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Conveyancer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what conveyancers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most conveyancers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Licensed conveyancer experienced in managing residential and commercial property transactions from contract review through to settlement. Skilled in title searches, contract drafting and coordinating with lenders, agents and land titles offices to keep transactions compliant and on schedule. Known for close attention to detail and clear client communication through what is often a stressful process.
Key skills
- Legal research
- Drafting and contracts
- Regulatory and administrative law
- Regulatory compliance
- Title search databases (state-based)
- LEAP legal practice management software
- Electronic settlement systems (PEXA)
- Client relationships and advisory
- Stakeholder management
- Written communication
Experience: example bullet points
- Prepared and reviewed contracts of sale and mortgage documents for residential and commercial transactions, checking clauses against current state legislation before exchange
- Conducted title searches and analysed ownership records to identify caveats, easements and encumbrances ahead of settlement, flagging issues to clients before contracts were signed
- Managed end-to-end settlement processes, coordinating fund transfers between banks, agents and clients through electronic settlement platforms to meet agreed settlement dates
- Advised clients in plain language on their legal obligations and the financial implications of sale and purchase contracts, reducing the number of settlement delays caused by unresolved client queries
- Lodged transfer, mortgage and discharge documents with the relevant land titles office and monitored registration progress through to completion
- Maintained accurate file records and client trust account entries in line with state conveyancing legislation and audit requirements
Education
Advanced Diploma of Conveyancing (or equivalent unit-based qualification) plus state-based licensing, such as registration with NSW Fair Trading, Consumer Affairs Victoria or the relevant state Law Society; some practitioners enter via a Bachelor of Laws and work as solicitor-conveyancers.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- PEXA
- Torrens title
- contract of sale
- vendor statement
- Section 32 (Vic)
- cooling-off period
- stamp duty
- land titles office
- caveat
- encumbrance
- strata title
- Conveyancing Act
- trust account
- LEAP
- Australian Institute of Conveyancers
- settlement statement
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.