CV Review for LPC Student Looking to Stand Out from the Crowd
CV Review for an LPC Student looking to make her CV stand out from the crowd. Free Service from Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment.
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CV Review – Legal Profession Entrant from Elite Sport Background
CV Review for legal profession entrant with sports background. Part of the free CV review service from Ten Percent Legal. We review, we blog about it. You get a free review!
Tailoring a CV for Job Applications – How Important is it?
Tailoring a CV – how important is it? A discussion with Ten Percent Legal Recruitment about senior lawyers and their CVs (and the lack of information).
CV Review for an Overseas Law Student
Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment provides free CV reviews (at our discretion), provided you are happy for your CV to be posted on the internet with our advice. This is a review for an overseas law student from South Africa.
CV Review for an Overseas Lawyer – India
This is a CV review for an overseas lawyer from India from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
CV Review for Overseas Lawyer (South Africa)
CV review for a South African overseas lawyer by Ten Percent Legal Recruitment. Free CV reviews for all lawyers.
My Nickname is “The Wolf”. A good idea to include this on my CV?
Should you include your nickname on your CV? An article by Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
CV Review for a Postgraduate Law Student
CV Review for a Postgraduate Law Student in Bristol – a free service for anyone consenting to their CV being posted on the internet.
Furloughed? Spend an hour updating your CV – a guide
Whilst you are sat at home potentially twiddling your thumbs (or redecorating the lounge) what could be a better time to spend an hour or so improving your CV? So many people have CVs that could be dramatically improved – they are too short, not enough detail, not up to date, not enough factual information,…
Improve your CV in 5 minutes
How to change your CV and improve it dramatically with this simple hack. Simply change your profile at the top of your CV so that is actually reflects who you are and not the usual nonsense that 90% of CVs seem to contain. By this I mean including factual information rather than a load of…
Can I apply for jobs without a CV?
This is often a question asked by fairly elderly or semi-retired solicitors who approach our legal recruitment consultancy Ten Percent Legal Recruitment. They have probably worked in the same job for the last 30 years and know just about everything there is to know about the work they do. This is invariably conveyancing or family…
Why do I never get offered job interviews – Top Tips for getting a job application noticed
Every week we get lots of permanent vacancies and locum assignments from solicitors’ firms and in house legal departments. They’re often looking for a specific type of solicitor, with sufficient experience to do a specific job. Lets take a recent example. A firm in the South East of England are looking as follows: Permanent, Full…
Exaggerating on CVs – a good idea?
When you write a CV of any kind, particularly in the area of work we are based in, which is for the legal profession, it is important not to exaggerate any detail on the CV, regardless of how irrelevant or insignificant it may seem at the time. Exaggerating can come back to haunt you at…
CV Review for Paralegal in South East England
CV Review for a Paralegal – as usual personal data removed. Feedback at the bottom of the CV. Reviewee has consented to this review being published. On these reviews please ignore the layout – this is due to our cut and paste operation! ——————————————————————– CANDIDATE NAME Address: Email: Telephone (Mob): Telephone (Home): EDUCATION September 2018…
CV Review for a Newcastle University Law Graduate
CV Review for a Newcastle University Law Graduate Name, address, mobile (with international prefix) and email address Linked In website link Nationality: British The first thing to point out is the reference to an international prefix for the mobile. Does this mean you are based overseas or looking overseas? In either event are you…
Personal Statements on CVs – Top Quality Examples?
Top Quality Summary Sections/Personal Statements on CVs The summary at the top of a CV is one of the key areas of a CV that so often gets ignored by candidates or filled with meaningless waffle. A good number of CVs we see every day actually miss them off completely, which is an opportunity missed…
Using Logos and Images on CVs – a good idea?
Using Logos and Images on CVs Recently we have seen a spate of CVs containing logos and images for employers worked for in the past. Fresh, Bright CVs The CVs look very fresh and bright, and the logos really make them stand out. Surely a win-win situation for everyone? You get your CV to stand…
CVs – have Linked In and video CVs made paper and digital CVs obsolete?
