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Commercial or High Street Solicitors Firm Work Experience?
The answer to this is fairly simple. Apply to commercial law firms if you are looking at training contracts with commercial law firms. Apply to the high street law firms for the same reason.
If you have a 2.2 or lower, you should be aiming at...
Writing Covering Emails or Letters – big mistakes to avoid
One of the biggest mistakes candidates often make is to assume that recruitment consultants read covering emails if they are anything more than about 3 paragraphs long. As recruiters we are looking for very specific information in a covering...
Writing a strong Statement for Job Application Forms
Writing a Good Statement for Job Application Forms
If you complete job application forms for local authorities or the judiciary, they often come with a supporting statement, statement of qualities, information to support your application,...
Should I include my Date of Birth or Marital Status on a CV?
Should I include my date of birth or marital status on a CV?
This is a question that comes up time and again. Why would anyone advise to include a date of birth or marital status on a CV? Well, I always recommend considering it, and I know...
Paying to complete the Police Station Accreditation Course – a good idea?
I have to say that when I was in practise and completed the Police Station Accreditation Course I did wonder whether someone at some point would come up with the idea of charging people a fee for them to complete the Police Station Accreditation...
How we prepare CVs
We have been preparing professional CVs for lawyers since April 2000 and the process is fairly simple.
Firstly we ask our clients to send us over a completed form on the internet with lots of detail in. Alternatively our clients can send over...
How long should a CV be?
How long is a piece of string? I get asked this question almost on a daily basis and hear a lot of different answers once I have given my response.
The usual or fairly common response is someone who has been told by a careers adviser when...
US Legal CVs compared to UK Legal CVs
We have recently taken an order from a US client looking for a CV to use with UK law firms and to present a CV in a way the UK law firms would understand it. Ten Percent Legal Recruitment & Careers Services have been assisting US, Australian,...
Family Panel and Resolution Accredited Specialists
One of our senior candidates has been in touch this morning to point out a slight issue that keeps coming up in adverts both on our site and job boards.
“I have been looking at family vacancies on the web and noticed that some vacancies...