Ten Percent Legal Recruitment

in Legal Job Market Reports

Legal Job Market Report September 5th 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGood morning and welcome to the September edition of the Legal Job Market Report from the Ten-Percent Recruitment Group. Our websites include Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment, Crime Solicitor Recruitment, Interim Lawyers, Legal-Recruitment and many more. Our September edition of Legal Recruitment News can be found at www.legal-recruitment.co.uk The market report for August is brief. We have…

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in CV Writing, Legal Profession, Relocation

Conversion Table for US GPA to UK class degrees

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS Degree Classifications versus UK Degree Classifications Converting overseas degree classifications on CVs to the local equivalent is vital, particularly in the UK. Table for converting US degree classifications into UK degree classes. This is very important for US graduates wanting to work or train in the UK to try and use the UK equivalent…

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in CV Writing, Job Applications

Writing a strong Statement for Job Application Forms

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWriting a Good Statement for Job Application Forms  If you complete job application forms for local authorities or the judiciary, they often come with a supporting statement, statement of qualities, information to support your application, etc.. etc.. These are all the same thing, and there is a simple technique for ensuring successful completion. 1. Take…

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in CV Writing

How we prepare CVs

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe have been preparing professional CVs for lawyers since April 2000 and the process is fairly simple. Firstly we ask our clients to send us over a completed form on the internet with lots of detail in.  Alternatively our clients can send over their existing CV and we will work from that. Very often clients…

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in CV Writing

How long should a CV be?

Reading Time: 2 minutesHow long is a piece of string?  I get asked this question almost on a daily basis and hear a lot of different answers once I have given my response. CV – never longer than 2 pages? The usual or fairly common response is someone who has been told by a careers adviser when they…

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in Employers

Training your Secretaries to sell

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe are all bad at this. I have to confess to having not really trained some of my colleagues in the various packages that Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment sells. For example we offer unlimited recruitment to law firms with a turnover of less than £1 million, but I am not convinced that our consultants regularly push…

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in Changing Jobs, Legal Profession, Staying in Your Job, Training Contracts, Pupillage and Work Experience

How to Dramatically Improve your Legal Career Prospects

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis article is divided into three sections. The first is for law students, the second is for graduates and the third is for qualified lawyers, solicitors and legal staff. How do I Dramatically Improve my Legal Career Prospects? We often get asked this question and people are often expecting an easy answer. It depends on…

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in Employers

Law Firm Members Newsletter

Reading Time: 4 minutesGood afternoon and welcome to the first newsletter from Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment for members of our new (not so new now!) £60 legal recruitment service. It has been a very busy end to the year and we now have a large number of firms signed up to use our £60 legal recruitment service. This newsletter…

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in Training Contracts, Pupillage and Work Experience

Should I do the Legal Practice Course part-time or full-time?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGood question. This really depends on your career plans.  Our advice is always to get the Legal Practice Course over and done with as quickly as possible if you can afford to. Completing the Legal Practice Course LPC part-time or by distance learning is only really relevant if you have to work whilst you are…

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in Careers Advice, Training Contracts, Pupillage and Work Experience

Where should I do my Legal Practice Course?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteEvery year we get asked this question by lots of different students wondering whether they should go to the College of Law or complete their LPC (Legal Practice Course) with another provider.  We think that unless you have an outstanding academic background and it is looking as if you will be heading for a large…

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