Reading Time: 2 minutesEach month we run a comparison between the last calendar month and the same time period in 2018 to see if there has been any noticeable difference in view of the extreme political uncertainty. In April we saw a 50% decrease in the number of new permanent vacancies compared with the previous year. How was…
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you are a South African qualified lawyer who has decided to come to the UK to experience our high quality weather, our stable political system and our well functioning courts, congratulations! You may have spent 20 years practising in a good quality South African law firm undertaking high quality legal cases and you may…
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe have written about this before some years ago, but it seems that there are solicitors firms out there who are trying to rip off duty solicitors and this is advice on how not to get scammed by crime firms recruiting duty solicitors. It seems that there are a couple of firms in England who…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Permanent Candidates CAN-29245 20 year PQE property solicitor dealing with a mix of residential and commercial property work including new builds and high net worth matters. Looking for permanent roles in central London. CAN-27615 2 year PQE residential conveyancing solicitor looking for locum assignments or permanent role in the Surrey region and surrounds. CAN-29287…
Reading Time: 4 minutesGood morning. Please find below a list of solicitors registered with Ten Percent Legal in the past 7 days. New Permanent Candidates CAN-29260 South East London 5 year PQE Solicitor specialising in family law, civil litigation and immigration looking for a suitable role in South East London or Kent. CAN-29261 Southall 2 year PQE Solicitor…
Reading Time: 3 minutesPlease find below a list of solicitors registered with Ten Percent Legal in the past 14 days. Planning to recruit in 2019? Visit www.tenpercentunlimited.co.uk for our money-saving recruitment service. New Permanent Candidates CAN-29236 Kingston 25 year PQE Clinical Negligence and Catastrophic Injury Solicitor looking for a suitable role in Kent and London. CAN-29239 Bromley 1…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is the classic competency based interview question that gets asked time and time again in some form or another. It does not matter who you are and what your circumstances, there must have always been a time when you were a member of a team and you are able to give this information…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is another relatively easy question because if you have prepared your approach to interview effectively you should have a number of examples that will cover this question already stored in your mind. It is a good time to get over the point that you are a team player who contributes effectively to a…
Reading Time: 3 minutesEach month we run a comparison between the last calendar month and the same time period in 2018 to see if there has been any noticeable difference in view of the extreme political uncertainty. In April 2019 we saw an decrease of 51% in new permanent vacancies compared with April 2018. We also saw a…
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are a lot of different terms used for the work of a childcare solicitor. You will often see them described as solicitors with care proceedings experience, solicitors who do publicly funded family law work (just about the only thing left now that is publicly funded is care work), social services family lawyer, local authority…
Reading Time: 3 minutesGreater London CAN-29233 Company Commercial Paralegal with experience in commercial contracts, litigation and banking law, GDPR and data protection. Looking for a post in London. CAN-29234 Senior In House Lawyer with 10 years experience. Experience in litigation, company commercial law and IP with specific experience in the media & entertainment sector. Looking for posts in…
Reading Time: 4 minutesPlease find below a list of solicitors registered with Ten Percent Legal in the past 14 days. Planning to recruit in 2019? Visit www.tenpercentunlimited.co.uk for our money-saving recruitment service. New Permanent Candidates CAN-29202 South East London 8 year PQE litigation solicitor dealing with civil and commercial litigation. Looking for posts in London. CAN-29198 West-Central London…
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Permanent Candidates CAN-29123 SE London 20 year PQE Property Solicitor dealing with all aspects of residential conveyancing. Looking for posts in South London. CAN-29124 10 year PQE Commercial Property Solicitor looking for a suitable role in the West or Central London areas. CAN-29131 Reading 20 year PQE In House Solicitor dealing with dispute resolution,…
