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An interview with Jonathan Fagan, Solicitor, Legal Recruitment Consultant and Career Coach
Q Why do you offer career coaching to lawyers and law students?
Good question! Together with 3 other lawyers I set up Ten Percent Legal Recruitment back in April 2000. Within a few months we were being bombarded with CVs...
How Do Training Contract Interviews Vary when with Partners or HR Managers
I was asked yesterday about the likely interview style and questions to be thrown at someone from a city law firm during a pre-selection day interview. This was to be with the HR Manager of the firm and would last for about 30 minutes.
Does...
Taking Up References
The decision to give references is sometimes quite complicated.
Firms have requested references before second interviews, including requests to speak to current employers (!) and colleagues. Alternatively some firms ask for references prior...
Job Offers – how to decide
A recent dilemna arose for a solicitor looking to take a fairly senior post in the North of England. He had two offers, as well as an additional firm interested. One firm were very friendly, a reasonable size, good working conditions, excellent...
Business Acumen
Business Acumen – what’s it all about?
This term comes up quite often in legal job interviews, whether for training contracts or qualified solicitor roles. But what exactly does it mean? In reality, not a lot!
The usual question...
Job Offers – Sticking or Twisting
Negotiation with some firms is like a gunfight at OK Corral!
It can be great fun dealing with firms and candidates when it comes to job offers being made by firms.
Some firms make good, competitive offers, which any sensible candidate would...
The Unwritten Rules of Legal Job Interviews
The main aim and focus during interview must be:
EVERYBODY LIKES ME, I LIKE EVERYBODY, I AM WILLING TO DO ALMOST ANYTHING (WITHIN REASON), I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH ANYTHING OR ANYBODY.
12 Top Tips for Surviving and Succeeding at Legal Job Interviews.
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Discussing Flexible Hours or Child Care in a Job Interview
When interviewing a potential employee for a job, it is important to see things at all times from the employee’s perspective – they will almost certainly be trying to guess what you are wanting, thinking and going to say to them...
Technical Questions in a Legal Job Interview
As recruitment consultants, we are not sure that this is good practice. In fact I would recommend avoiding confronting candidates head on with technical questions.
Firstly, at an interview a candidate is nervous and slightly wary, secondly partners...
How to Get Travel Expenses Paid for Job Interviews
Firstly, be aware that a lot of employers want to do the decent thing when it comes to interviews, and are open to requests. They are highly unlikely to offer to pay travel expenses unless you ask! You have to prepared to be proactive in interviews,...