Reading Time: 2 minutesWe have recently been approached by a law firm based in Abu Dhabi asking us to assist them in the provision of barristers or solicitors to work in their law firm. The tone of the email is very straightforward, the firm sound a very nice practice to work for, and the person who has emailed…
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou probably expect that an author of such an article on a subject like this with close links to the recruitment industry would give an answer to say ‘yes of course you should’, but it does really depend on the circumstances. There are of course a lot of honourable and decent people in the world…
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew Locum Lawyers Click here to book a locum or call 0800 246 5001. CAN-28897 Twickenham 15 year PQE personal injury solicitor available for locum assignments in the Greater London region. CAN-28898 Southend-on-Sea 2 year PQE conveyancing solicitor available for locum assignments in the Essex and North London areas. CAN-28899 Working from home – Scottish…
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen 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…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary As ever we undertake a comparison between the last calendar month and the same time period in 2017 to see if there has been any noticeable difference, particularly with the current political uncertainty. In November 2018 we saw an increase of 9% in the number of new solicitors registering compared with November 2018. The…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is a particular type of question where you need to have a number of examples of work you have undertaken in the past or present that can be tailored according to the question asked. You need to think of specific examples where potentially you have completed a task well. However because this was…
Reading Time: 2 minutesI don’t know about your business, but in ours on a daily basis we have to deal with some really pompous arses. I don’t like using bad language when writing articles, but there really is no other way of describing some of the people we come across each day. The definition of a pompous arse…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdvice Although this is a closed question with potentially a simple yes or no answer, it does give you the opportunity to get over to the interviewer how you are quite comfortable working on your own and to demonstrate specific examples of times you have perhaps introduced new methods of working or increased sales through…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Lawyers CAN-28884 Swindon 10 year PQE In House Corporate & Commercial Solicitor available for locum assignments. Expertise in regulated financial services, contentious and non-contentious work, structuring, drafting and negotiating high value complex contracts, tender applications, IT, procurement, finance and product development, negotiating third party and supplier contracts for the purchase of services and…
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe recently had an instance where a solicitors firm interviewed three or four different solicitors for a role, which was relatively well paid and required a particular level of expertise. The partners saw four candidates at interview and made a decision after the interviews to recruit one of these. They immediately emailed the unsuccessful candidates…
Reading Time: 3 minutesRecruitment rule 223: Never, ever return to an employer you have just told that you will be leaving. Here’s the scenario; you get despondent at work and decide to look around for a new job. A firm offer you a role after you have attended interviews, you like the look of the new company, they…
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Locum Lawyers Contact InterimLawyers.co.uk with your requirements. CAN-28838 Portsmouth 15 year PQE Litigation Solicitor available for locum assignments in the Hampshire region. General civil litigation, employment law, criminal law, in-house, regulatory, local government, commercial contracts work covered. CAN-28849 Chelmsford 5 year PQE Solicitor available for locum assignments in the Essex and London areas. Housing,…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary As ever we undertake a comparison between the last calendar month and the same time period in 2017 to see if there has been any difference, particularly with the current political uncertainty. In October 2018 we saw an increase of 47% in the number of new solicitors registering compared with October 2017. This is…
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Locum Lawyers Contact InterimLawyers.co.uk with your requirements. Conveyancing Locums immediately available. CAN-28822 Birmingham 15 year PQE Commercial Solicitor available for locum assignments in the Midlands. general commercial, in-house, insolvency, corporate finance and commercial litigation covered. CAN-28824 Guildford 20 year PQE Family Law and Wills & Probate Solicitor available for locum assignments in the Surrey…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Lawyers Contact InterimLawyers.co.uk with your requirements. CAN-28786 3 year PQE Company Commercial Solicitor available for locum assignments in the Cambridge area and surrounds. CAN-28788 15 year PQE Residential Conveyancing Solicitor available for locum assignments in the London region. CAN-28797 14 year PQE Conveyancing Solicitor available for locum assignments in the Buckinghamshire region and…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is a question involving the STAR technique and another example of a question where you need to have specific projects and incidents stored in your brain ready to be adapted to answer these questions. The author of this article thinks that this approach to interviewing is not particularly good or effective. The technique…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary In recent months there has been a lot of political uncertainty and we were curious to see whether this had been reflected in the legal job market. Each month we undertake a comparison with the same time period in 2017 to see if there has been any difference. The job market was busier in…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice Preferably you will have been asked this question with just the well as opposed to the badly bit as it is a general rule in interviews that wherever possible you try to avoid any negative comment or thought about anything. It does make a difference to the perception of the interviewer if you focus…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is a loaded question and one you need to be very careful about answering. If you are applying for a junior post, for example a training contract with a solicitors’ firm, you really should not be giving any indication at this stage of an interest to specialise in. You simply do not know…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Lawyers Contact InterimLawyers.co.uk with your requirements. CAN 21637 Commercial Property and Corporate Commercial Solicitor with over 20 years experience available for locum work in London, the Midlands and the Home Counties. CAN 24419 15 year PQE Company Commercial Solicitor looking for locum assignments in the Surrey and London areas. Also experienced in commercial…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This question really depends on the circumstances of the interview. If you have been headhunted, are currently in employment and not particularly looking until you were approached then it would be perfectly acceptable to give a straightforward answer. If not, you need to consider your response very carefully. If you give an affirmative answer…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdvice This again is a question that almost requires you to say yes. If you say no it almost indicates that you really don’t care about your work or your activities. You are the type of person who is happy just to turn up to work each day and sit at a desk for 8…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdvice This is almost a challenge and is again one of those interview questions that can really only be considered in a negative fashion. There are obviously jobs where aggression is considered to a certain extent as a positive at certain levels, but this question really is one to determine negative and not positive issues. …
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Lawyers Contact InterimLawyers.co.uk with your requirements (we have over 700 active locums registered with us covering the UK – CVs usually sent within 60 mins). Ref 26091037 Real Estate and Finance Solicitor with 5+ years experience in Legal 500 firms looking for locum work in Leeds and further afield. CAN-28765 20 year PQE…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Lawyers Contact InterimLawyers.co.uk with your requirements (we have over 700 active locums registered with us covering the UK – CVs usually sent within 60 mins). CAN-27740 6 year PQE solicitor available for locum assignments in the Yorkshire region. Expertise in Child care law, residential conveyancing and commercial law. Huddersfield CAN-27742 20 year PQE…
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe took a call yesterday from a solicitors firm somewhere in England and Wales, and the conversation went as follows: “Hello I wonder if you can help, we’re looking for a family paralegal.” “Yes sure, can you give me a bit more information please?” “Yes, we would like a paralegal who’s able to assist with…
Reading Time: 2 minutesInterview Question – Are you Accepted into a Team Quickly? Advice At first glance you may be forgiven for thinking that this is a yes or no answer as you are being asked a pretty closed question. This question gives you the opportunity to give a specific example and to get over a point to…
Reading Time: 3 minutesLaw Firms for Sale 15051610 South Coast Specialist Elderly Client Practice. Small law firm based in England with owner looking to retire. Clean break or consultancy possible, well established, strong local links generating work. Bolt on, office expansion or new area of law all very suitable options. 25061553 West Yorkshire Licensed conveyancer looking to sell…
Reading Time: 2 minutesInterview Question – Are you a leader? What a horrible question! Some would argue that it is too formulaic – would “yes” or “no” suffice depending on the job? Would you want to recruit a junior paralegal who said “yes”? Advice This is a very difficult question to respond to if you have not prepared…