Interview Question & Answer 45 – Do you need other people around to stimulate you or are you self-motivated?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteInterview question on self-motivation and suggested answers from Jonathan Fagan at Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
Jonathan Fagan
Jonathan Fagan LLM FIRP is Managing Director of Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment. He has been recruiting solicitors and legal support staff for law firms and in house legal departments for over 25 years and handles law firm sales & mergers. A non-practising solicitor on the Roll since 2000, he is also the author of a number of legal career books. You can contact Jonathan at cv@ten-percent.co.uk
Selling a Law Firm – What’s it Worth?
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere have been a flurry of interested partners of law firms looking to sell up and we get a lot of calls into our offices asking what the practice is worth. Article by Jonathan Fagan
Locums Covering More Than One Field of Law
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe often get partners of law firms contacting us to request details of locums who are able to do conveyancing and wills and probate, residential and commercial conveyancing and many more besides. Is it feasible?
Legal Job Market Report April 10th 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary of the current state of the legal job market from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment and Interim Lawyers Locum Recruitment dated April 2021.
New Candidates and Law Firms for Sale 1st April 2021 from Ten Percent Legal and Interim Lawyers
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Candidates and Law Firms for Sale 1st April 2021 from Ten Percent Legal and Interim Lawyers.
New Solicitors and Law Firms for Sale – Update 24th March 2021
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Solicitors and Law Firms for Sale – Update 24th March 2021 from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment and Interim Lawyers.
Law Firms for Sale Alert 23rd March 2021. 5 listings – London Self-Sufficient Team, Sussex, South Coast, Hertfordshire
Reading Time: 2 minutesLaw Firms for Sale Alert 23rd March 2021. 5 listings – London Self-Sufficient Team, Sussex, South Coast, Hertfordshire. New listings from Jonathan Fagan.
CV Review for Newly Qualified Solicitor
Reading Time: 5 minutesFree CV Review for a Newly Qualified Solicitor from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment – legal careers and CV writing services for lawyers and law graduates.
New Candidate and Law Firm Update 17th March 2021
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Candidate and Law Firm Update 17th March 2021 from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment, Jonathan Fagan Law Firm Sales and Interim Lawyers.
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Legal Recruitment News March 2021
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMarch 2021 edition of Legal Recruitment News. It includes our legal job market report, locum hourly rates, careers advice and suggested interview answers. Written by Ten Percent Legal Recruitment, UK specialists for legal jobs for solicitors for over 20 years.
Interview Question 44 – Do you mind working for someone older than yourself? Younger than you?
Reading Time: 2 minutesInterview questions and answers from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment – working for someone younger than you.
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Podcasts – a benefit to my business?
Reading Time: 2 minutesPodcasts – how to use them to market your business and get extra visitors to your website. Article from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
Legal Job Market Report March 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutesLegal job market report from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment dated 11th March 2021. UK legal jobs market analysis.
Solicitor Candidate and Law Firms for Sale Update 3rd March 2021
Reading Time: 4 minutesSolicitor and Law Firm Update from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment and Interim Lawyers dated 3rd March 2021. New candidates looking for work.
Help – I Can’t Get a Training Contract – What Am I Doing Wrong?
Reading Time: 5 minutesHelp to get a training contract – advice from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment, specialists for the legal profession since 2000.
New Candidate Update and Law Firms for Sale 24th February 2021
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew locum solicitors, permanent salaried lawyers and law firms for sale from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment dated 24th February 2021.
New Candidates and Law Firms for Sale update 17th February 2021
Reading Time: 3 minutesPermanent and locum lawyers – new candidates and law firms for sale dated 17th February 2021. Solicitors and legal executives.
Candidate and Law Firm for Sale Update 11th February 2021
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew candidate and law firm for sale update from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment. Dated 11th February 2021.
Interview Question and Answer – Do you know how to motivate other people?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteInterview question and answer on knowing how to motivate people.
Should I go back and re-sit my A levels (DDD) – I want to join a Magic Circle law firm
Reading Time: 3 minutesShould I go back and re-sit my A levels (DDD) in order to get into a Magic Circle law firm? Advice from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
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Video CVs – Are they the Future?
Reading Time: 2 minutesVideo CVs – are they the future? Article by Ten Percent Legal Recruitment. Bored of CVs? What about producing a list of questions for each applicant and asking them to video their response.
Legal Job Market Report February 8th 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary of the current state of the legal job market for February 2021 from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
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Legal Recruitment News February 2021
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLegal Recruitment News from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment for February 2021. Includes legal job market reports, hourly rate guides for locums, video CVs, independent legal advice service, redoing A levels to join city law firms.
Permanent and Locum Solicitors Available and Law Firms for Sale Update 27th January 2021
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCandidate and law firm update from the Ten Percent Group of Legal Recruitment Websites and Law & Accountancy Firms for Sale, dated 27th January 2021.
What is the Difference Between an Employment Business and an Employment Agency?
Reading Time: 3 minutesDifference between Employment Agency and Employment Business. Article by Jonathan Fagan, Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
New Candidate and Law Firms for Sale Update 21st January 2021
Reading Time: 6 minutesNew Solicitors and Law Firms for Sale – update dated 21st January 2021 from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
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Legal Recruitment News January 2021
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLegal Recruitment News includes a legal job market report, hourly rates guide for locums, a state of the market report for the sale of law firms and articles on job interviews, buying a law firm for nothing and interview techniques. January 2021 edition.
Interview Question 42 – Do you feel you are ready to take on greater responsibilities?
Reading Time: 2 minutesInterview Question and suggested answer from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment and Jonathan Fagan MD.
Legal Job Interview Techniques – The Fake Receptionist
Reading Time: 3 minutesJob Interview Technique – using a fake receptionist to root out bad employees attending for interview. Article by Jonathan Fagan of Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
How to Buy a Law Firm Without Any Money
Reading Time: 3 minutesHow to buy a law firm without paying any money. A guide to getting a law firm for nothing by Jonathan Fagan from Ten Percent Legal.