Are CVs obsolete thanks to the Internet? We recently attended a recruitment agency trade fair where numerous salesmen attempted to flog us video CVs and online pre-interview software and a number of speakers told us that CVs were no longer necessary. In the digital world it is so easy to find out about someone –…
CV Writing and Job Applications – 10 Tips for getting noticed
CV Writing – Tips for Getting Noticed Here are 10 top tips from us on how to get your CV noticed by employers: Make sure your CV is extremely detailed and contains all the work relevant to the application you are making. Information such as details of billing levels for the past 3 to 4…
Mitigating Circumstances – do they ever exist and do you need to mention them on a CV or at a job interview?
No. Mitigating circumstances do not exist. Ever. Well, hardly ever. “Mitigating circumstances” is probably one of the most irritating phrases ever to come out of university careers advice centres. What a fantastic excuse for rubbish grades. We have just had a CV in from someone using the term when they got a 2.1 from a…
Returning to work after a break – steps to improve your CV, prospects and chances of success
Very recently, a candidate got in touch about a vacancy, explaining quite apologetically that she was returning to work after a break and could she be considered for the post. As a recruiter, I have to be honest and say that whenever anybody tells me they are returning to work I almost involuntarily sigh because…
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How to Improve your Chances of Success when making Job Applications – become a Borg
Improving chances of success when applying for a job – become a Borg Whilst working as recruitment consultants, we often get asked by candidates what they can do to improve their chances in relation to a specific job that they may be considering applying for. Very often there are a whole raft of things that…
Five Common Mistakes When Writing a CV
Five common mistakes when writing a CV. Here are five very common errors that arise from CVs we receive every day of the week into Ten Percent Legal Recruitment. Some of them are glaringly obvious, others are not so straightforward. 1) Not putting any contact details on the CV This is very common and a…
CV Review for LPC student at Anglia Ruskin University
Here follows a CV review. We offer free CV reviews provided you are happy for us to publish our feedback on the website and your CV in full. CV REVIEW IS AT THE FOOT OF THIS CV – NO FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE CONTENT OTHER THAN THE PARAGRAPH AT THE BOTTOM. Candidate 010141129 Name Address…
CV Review for a 2nd year Law Student at a University
Here follows a CV review. We offer free CV reviews provided you are happy for us to publish our feedback on the website and your CV in full. Candidate 03062139 Address: Telephone (Mob): Telephone (Home): Email: Date of Birth: Marital Status: Single Sex: Male Nationality: British Driving Licence: Full driving licence EDUCATION 2014 – 2016 …
CV Review for Final Year Law Student
Here follows a CV review. We offer free CV reviews provided you are happy for us to publish our feedback on the website and your CV in full. Candidate 22022159 Name Address Home: Mobile: British DOB Personal Profile A hard-working, honest and punctual individual who always maintains a very high level of commitment and works…
CV Review for Newly Qualified Solicitor
Here follows a CV review. We offer free CV reviews provided you are happy for us to publish our feedback on the website and your CV in full. Candidate 14021231 Address Tel: Email: Professional Profile Trainee Solicitor qualifying in June 2015 with experience in private client, personal injury, commercial, conveyancing and civil litigation. Looking for…
CV Review – Law Student looking to secure a training contract or vacation placement 1
Here follows a CV review. We offer free CV reviews provided you are happy for us to publish our feedback on the website and your CV in full. Candidate 09021949 PORTSMOUTH I am a self-motivated, hardworking student at University of Portsmouth. I am currently studying for a degree in law and expect to gain my…
Lying on CVs – 20% of all CVs are inaccurate or untrue?
Lying on CVs This is probably more relevant for locums than permanent candidates, but when going through gaps on CVs we very often get asked why it is so important that we know what someone was doing in 1995 for 12 months. Well here is the reason. This is an extract from a CV for…
Sample Covering Emails and Letters for Legal Jobs
Recently I have put together a couple of emails and letters for a client and these are included as free covering email and covering letter templates in this post below. The candidate in question is currently in house as a General In House Counsel. The covering email/letter is in a classic layout with the information…