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- Salary Guide June 2024 for Solicitors 28/06/2024
- Sending a CV in PDF Format – a Good Idea? 28/06/2024
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- 10 Things to do before a Legal Job Interview
- 10 Top Interview Tips for Interviewers
- 3rd class law degree from overseas university
- A third class degree and re-entering the law
- Advice for Australian Lawyers looking to work in the UK
- Advice to a Paralegal looking for a Training Contract
- An interview with Jonathan Fagan, Solicitor, Legal Recruitment Consultant and Career Coach
- Annual Reviews for Lawyers
- Application Forms – Solicitors detest them!
- Are psychometric tests a good idea for solicitor recruitment?
- Areas of Law to avoid getting work experience or a training contract in unless you are a sado-masochist
- Ask a Legal Recruitment Consultant
- Ask a Recruitment Consultant – questions this month on our chat bot
- Ask a Recruitment Consultant – questions to our Chatbot
- Ask a Recruitment Consultant – questions to our Chatbot
- Ask a Recruitment Consultant – questions to our chatbot
- August 2024 Salary Guide for Solicitors
- Bad Locums – avoiding them and bad law firms
- Becoming a Legal Expert in 10,000 Hours – is it really achievable?
- Best Websites and Places to Search for Legal Jobs
- Bonus Schemes – love them or hate them
- Business Acumen
- Business meetings – a thing of the past and is it normal to continue working during them?
- Can a lawyer be a millionaire?
- Can A Level grades affect your Legal Career forever?
- Can a Solicitor be a Millionaire – recent question
- Can I apply for jobs without a CV?
- Can you be a millionaire or very rich and work as a solicitor?
- Can you help me revolutionise the legal profession?
- Career Paths for Law
- Career Planning
- Career Planning – Fine Tune your Career
- Careers Update – CV Discussions
- Changing from conveyancing to a life of crime – a good idea?
- Changing Solicitors Firms during a Training Contract
- Changing Specialism in Law
- Childcare Solicitors – what do they do and how do I become one?
- Choosing the Spec for In House Lawyer Vacancies
- Commercial Law – future fields of law that may be of interest
- Commercial or High Street Solicitors Firm Work Experience?
- Contract Manager or Legal Counsel – Tailoring Job Applications
- Conversion Table for US GPA to UK class degrees
- Conveyancing – Booming or Busting – A Potted History
- Conveyancing Lawyers – has your job been affected by the lockdown?
- Crime Solicitor Contract – extracts relevant to Duty Solicitors and Supervisors
- CV for Final Year Law Student – Free CV Review
- CV Myth Exposed – Fitting a CV onto 2 Pages
- CV Review – Commercial Paralegal with Experience
- CV Review – Law Student looking to secure a training contract or vacation placement 1
- CV Review – Legal Profession Entrant from Elite Sport Background
- CV Review – LLB Graduate Administrator
- CV Review for a 2nd year Law Student at a University
- CV Review for a Newcastle University Law Graduate
- CV Review for a Postgraduate Law Student
- CV Review for an Overseas Law Student
- CV Review for an Overseas Lawyer – India
- CV Review for Final Year Law Student
- CV Review for LPC student at Anglia Ruskin University
- CV Review for LPC Student Looking to Stand Out from the Crowd
- CV Review for Newly Qualified Solicitor
- CV Review for Newly Qualified Solicitor
- CV Review for Overseas Lawyer (South Africa)
- CV Review for Paralegal in South East England
- CV Writing – Skills Sections
- CV Writing and Job Applications – 10 Tips for getting noticed
- CVs – have Linked In and video CVs made paper and digital CVs obsolete?
- Dangling Partnership Carrots
- Dear Ten-Percent, I want to get on in law. Can you help me? From a Law Student
- Demonstrate how you vary your communication approach according to the audience that you are addressing?
- Determined Law Graduate looking for a break
- Discrimination in Recruitment – is it rife?
- Discussing Flexible Hours or Child Care in a Job Interview
- Does a Masters Degree improve Employment Prospects?
- Does my first year at university matter?
- Don’t tell candidates they have been rejected until you are absolutely sure that you don’t want them.
