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What type of law pays the most?

Reading Time: 4 minutesRule of Thumb for Pay A simple rule of thumb is that corporate and commercial law fields pay well, personal service law fields pay not so well. Corporate and commercial solicitors can be earning £100k and upwards, personal service law fields (aka high street solicitors) earn up to around £50k in most cases. Local authority…

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New Candidate Update 12th March 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Lawyers Click here to book a locum (we have 1064 locum solicitors registered on our platform, with hourly rates starting at just £25 plus agency fees) or call 0800 246 5001. CAN-30034 Residential and Commercial Property Solicitor looking for locum posts following a short career break. CAN-29926 25 year PQE Corporate Commercial Solicitor…

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Interview Question – did you enjoy university?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteInterview Question 36 Advice This again is a fairly simple question with a fairly straight forward answer to it. Remember at all times in interview you must stay positive. Failing to stay positive will result in firms unnecessarily considering you to have negative thoughts. Negative thoughts in interview indicates someone who may be overly critical…

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Interview Question 34 – Describe your strongest and weakest colleagues – how do you cope with such diverse personalities?

Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is a difficult question because it is asking you to in some way criticise work colleagues and to perhaps idolise other work colleagues. This is a question potentially loaded towards the interviewer as opposed to the interviewee. At its rawest form you could end up giving an answer that indicates to the interview…

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Interview Question 33 – Describe the project or idea that you were most satisfied to sell to your management.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdvice This is another question where you need to have a stock of answers ready to be tailored according to the particular question that is put to you. This one gives you the chance to demonstrate something of quality that pushes your case with the company in relation to the role you are applying for…

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New Solicitor Candidate Update 9th January 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Lawyers NB: Conveyancing & Private Client cover – good availability at present. CAN-29887 Twickenham 15 year PQE Wills & Probate Solicitor, available for locum work in the Greater London region. CAN-29889 Chelmsford 3 year PQE property solicitor available for locum work in Essex and Greater London. Residential and commercial property work covered. CAN-29890…

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New Solicitors looking for work 13th December 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Locum Lawyers Conveyancing & Private Client Locums – we have a range of locums available to assist across the UK. Good availability at present. CAN-29865 Gloucester Residential Conveyancing Legal Executive with around 7 years experience and CQS accreditation. Available for locum work in the Gloucester area and surrounds. CAN-29852 Llandudno 25 year PQE Property…

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Legal Recruitment News December 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTo read our regular monthly legal recruitment news, please click the link below. It will take you to our sister site www.legal-recruitment.co.uk – a sub site of Ten Percent Legal Recruitment. http://www.legal-recruitment.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/December_2019_Legal_Recruitment_News_and_Job_Market_Report_from_Ten_Percent_Legal.pdf

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Interview Question and Answer – describe a time that you failed to sell an idea that you knew was the right one.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdvice This is a negative question and one that wherever possible should be avoided. It does not matter how you answer the question, the answer you give will have to result in you providing the interviewer with evidence of a negative point. Wit this in mind it is worth trying to avoid answering the question…

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Interview Question – Describe a time when you had a number of conflicting demands on your time and how you dealt with this.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This question is quite an easy one, but it is important not to fall into the trap of giving a general answer instead of a specific one. The question has asked you to describe a time, not a circumstance that you regularly find yourself in. Try to think of a specific occasion when you…

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