW! A chance to tell you about my NEXT dream job! Having been a pilot for a major U.S. airline for 16 years, my current dream job is exploding in bankruptcy. Controlling and operating my own business would be equivalent to the exhilaration of flying, or controlling and operating an airplane.
Credentials. I am equipped with a master's degree in business management, law school experience, paralegal training and a prestigious year-long U.S. Air Force internship at the Pentagon. My career transition will be challenging, which is why I need your job coaching and career counseling. My aviation talents and skills, which demand perfection, should readily transfer to the role of entrepreneur.
Here goes. My dream is to operate a full-service paralegal business that will deliver legal services to lawyers. The precision and attention to detail of the legal profession has always excited me; it's just as thrilling as flying an airplane! Over 10 years ago, I attended law school part-time and am now taking paralegal courses to feed my passion.
Business concept. It seems that today the latest business-world mantra for saving money is "outsourcing." By delegating many tasks to paralegals, lawyers already use this concept to work more efficiently and economically. My business will benefit both large law firms (who will no longer need to staff their own paralegals) and small law firms (without a paralegal on staff).
Remember. This is NOT legal secretarial work. This is a recognized profession where paralegals perform a wide range of tasks. They are only limited from carrying out duties that are considered to be the practice of law. The American Bar Association (ABA) defines a paralegal as "a person qualified by education, training, or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who performs specifically delegated SUBSTANTIVE legal work for which a lawyer is responsible." Conversely, the ABA does not certify paralegals, and, according to its Web site, there is "no mandatory certification examination for legal assistants anywhere in the United States." Thus, hiring experienced and trained paralegals will be critical for my business, but licensing will not be a concern.
Job tools. In addition to my credentials, the tools at my disposal include four law school libraries, five government law libraries, and five ABA-approved paralegal educational programs (all within my own metropolitan area). There are also several on-line services such as Westlaw and Lexis, where vast law data bases are available at any hour of the day or night. Business expansion opportunities would be significant by doing research for lawyers located almost anywhere. Your corporate identity package and Web site design would be phenomenal marketing tools!
Education, ambition, desire. My educational background, lofty ambition and intense desire to develop this business make me your ideal candidate. Kiplinger's and Dream In You could not do any better than to select me as a winner! THIS IS MY DREAM; I SIMPLY CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED!