- Duty Solicitor Rota Slot Shop deadline open
- Duty Solicitors in a Pickle – how not to get ripped off
- Effective Interview Techniques for Employers
- Elocution – essential for Northern England graduates looking to work in the South?
- Etiquette for Locums
- Exaggerating on CVs – a good idea?
- Extracting yourself from your Law Firm – advice for partners and directors
- Failing to research a firm before a job interview
- Fake News – is there a Shortage of Conveyancing Locums vs Wills & Probate Locum Solicitors?
- Family Panel and Resolution Accredited Specialists
- Finding a Job as a Barrister is harder than winning at Russian Roulette
- Five Common Mistakes When Writing a CV
- Flexible Hours and the Legal Profession
- Four Day Working Weeks – Can They Work?
- Furloughed? Spend an hour updating your CV – a guide
- General Practice Solicitors – do they exist?
- Getting Headhunted on LinkedIn
- Getting into commercial work after doing a high street training contract, is it possible?
- Getting into Law
- Getting More Work
- Getting Your Legal CV Noticed
- Good Work Life Balance and the Legal Profession
- Guide to Locum Solicitors Hourly Rates of Pay September 2017
- Have you got any Training Contracts?
- Help – I Can’t Get a Training Contract – What Am I Doing Wrong?
- Hiring for Attitude – New Approaches to Recruitment
- Horrible Bosses and the January Phenomenon of Staff Giving Notice
- How Badly do you want a Training Contract? Test Yourself
- How Do Training Contract Interviews Vary when with Partners or HR Managers
- How do we as a Legal Recruitment Agency check and verify candidates?
- How does the economic cycle affect locum & permanent work?
- How long should a CV be?
- How many firms should I be applying to for a training contract
- How much do Sole Practitioners Earn?
- How much does it cost to become a partner of a law firm?
- How much money can you earn as a freelancer, locum or consultant in law?
- How should a legal CV look in 2022?
- How Should I send a Legal CV to Law Firms?
- How to become a legal recruitment consultant
- How to Convert Australian degrees into UK degrees and vice versa
- How to Cut a Better Deal with your Current Firm and Stay Put
- How to deal with a Pompous Arse
- How to Dramatically Improve your Legal Career Prospects
- How to Get Paid – a Guide for Locums Chasing Payment
- How to Get Travel Expenses Paid for Job Interviews
- How to have a career as a Legal Secretary
- How to Improve your Chances of Getting a Training Contract
- How to Improve your Chances of Success when making Job Applications – become a Borg
- How to negotiate a pay rise and how to deal with a request for a pay rise
- How to Retain Law Staff in a Busy Legal Job Market
- How to Survive the Recession, a guide for lawyers
- How to Work as a Lawyer in the UK – top tips
- How to Write a Good Covering Letter
- How to Write a Good Personal Profile Section on a CV
- How to Write an Outstanding Legal CV and Covering Letter
- How we prepare CVs
- Human Rights Lawyers – do they exist?
- I am a Law Student Looking for Work, can you help?
- I am available for locum work but I don’t have my own limited company – will I have to work on a PAYE basis?
- I am writing a CV for the first time. How long should it be?
- I have been awarded a third class degree in law and I am having a crisis. Help!
- I have been offered Salaried Partnership – should I take it?
- I Want to Get Out of Law And Am Completely Fed Up – Help!
- I’m an LPC graduate. Can you help me find a training contract
- I’ve finished my law degree – what next?
- I’ve had a Training Contract offer from a small High Street Law Firm – should I take it?
- I’m a solicitor with five years PQE – what should I do next?
- I’m at a crossroads in my career, I’m 10 years qualified, and I’m fed up in my job. What should I do?
- I’ve been working from an office for 40 years, so why can’t others?
- Improve your chances of success of recruiting Conveyancing Solicitors
- Improve your CV in 5 minutes
- In House Legal – is the grass greener on the other side?
- Inappropriate interview question – are you the type of person to cry if someone shouts at you?
- International lawyers looking for work in the UK – can Ten Percent Legal help?
- Interview Question & Answer 27 – Describe a situation where you had to change your approach half way through a project or task following new input into the project.
- Interview Preparation for Lawyers
- Interview Question – What sort of response would your referees give?
- Interview Question – Describe a time when you had a number of conflicting demands on your time and how you dealt with this.
