Reading Time: 2 minutes1. Review your CV. If an agent has sent it, ask them for a copy. We amend CVs nearly every time we send one out – mainly to remove any waffly bits or to present them in a better light. Get a copy, read it carefully. Remind yourself of anything you may have written 10…
Reading Time: 2 minutesHourly Rates of Pay for Locum Solicitors and Legal Executives Although conveyancing rates increased over the last four weeks, we will now see a drop in hourly rates as we get closer to Christmas. September tends to remain fairly high as demand has traditionally still been strong. £35 per hour in Conveyancing is still the…
Reading Time: 3 minutesKey points from 13th July to 6th September 2017 are as follows: ▪ Permanent recruitment has decreased. ▪ Locum recruitment has increased. Hourly rates have increased over the summer but will now decline. ▪ Commercial and In House roles have picked up. ▪ Wills and Probate is quieter but locum and permanent candidates remain very…
Reading Time: 5 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour CAN-26937 8 year PQE Commercial Solicitor dealing with a full range of company commercial matters, commercial litigation and IP. Looking for locum posts in the South of England. CAN-26973 15 year PQE Family Solicitor with family law panel (advanced) membership and experienced in both publicly…
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour 08081624 US and UK qualified Corporate Commercial Locum Solicitor – extensive private practice commercial contracts experience in IT sector, venture capital investments, land deals and finance sector. Available for locum roles. CAN-26872 5+ year PQE Wills & Probate solicitor available for locum assignments in the…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAsk a Recruitment Consultant – questions this month on our chat bot Questions sent to us via our new 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! Our New Chatbot Hi. My Australian degree has…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThinking of Retraining in Wills & Probate after years out of the profession and coming from a Commercial background. Is it possible? We have recently received a request for advice from a solicitor coming from a Legal 500 commercial background and after over 10 years out now seeking to return to the profession but not…
Reading Time: 2 minutesJuly 2017 – Hourly Rates Update for Legal Locums in the UK Conveyancing rates have shot up over the last four weeks, as we enter the busy period. Conveyancing locums looking at £35 an hour and above are now finding firms giving them the go ahead, whereas a few months ago they would have been…
Reading Time: 3 minutesLegal Job Market Report Key points from 7th June to 12th July 2017 are as follows: ▪ Permanent recruitment has increased. ▪ Locum recruitment has drastically increased. Hourly rates have inevitably increased! ▪ Commercial and In House roles are picking up slightly. ▪ Wills and Probate is quieter but locum and…
Reading Time: 2 minutesFirms for Sale/Purchase: Ref 27061248 Offshore Solicitors Firm for Sale – based in similar jurisdiction to England and Wales – with crime, family, commercial and litigation caseload. Senior partner looking to sell or remain as consultant. Barrister/Solicitor can practice. Ref 08061231 Buyer looking to purchase will banks in London and Home Counties. Ref 04071347 Buyer…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £18 per hour CAN-26757 Highly experienced Wills & Probate Executive working as a Trusts Manager from 1990 onwards. Managerial experience. Looking for locum posts in London and the South East. CAN-26761 15 years PQE Company Commercial solicitor specialising in working as an in house legal counsel dealing with…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £18 per hour CAN-26746 Fairly junior locum (2015 qualified) Private Client Solicitor dealing with wills & probate and POA/LPA matters. Looking for locum posts ideally in the Midlands. Hourly rate £35 p h. CAN-26734 Legal Executive specialising in commercial property law with private practice and local authority experience.…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAsk a Recruitment Consultant – questions this month on our chat bot Questions sent to us via our new 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! Do you think it is still worth becoming…
Reading Time: 3 minutesCandidate Shortages in Wills & Probate and Conveyancing – myths and legends As I write this brief article, I can reflect that I could probably have written the same article in any year between 2011 and 2017. In fact if you are reading this in 20 years’ time, and Donald Trump hasn’t ended the world…
Reading Time: 2 minutesHourly Rates of Pay for Locum Solicitors and Legal Executives Conveyancing rates have crept up a bit over the last four weeks, as we enter the busy period, but they are still low. Conveyancing locums looking for £35 an hour and above will find higher levels of competition still exist with experienced conveyancers still available…