Reading Time: 7 minutesYou are a solicitor who has been in your job for at least 3 years. You completed your training contract and then found a permanent job to move into. You may have moved once or twice since then and perhaps if you are on the high street you are probably earning between £30,000 and £45,000;…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is a relatively easy question, mainly because the question is so short and gives you plenty of scope in terms of material and circumstances. It is likely that just about everybody can answer this question, whether through an example from work, an example from a sporting activity or personal interest or from their…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is an answer that most people can probably conjure up from somewhere as most of the workforce will have dealt with difficult customers. Everyone has had to deal with some sort of confrontation in their lives, whether in a sporting, academic or work environment. Try to think of a work-based example as these…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary – An Uncertain Market Each month we run a comparison between the last calendar month and the same time period in 2018 to see if there has been any noticeable difference in view of the extreme political uncertainty. In February we saw a 50% increase in the number of new vacancies from 2018. Did…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Permanent Candidates CAN-29107 Harrow NQ Solicitor with experience in corporate commercial law, commercial litigation, property litigation and commercial and residential property. Looking for a post in Middlesex or London. CAN-29103 Croydon 4 year PQE Family Law Solicitor looking for posts in and around South London. CAN-29100 Cardiff 10 year PQE Property Solicitor looking for…
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen you locum it is sometimes the case that the assignment you thought you were working on changes and the client shifts the goalposts quite dramatically. This doesn’t happen that often, particularly where a client has spoken directly to the locum to discuss the role beforehand, but it does happen. Recently we have come across…
Reading Time: 3 minutesGood morning. Please find below a list of solicitors registered with Ten Percent Legal in the past 14 days. click here to register vacancies online, email jobs@ten-percent.co.uk or call 0800 246 5001. New Permanent Candidates CAN-29085 Guildford 15 year PQE Commercial Property Solicitor with experience working for Legal 500 firms. Looking for posts in Surrey…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Permanent Candidates CAN-29074 Ipswich Residential Conveyancer with over 5 years’ practical experience. Can manage all aspects of conveyancing from inception to registration without supervision. Solicitor. CAN-29073 Experienced Immigration Caseworker/Solicitor with Level 2 accreditation. Looking for a suitable role in Essex, North London or Central London. CAN-29065 6 month PQE Family Law Solicitor with exposure…
Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery 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…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is a STAR competency based interview question. STAR stands for “Situation, Task, Action and Result” and this particular question is a strong example of where using this technique is so effective. Firstly it is probably almost impossible to answer this type of question without having thought about it before attending the interview. It…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This type of question is competency based and involves using the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action, Result). Manna from heaven for any Six Sigma practitioners or business change managers. For everyone else it is a very difficult question indeed as the majority of professionals do not spend their working lives dealing with conflict in…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary – An Uncertain Market Each month we run a comparison between the last calendar month and the same time period in 2018 to see if there has been any noticeable difference in view of the political uncertainty. In February 2019 we saw an increase of 52% in new permanent vacancies compared with February 2018.…
Reading Time: 4 minutesHere are the Ten Percent Legal Recruitment top tips for becoming a lawyer in the UK. Firstly, bear in mind that there are quite a few different types of lawyer working in the UK, including barristers, solicitors, “non-qualified fee earners”, legal executive, licensed conveyancer, will writers and paralegals. In case it assists, a “non-qualified fee…
Reading Time: 5 minutesNew Permanent Candidates CAN-29065 6 months PQE Solicitor with exposure to both complex financial litigation and children matters during training contract. Looking for a suitable role in the Greater London region. CAN-29033 15 year PQE Company Commercial Solicitor and in house legal counsel. Experience in commercial contracts and data protection. Looking for posts in West…
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Permanent Candidates CAN-28986 0-1 year PQE Family and Child Care Solicitor with additional experience in wills. Looking for a post in London. CAN-28989 10 year PQE Immigration Solicitor with Level 2 accreditation and at Supervisory level looking for a suitable role in the Central or North London areas. CAN-29006 18 month PQE Company Commercial…
Reading Time: 2 minutesInterview Question 14 – Describe a time where you had to drive a team through change. How did you achieve this? Advice A difficult question if you have not had a very long managerial career or this question is asked at a time in your career when you have not really had to deal with…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDemonstrate an understanding of underlying organisational issues. AdviceA very difficult question if you are not used to dealing with managerial speak! This is a question involving the STAR technique of firstly identifying the situation, secondly identifying a specific task, thirdly identifying your action as part of that task and finally confirming what the result was.…