- Interview Question – did you enjoy university?
- Interview Question – Did your (university) course live up to expectations?
- Interview Question – if you did not have to work, what would you do?
- Interview Question – What can you contribute to a team?
- Interview Question – Would you describe yourself as ambitious?
- Interview Question & Answer – Do You Work Well with Others?
- Interview Question & Answer – Describe a time when you failed to engage at the right level in your organisation. Why did you do that and how did you handle the situation?
- Interview Question & Answer 28 – Describe a situation where you are asked to do something you had never attempted previously.
- Interview Question & Answer 45 – Do you need other people around to stimulate you or are you self-motivated?
- Interview Question & Answer 49 – Give an example of a project or task that you felt compelled to complete on your own. What stopped you from delegating?
- Interview Question & Answer 50 – Give an example of a recent commercial deal that captured your attention
- Interview Question & Answer no.40 – Do You Consider Yourself Successful?
- Interview Question & Answers – Describe a situation where you worked as part of a team.
- Interview Question 33 – Describe the project or idea that you were most satisfied to sell to your management.
- Interview Question 34 – Describe your strongest and weakest colleagues – how do you cope with such diverse personalities?
- Interview Question 37 – Did you feel you progressed satisfactorily in your last job?
- Interview Question 38 – Did you increase sales or profits in your last job?
- Interview Question 42 – Do you feel you are ready to take on greater responsibilities?
- Interview Question 44 – Do you mind working for someone older than yourself? Younger than you?
- Interview Question 46 – Do you prefer to work in a small, medium or large company?
- Interview Question 48 – Explain the organisational structure in your last company and how you fitted into it?
- Interview Question 51 – Give an example of how a situation or project that had a positive outcome depended on the work of people from a wide range of backgrounds and ideas.
- Interview Question and Answer – Describe a situation where you had a disagreement or an argument with a superior – how did you handle it?
- Interview Question and Answer – describe a time that you failed to sell an idea that you knew was the right one.
- Interview Question and Answer – Do you know how to motivate other people?
- Interview Question and Answer 41 – Do You Enjoy Travelling?
- Interview Question and Answer 52 – Why haven’t you had many interviews?
- Interview Question: Describe a situation in which you have led a team.
- IR35 and Local Authority Contractors – are we heading towards the same regime for Private Practice?
- Is Age a Factor on My CV?
- Is it possible to get your own training contract?
- Is the Legal Job Market Cyclical?
- Job Interviews – 10 Top Tips for Candidates
- Job Offers – how to decide
- Job Offers – Sticking or Twisting
- Lack of Quality Candidates or Just Low Pay?
- Law Firm Advertising, Marketing and Following the Crowd
- Law Firms and Google Adwords Expenditure
- Lawyers returning to work after children
- Leaving the Legal Profession
- Legal CV Review for LPC Student – Free CV Review
- Legal Job Interview and Answer – describe a situation in which you have led a team.
- Legal Job Interview Question & Answer – are you prepared to relocate?
- Legal Job Interview Question & Answer – Describe a Situation when you had a communicate a message..
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – describe a situation in which you influenced or motivated people.
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – are you accepted into a team quickly?
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – Are you Aggressive?
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – Are you Competitive?
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – Are you considering any other positions at the moment?
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – Are you hoping for specialisation in a particular field. If so, why?
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – are you satisfied with your academic achievements to date?
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – Can you act on your own initiative
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – Can you give me evidence that you set yourself high personal standards?
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – Can you work under pressure?
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – demonstrate an understanding of organisational issues
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – describe a company you think is doing well or badly and explain why you think this is so?
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – Describe a project or situation where you had to use different leadership styles to reach your goal?
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – describe a project or situation where you took a project to completion despite important opposition.
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – Describe a project where you needed to involve input from other departments – how did you identify that need and how did you ensure buy-in from the appropriate leaders and managers?
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – Describe a Situation in which you dealt with confrontation, for example a difficult customer?
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – describe a situation in which you were a member of a team – what did you do to positively contribute to it?
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – describe a time where you had to drive a team through change
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – Are you willing to travel?
- Legal Job Interview Question and Answers – are you a leader?
- Legal Job Interview Techniques – The Fake Receptionist
- Legal Jobs in the Middle East – do we cover recruitment in the region?
