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New Solicitor Candidate Update 9th January 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Lawyers NB: Conveyancing & Private Client cover – good availability at present. CAN-29887 Twickenham 15 year PQE Wills & Probate Solicitor, available for locum work in the Greater London region. CAN-29889 Chelmsford 3 year PQE property solicitor available for locum work in Essex and Greater London. Residential and commercial property work covered. CAN-29890…

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New Solicitors looking for work 13th December 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Locum Lawyers Conveyancing & Private Client Locums – we have a range of locums available to assist across the UK. Good availability at present. CAN-29865 Gloucester Residential Conveyancing Legal Executive with around 7 years experience and CQS accreditation. Available for locum work in the Gloucester area and surrounds. CAN-29852 Llandudno 25 year PQE Property…

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Legal Recruitment News December 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTo read our regular monthly legal recruitment news, please click the link below. It will take you to our sister site www.legal-recruitment.co.uk – a sub site of Ten Percent Legal Recruitment. http://www.legal-recruitment.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/December_2019_Legal_Recruitment_News_and_Job_Market_Report_from_Ten_Percent_Legal.pdf

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Interview Question and Answer – describe a time that you failed to sell an idea that you knew was the right one.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdvice This is a negative question and one that wherever possible should be avoided. It does not matter how you answer the question, the answer you give will have to result in you providing the interviewer with evidence of a negative point. Wit this in mind it is worth trying to avoid answering the question…

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Interview Question – Describe a time when you had a number of conflicting demands on your time and how you dealt with this.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This question is quite an easy one, but it is important not to fall into the trap of giving a general answer instead of a specific one. The question has asked you to describe a time, not a circumstance that you regularly find yourself in. Try to think of a specific occasion when you…

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Recruitment agents hardly do anything other than send CVs – why should we pay you?

Reading Time: 3 minutesToday we had an email from a law firm who owe us a reasonable amount of money and following a letter before action we received a detailed response from one of the directors at the solicitors firm explaining his understanding of the fee and how it should be paid. Part of this explanation and discussion…

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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?

Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is a competency based interview question which again if you do not practice interview questions it is very unlikely you would be able to think of an answer on the spur of the moment. This needs to be one of the selection of scenarios you have stored in your head ready to use…

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Interview Question & Answers – Describe a situation where you worked as part of a team.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is a completely open question and one that everyone attending an interview should have a stock answer ready to use. Team questions are almost always best answered using a work environment and anyone who has worked in any capacity is able to give a situation or example. If you have not yet worked…

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Candidate Update 31st October 2019. New Solicitors and Legal Executives looking for work

Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Locum Lawyers CAN-29765 Reading 6 years PQE Residential Conveyancing Solicitor available for locum work in the Berkshire area and surrounds. CAN-29767 Sheffield 9 year PQE Litigation Solicitor available for part-time locum work in the East Midlands and South or West Yorkshire areas. Civil lit, commercial lit and personal injury all covered. CAN-29773 Leicester 12…

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The false economy of paying low wages

Reading Time: 3 minutesI recently took a call from a solicitors firm in the Leicestershire area looking for a new residential conveyancer to join their firm. They are a small high street practice and we have had dealings with them on numerous occasions over the years to assist with recruitment into their property team. We had the usual…

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Interview Question & Answer 28 – Describe a situation where you are asked to do something you had never attempted previously.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is a competency based interview question and should be one that you are able to put forward a positive strength and experience that relate specifically to the post you are applying for. so for example if one of the requirements of the post you are going for is that you have experience handling…

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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.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice Another particularly difficult competency based question which will almost inevitably result in you needing to have an example in your head before you go into the interview that you are able to use. Without having something pre-prepared it is almost impossible to think about something that quickly when asked these types of questions, which…

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Newly Registered Solicitors – Candidate Update 18th September 2019

Reading Time: 5 minutesNew Locum Lawyers CAN-24192 30 year PQE solicitor dealing with residential conveyancing and wills & probate work. Looking for locum posts in South Wales, Lancashire or West Yorkshire. CAN-3895 Experienced non-qualified conveyancer available to cover locum posts across the UK. Regular professional locum – mainly residential and some commercial. CAN-29622 Brighton 6 year PQE private…

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Interview Question and Answer – Describe a situation where you had a disagreement or an argument with a superior – how did you handle it?

Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice A very difficult question indeed. Firstly because if you have ever had a disagreement with your superior it clearly indicates that you are someone who maybe a little awkward at work. Not only that but you are introducing a negative into the interview process which is not recommended. However if you don’t answer the…

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Interview Question: Describe a situation in which you have led a team.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe have recently reintroduced our popular CV review service. We review CVs free of charge if you consent to us posting your CV and our comments live onto the website as a blog article (we remove your contact details of course). You can also pay for the service – details here: https://ten-percent.co.uk/cv-advice-and-reviews/ You can also…

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