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe demand for staff generally has stayed the same. Permanent recruitment has decreased. Locum recruitment has decreased. Hourly rates are starting to increase in line with seasonal variations. Commercial and In House roles are picking up slightly. Wills and Probate is quieter but locum and permanent candidates remain very much in demand. Conveyancing is quieter…
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew Locum Solicitors – from £18 per hour 31051051 Litigation Solicitor – wide range of commercial, civil, family, professional negligence, property litigation and business immigration. Over 15 years PQE. Available for roles around London and South East. Permanent or locum considered. 29051126 Regulatory Crime Solicitor with HSE, motoring, inquest and fraud experience. Available for locum…
Reading Time: 5 minutesGood morning. Please find below a list of new locum and permanent candidates registered with us in the past 7 days. We have 11,500+ solicitors and legal executives on our database and we recruit at all levels from partners to legal cashiers. Please reply to this email to request CVs or to register a vacancy…
Reading Time: 3 minutesAsk a Recruitment Consultant – questions this month on our chat bot Questions sent to us via our new 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! Why is there a shortage of private client…
Reading Time: 3 minutesEtiquette Guide for Locums Occasionally we get queries from law firms and locums as to what constitutes good practice by a locum when on assignment. Here are our answers to recent queries: Should locums take phone calls during the day from their own clients? No definitely not. Why would they? They are paid by the…
Reading Time: 2 minutesHourly Rates of Pay for Locum Solicitors and Legal Executives Conveyancing rates have crept up a bit over the last four weeks, as we enter the busy period, but they are still down generally. Locums looking for £35 an hour and above will find higher levels of competition still exist with experienced conveyancers still available…
Reading Time: 3 minutesLegal Job Market Report – May 10th 2017 Key points from 5th April to 10th May 2017 as follows: * The demand for staff generally has stayed the same. * Permanent recruitment has decreased slightly. * Locum recruitment has increased and hourly rates have gone up slightly. * Wills and Probate locum and permanent roles…
Reading Time: 3 minutesGood morning. Please find below a list of new locum and permanent candidates registered with us in the past 7 days. We have 11,500+ solicitors and legal executives on our database and we recruit at all levels from partners to legal cashiers. Please reply to this email to request CVs or to register a vacancy…
Reading Time: 4 minutesPlease find below a list of new locum and permanent candidates registered with us in the past 7 days (as of the 26th April 2017). We have 11,500+ solicitors and legal executives on our database and we recruit at all levels from partners to legal cashiers. Please reply to this email to request CVs or…
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you have a third class law degree, is it the end of your career? Hi, I am writing to seek some advice with regards to my current career situation. I have achieved 3 A-Levels at BBC. I have completed my LLB Law degree but achieved a third due to unforeseen and unfortunate personal and…
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Reading Time: 3 minutesCV Review for a Newcastle University Law Graduate Name, address, mobile (with international prefix) and email address Linked In website link Nationality: British The first thing to point out is the reference to an international prefix for the mobile. Does this mean you are based overseas or looking overseas? In either event are you…
Reading Time: 4 minutesPlease find below a list of new locum, permanent and support staff candidates registered with us in the past 7 days. We have 11,500+ solicitors and legal executives on our database and we recruit at all levels from partners to legal cashiers. Please reply to this email to request CVs or to register a vacancy…
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat is a QBE lawyer? The term QBE comes from the financial sector and is increasingly applied to lawyers as well. A number of conveyancers are QBE and so are in house Counsel. It is rare for anyone to practice in law without at least an LLB or LLM, but they do exist, particularly in…
Reading Time: 4 minutesShould I Stay or Should I Go? In April every year we are regularly contacted by newly qualified and 1 year PQE (post-qualification experience) solicitors who ask the following questions: 1. Should I stay with my training law firm for at least 2 years when I qualify? 2. How much should I get paid? 3.…