- Legal Recruitment Firm fakes its own staff
- Legal Recruitment News February 2021
- Legal Recruitment News January 2021
- Legal Recruitment News July 2020
- Legal Recruitment News June 2015
- Legal Recruitment News October 2018
- Locum Dilemna – Firm have cancelled an assignment at short notice – what do I do?
- Locum Hourly Rates – March 4th 2015
- Locum Solicitors and ILEX Hourly Rates for March 2017
- Locum Solicitors and the Curse of the Client’s Change of Plans
- Locuming as an alternative career for solicitors
- Locums – get paid promptly or else
- Locums – have you ever been asked about PII?
- Locums Covering More Than One Field of Law
- Locums Reluctant to Take Office Based Roles since July 2020
- Lying on CVs – 20% of all CVs are inaccurate or untrue?
- Making a Job Application after 25 years in the same post
- Making a Move – is it really time?
- Making strategic career decisions for lawyers – create a career plan
- Matching Current Salary with a Job Offer – a good idea?
- May the Farce be With You – Duty Solicitor Rotas return in Crime
- Mitigating Circumstances – do they ever exist and do you need to mention them on a CV or at a job interview?
- Mothers Returning to Work in the Legal Profession – A Missed Opportunity?
- Moving from Private Practice Law to In House Law
- My A levels are BDE and I have a couple of low percentages in my second year of a law degree. Should I give up now?
- My Nickname is “The Wolf”. A good idea to include this on my CV?
- Negotiating for the sake of negotiating – the risks of haggling on salary during the job offer process
- Never accept a counter offer from your current employer after you hand in your notice
- New Candidate Update 26th March 2015 from Ten-Percent Legal
- New Candidate Update 26th May 2016
- New Candidate Update 3rd September – Ten-Percent and Interim Lawyers
- New LAA Contract Awards for Family, Mental Health etc. – how not to recruit Supervisors for new contract awards
- New Locum Guide Available
- Newly Qualified Solicitors
- Newly Qualified Solicitors – 10 top tips on recruitment
- NQ Solicitor Salary £100,000 per annum – but is there a catch?
- OUR BEST 5 CANDIDATES FOR 1ST APRIL 2014
- Overseas Lawyers
- Overseas Qualifications and converting to the UK equivalents
- Paralegals are more likely not to turn up for Job Interviews than any other staff. Why?
- Partnership Prospects
- Paying to complete the Police Station Accreditation Course – a good idea?
- Personal Statements on CVs – Top Quality Examples?
- Practice Managers in Solicitors Firms – who are they and how do you get a job as one?
- Questions for our Recruitment Consultants
- Questions to our Recruitment Consultants via our Chat Service
- Recruiting an unaffordable candidate – what can I do?
- Recruitment agents hardly do anything other than send CVs – why should we pay you?
- Relocating in the UK and overseas
- Relocation – Top 10 Tips
- Restrictive Covenants – recent Supreme Court ruling
- Restrictive Covenants – do they put employees off?
- Retraining into Wills and Probate Law – is it possible?
- Returning to law, changing fields of law or starting out in law – what do I need to do?
- Returning to the Legal Profession
- Returning to work after a break – steps to improve your CV, prospects and chances of success
- Rewards & Benefits to Employees in the Legal Sector
- Rogue Law Firms – a personal experience
- Rogue Recruitment Agencies and Phantom Jobs
- Role of Recruitment Agencies in the post-recession world
- Rules for Law Firm Office Parties at Christmas
- Salary Guide for Lawyers February 2024
- Salary Guide for Lawyers, November 2023
- Salary Guide for Solicitors and Lawyers March 2024
- Salary Guide for Solicitors in the UK July 2024 – updated monthly
- Salary Guide for Solicitors January 2024
- Salary Guide for Solicitors May 2024
- Salary Guide June 2024 for Solicitors
- Salary Levels for Lawyers
- Salary Levels Guide for Solicitors – Salary Review for September 2024 from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment
- Salary Myths and the Legal Profession
- Salary Reviews – how to avoid pay rises (and lose staff)
- Sample Covering Emails and Letters for Legal Jobs
- Sending a CV in PDF Format – a Good Idea?
