Hiring partners scan solicitor CVs for SRA, PQE, practice area and matter experience. sausagedog leads with all four and rewrites the rest in proper legal English.
Tailor my legal CVFree to try. No account needed
Sound familiar?
PQE and practice area get buried under filler.
Matter experience reduces to 'advised clients'.
Private practice and in-house read identically.
75%
of CVs never reach a human
6.7s
average recruiter scan time
<30s
to tailor your CV
What sausagedog does for you
Leads with SRA, PQE, practice area, sector
Uses real legal language: matter, transaction, due diligence, drafting, instructed
Rewrites bullets around matters, clients and outcomes
Adapts for the role. NQ, mid-level, senior associate, in-house counsel
No corporate fluff. Every line earns its place
“Move to in-house had been impossible. CV reframe did it.”
Helen M.
4 PQE Solicitor, London