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…
Reading Time: 2 minutesTo read Legal Recruitment News for September 2018 please click here: http://www.legal-recruitment.co.uk/september-2018-legal-recruitment-news/ Summary 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. So this month we have undertaken a comparison with the same time period last year…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour 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-27687 5 year PQE Property Solicitor available for locum assignments in Greater London and Kent region. Residential and commercial work covered.…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour 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 27127 30 year PQE Private Client Solicitor dealing with wills & probate, LPA, COP and elderly client matters. Further residential…
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour 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-27626 15 year PQE Property and Commercial Solicitor available for locum assignments nationwide but ideally in Yorkshire and the North of…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour 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). 24072049 Legal Cashier available for part time locum roles around London. Ongoing contracts considered also. 25071027 Commercial Contracts, Compliance and General…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour 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-27552 8 year PQE Property Solicitor available for locum assignments in the Cheshire and Greater Manchester region. Residential and commercial work…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA well-established South Essex solicitors firm based on Canvey Island within easy travel of Southend-on-Sea, require an experienced and reliable legal secretary to assist the fee earner with residential conveyancing matters. The firm are looking for candidates with previous conveyancing experience who want to develop a long term career with the firm. The firm uses…
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe have had a query this week from a Year 13 student awaiting A level grades – can poor A Level Results affect any chances of a legal career? The quick and honest answer, and something perhaps relevant to qualified solicitors with many years PQE even, and an answer you will rarely hear from HR…
Reading Time: 2 minutesLegal Job Market Report Summary June has been a mixed month, but generally quiet in comparison with other years. The World Cup and uncertainty over Brexit have both contributed but by far we think the largest effect on the job market has been GDPR legislation coming into place in May. In House legal roles have…
Reading Time: 4 minutesCV Review for a Paralegal – as usual personal data removed. Feedback at the bottom of the CV. Reviewee has consented to this review being published. On these reviews please ignore the layout – this is due to our cut and paste operation! ——————————————————————– CANDIDATE NAME Address: Email: Telephone (Mob): Telephone (Home): EDUCATION September 2018…
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour 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-27511 3 year PQE Commercial Property Solicitor, available for locum assignments in the West Midlands. CAN-27497 15 year PQE Conveyancing Solicitor…
Reading Time: 3 minutesExtracting yourself from the business We are involved in the buying and selling of solicitors’ firms and accountancy practices across the UK and further afield. Sellers can be anybody from a sole practitioner through to a very large partnership or company, but the usual aim of owners selling up is to get out of the…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour 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-27469 2 year PQE Property Solicitor, available for locum assignments in the Greater London region. Residential and commercial property work covered.…
Reading Time: 2 minutesHourly Rates of Pay for Locum Solicitors and Legal Executives Rates are now starting to go up as we approach the summer. Up to £35 per hour in Conveyancing is still the norm for most locums, although the current competitive level for longer term assignments is £30. Very rare to see locums working for less…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary April has been a very busy month, surprisingly busy really because traditionally it is the quietest month in the year after December. However locum and permanent roles are both up and we have seen an increase in demand on the property side – property market seems to be quite active at the moment. In…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour 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). Looking for summer 2018 annual leave cover? Book now. CAN-27458 13 year PQE Company Commercial and Commercial Property Solicitor available for…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour 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). Looking for summer 2018 annual leave cover? Book now. CAN-27412 30 years PQE qualified Commercial Property Solicitor looking for locum posts…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour 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). Looking for summer 2018 annual leave cover? Book now. 17041438 Wills & Probate Locum Solicitor available for roles on 2 days…
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday is the day when the LAA have issued a whole new load of contract awards after recent tenders by law firms across the UK. So far we have had telephone calls from law firms asking about Family Law Supervisors and Mental Health Law Supervisors. Any more? I can’t remember if Housing or Immigration are…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour Contact us with your requirements (we have over 700 active locums registered with us covering the UK – CVs sent within 60 mins). CAN-27357 Residential and Commercial Property Solicitor with 30 years experience, looking for locum residential conveyancing posts in the Midlands. 14031059 Conveyancing Executive…
Reading Time: 3 minutesAsk a Recruitment Consultant – questions this month on our chat bot Questions sent to us via our Chat service online, together with general career questions emailed across. We do our best to answer all queries, sometimes after a fairly lengthy delay if we are busy! Q: I am currently studying to become a solicitor…