- Sh*t Happens – Bad Things on CVs
- Should I apply for a training contract
- Should I become a locum solicitor? Deciding whether or not to take up locum work
- Should I do the Legal Practice Course part-time or full-time?
- Should I go back and re-sit my A levels (DDD) – I want to join a Magic Circle law firm
- Should I include my Date of Birth or Marital Status on a CV?
- Should I leave when I qualify? The dilemna for Newly Qualified – 1 year PQE Solicitors
- Should I Stay or Should I Go? Updated Advice to Criminal Duty Solicitors
- Should I take my A Levels again to get better grades after finishing my degree?
- Should I tell a potential employer why I am leaving my current employer?
- Should I tell my recruitment consultant if an employer I have interviewed with contacts me directly?
- Small Law Firms and Big Law Firms – the differences
- Solicitor & Legal Executive Salary Level Guide October 2023
- Solicitor Salary Guide April 2024
- Solicitors – stuck in a rut?
- Tailoring a CV for Job Applications – How Important is it?
- Taking Up References
- Technical Questions in a Legal Job Interview
- Ten Ways to Get Fired
- The Baby Boom Locum Maternity Cover Phenomenon
- The Death of 20 Days Annual Leave
- The Legal Profession, Flexible Hours and Working from Home
- The Unwritten Rules of Legal Job Interviews
- Thinking of a career in law? Article for 15-17 year olds
- Tips for getting the most out of Vacation Placements in Law Firms
- Top 4 Queries to our Website over the New Year
- Top 5 Things to Take to a Job Interview
- Top 5 Tips for Getting the most out of Candidates
- Top 5 Tips for getting the most out of Interviews
- Top Tips for Succeeding at Legal Job Interviews
- Trends in Legal Recruitment: What Law Firms and In-House Legal Departments Need to Know in 2024
- Trying to avoid the Recruitment Agency – tips on how not to do it
- UCAS Points conversion for law school including A Levels and International Baccalaureates
- US Legal CVs compared to UK Legal CVs
- Using a Personal Statement on a CV
- Using Logos and Images on CVs – a good idea?
- We want to recruit a paralegal and he’s got to be male
- What are Magic Circle law firms?
- What Benefits should I ask for as well as Salary?
- What do my South African qualifications count for in the UK? I am a South African qualified lawyer.
- What do Umbrella Companies do and is there any point a solicitor using one to do locum work?
- What does a Conveyancing Solicitor do?
- What does a Corporate Commercial Solicitor do?
- What does a Crime Solicitor do?
- What does a Family Solicitor do?
- What does a Media Lawyer do?
- What does a Sports Lawyer do?
- What does a Wills and Probate Solicitor do?
- What does COLP and COFA mean?
- What does PQE stand for and how important is it to law firms?
- What Does Pro Rata Mean For Salary Payments?
- What does QBE stand for?
- What field of law has the best paid jobs?
- What is a Locum Solicitor?
- What is a reasonable pay rise?
- What is the difference between a Paralegal and a Fee Earner in a Solicitors firm?
- What is the Difference Between an Employment Business and an Employment Agency?
- What is the difference between contentious and non-contentious legal work?
- What is the job of a Recruitment Consultant? The Day to Day Reality
- What is the most boring area of law?
- What Makes a Good Job Reference
- What makes a good legal CV?
- What Relevance does Voluntary Work have for Making Job Applications in the Legal Profession?
- What should be included in a covering letter or email for a job application?
- What to Expect From an In-House Legal Counsel Job Interview
- What to Wear for an Interview
- What type of law pays the most?
- What’s my business worth? The impossible question
- When should a Newly Qualified Solicitor start looking for work?
- Where should I do my Legal Practice Course?
- Which University is the best for studying for a law degree?
- Why are jobs listed by agencies on job boards and websites not always active?
- Why do I never get offered job interviews – Top Tips for getting a job application noticed
- Why do Paralegals Always Seem so Unreliable?
- Why do we not put specific locations on our job postings?
- Why Should We Pay You a Fee Just to Send an Email Out?
- Why there is a shortfall of 3-10 year PQE solicitors
- Work Life Balance
- Writing a follow up email after an interview – a good idea?
- Writing a strong Statement for Job Application Forms
- Writing Covering Emails or Letters – big mistakes to avoid