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Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioner resume example

A resume for a Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioner needs to show the work itself: use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. Day to day that means work like this: record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks; proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

  • Certified Shorthand Reporter
  • CSR
  • Court Reporter
  • Court Stenographer
  • Official Court Reporter
  • Court Monitor
  • Court Recording Monitor
  • Deposition Reporter
  • Digital Court Reporter
  • Realtime Court Reporter
  • Stenographer
  • Court Recorder
  • Court Transcriber
  • Electronic Court Recorder
  • Hearings Reporter
  • Judicial Reporter
  • Realtime Captioner
  • Recorder

O*NET records 24 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

  • Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks.
  • Proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words.
  • Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements.
  • Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public.
  • Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats.
  • Log and store exhibits from court proceedings.
  • File and store shorthand notes of court session.
  • File a legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office.
  • Verify accuracy of transcripts by checking copies against original records of proceedings and accuracy of rulings by checking with judges.
  • Respond to requests during court sessions to read portions of the proceedings already recorded.
  • Record symbols on computer storage media and use computer aided transcription to translate and display them as text.
  • Take notes in shorthand or use a stenotype or shorthand machine that prints letters on a paper tape.

14 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

  • Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

  • Acclaim Legal Acclaim DepoManage
  • Acculaw Court Reporters Billing Scheduling Job Management System ABSMS
  • Advantage Software Total Eclipse
  • AudioScribe SpeechCAT
  • Chase Software Solutions Court Reporting Software
  • Cheetah International SmartCAT
  • Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
  • Courtpages
  • Courtroom Data Solutions Techlennium
  • Electronic Transcript Software ProTEXT
  • Equative TimeLedger
  • ForTheRecord TheRecord Player
  • Gigatron StenoCAT
  • HTH Engineering Start-Stop PowerPlay

25 software entries are recorded in total.

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

  • Audio tape recorders
  • Desktop computers
  • Dictation equipment
  • Digital audio recorders
  • Laptop computers
  • Personal computers
  • Personal digital assistants PDA
  • Photocopying equipment
  • Stenomasks
  • Stenotype machines

Skills an ATS reads for

Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.

  • type documents

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

  1. 01Active Listening
  2. 02Writing
  3. 03Reading Comprehension
  4. 04Monitoring
  5. 05Speaking
  6. 06Time Management

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

  • English Language
  • Administrative
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Law and Government
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Administration and Management
  • Communications and Media

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

  • 75%Post-Secondary Certificate, awarded for training completed after high school
  • 12%Associate's Degree
  • 5%High School Diploma, or the equivalent

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Medium Preparation Needed”. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Common questions

What does a Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioner do?
Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. Day to day that includes work like record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks and Proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words.
What skills should a Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioner put on a resume?
O*NET rates Active Listening, Writing, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, and Speaking among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioner list?
Software recorded for this occupation includes Acclaim Legal Acclaim DepoManage, Acculaw Court Reporters Billing Scheduling Job Management System ABSMS, Advantage Software Total Eclipse, AudioScribe SpeechCAT, and Chase Software Solutions Court Reporting Software. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioner work?
O*NET records 24 titles for this occupation, including Certified Shorthand Reporter, CSR, Court Reporter, and Court Stenographer. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioner need?
In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 75% reported their level of education as "Post-Secondary Certificate, awarded for training completed after high school". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioner role?
No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

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What this page cannot tell you

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  • This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
  • Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

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