Ten Percent Legal Recruitment

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 10/03/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – Describe a project where you needed to involve input from other departments – how did you identify that need and how did you ensure buy-in from the appropriate leaders and managers?

Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This is a STAR competency based interview question. STAR stands for “Situation, Task, Action and Result” and this particular question is a strong example of where using this technique is so effective. Firstly it is probably almost impossible to answer this type of question without having thought about it before attending the interview. It…

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 10/03/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – describe a project or situation where you took a project to completion despite important opposition.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This type of question is competency based and involves using the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action, Result). Manna from heaven for any Six Sigma practitioners or business change managers. For everyone else it is a very difficult question indeed as the majority of professionals do not spend their working lives dealing with conflict in…

in Legal Job Market Reports on 10/03/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

Legal Job Market Update March 10th 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary – An Uncertain Market Each month we run a comparison between the last calendar month and the same time period in 2018 to see if there has been any noticeable difference in view of the political uncertainty. In February 2019 we saw an increase of 52% in new permanent vacancies compared with February 2018.…

in Careers Advice, Legal Profession, Training Contracts, Pupillage and Work Experience on 03/03/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

How to Work as a Lawyer in the UK – top tips

Reading Time: 4 minutesHere are the Ten Percent Legal Recruitment top tips for becoming a lawyer in the UK. Firstly, bear in mind that there are quite a few different types of lawyer working in the UK, including barristers, solicitors, “non-qualified fee earners”, legal executive, licensed conveyancer, will writers and paralegals. In case it assists, a “non-qualified fee…

in Candidates, London and South, Regions on 27/02/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

Candidate Update – New Solicitors 27th February 2019

Reading Time: 5 minutesNew Permanent Candidates CAN-29065 6 months PQE Solicitor with exposure to both complex financial litigation and children matters during training contract. Looking for a suitable role in the Greater London region. CAN-29033 15 year PQE Company Commercial Solicitor and in house legal counsel. Experience in commercial contracts and data protection. Looking for posts in West…

in Candidates, London and South, Regions on 13/02/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

New Candidate Update 13th February 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Permanent Candidates CAN-28986 0-1 year PQE Family and Child Care Solicitor with additional experience in wills. Looking for a post in London. CAN-28989 10 year PQE Immigration Solicitor with Level 2 accreditation and at Supervisory level looking for a suitable role in the Central or North London areas. CAN-29006 18 month PQE Company Commercial…

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 10/02/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – describe a time where you had to drive a team through change

Reading Time: 2 minutesInterview Question 14 – Describe a time where you had to drive a team through change. How did you achieve this? Advice A difficult question if you have not had a very long managerial career or this question is asked at a time in your career when you have not really had to deal with…

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 10/02/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – demonstrate an understanding of organisational issues

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDemonstrate an understanding of underlying organisational issues. AdviceA very difficult question if you are not used to dealing with managerial speak! This is a question involving the STAR technique of firstly identifying the situation, secondly identifying a specific task, thirdly identifying your action as part of that task and finally confirming what the result was.…

in Legal Job Market Reports on 10/02/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

Legal Job Market Report February 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSummary Each month we run a comparison between the last calendar month and the same time period in 2018 to see if there has been any noticeable difference in view of the political uncertainty. In January 2019 we saw a decrease of 52% in new permanent vacancies compared with January 2018. The number of new…

in Candidates, London and South, Regions on 30/01/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

New Candidate Update 30th January 2019 Solicitors, Legal Executives and Law Firms for Sale

Reading Time: 5 minutesNew Permanent Candidates CAN-28977 20 year PQE Solicitor specialising in banking and construction law. Looking for ideally in house posts in South Wales and surrounds. CAN-28986 West-Central London September 2018 qualified family and child care law solicitor with additional experience in will drafting. Looking for a post in London. CAN-28983 Dublin Irish solicitor open to…

in Candidates, London and South, Regions on 23/01/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

Solicitor and Legal Executive Candidate Update 23rd January 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Permanent Candidates CAN-28974 Highly experienced Wills & Probate Fee Earner with STEP qualification looking for a suitable role in the Berkshire area. 20+ years experience in the field. CAN-28960 Guildford NQ Employment Law Solicitor with contentious and non-contentious experience. Further experience in company commercial law an commercial litigation. Looking for posts in Surrey or…

in Careers Advice, Employers, In House, Interviews, Legal Profession on 19/01/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

What to Expect From an In-House Legal Counsel Job Interview

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe first thing to say in relation to interviews for in-house roles is to expect the unexpected, because every company is governed by its HR department. If you have never worked in house before you will find that some HR departments seem to govern just about everything and come up with the most complex recruitment…

in Candidates, London and South, Regions on 16/01/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

New Solicitor and Legal Executive Update 16th January 2019

Reading Time: 5 minutesNew Permanent Candidates CAN-28946 North London 10+ year PQE Solicitor with expertise in conveyancing, wills & probate and Landlord & Tenant work looking for a suitable part-time role in the North or Central London areas. CAN-28930 Bromley Senior IT manager working at Head of Department level with 20 years experience looking for a role around…

in Careers Advice, Legal Profession, Training Contracts, Pupillage and Work Experience on 09/01/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

What is the most boring area of law?

Reading Time: 2 minutes“I don’t want to do that type of law, it’s boring” Unnamed Mental Health Law Paralegal, December 2018. This topic of conversation could keep law students and lawyers going for years to come, but today we had an email from a paralegal who was enquiring about a job. He asked what specific area of law…

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 09/01/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

Demonstrate how you vary your communication approach according to the audience that you are addressing?

Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvice This question is probably more relevant to some professions and posts than others but in essence the answer has to be the same. You need to have at least 3 different examples of different types of audience you have had to speak to. For example a useful selection would be probably the workforce, the…

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 09/01/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – Can you work under pressure?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdvice A very common interview question and a fairly easy one to answer. There is only one answer of course which is yes as anyone who is unable to work under pressure is unlikely to get offered a job in any situation or profession. You can perhaps give specific examples of times when you have…

in Legal Job Market Reports on 09/01/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

Legal Job Market Report January 9th 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary As ever we undertake a comparison between the last calendar month and the same time period in 2018 to see if there has been any noticeable difference, particularly with the current political uncertainty. In December 2018 we saw an increase of 58% in the number of new permanent vacancies registered compared with December 2017.…

Recruitment Consultant working really hard

in Careers Advice, Interviews, Legal Profession on 01/01/2019 by Jonathan Fagan

What is the job of a Recruitment Consultant? The Day to Day Reality

Reading Time: 3 minutesA recruitment consultant is, at base level, someone who a potential employer consults to go through the process of recruitment a new employee or member of staff. A recruitment consultant will assist the employer, source, select and employ the right member of staff and in doing so, receives a fee. Over 99% of all recruitment…

in Careers Advice, Employers, Legal Profession on 27/12/2018 by Jonathan Fagan

Legal Jobs in the Middle East – do we cover recruitment in the region?

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…

Direct contact from Employer - what to do?

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 18/12/2018 by Jonathan Fagan

Should I tell my recruitment consultant if an employer I have interviewed with contacts me directly?

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…

in Candidates, London and South, Regions on 12/12/2018 by Jonathan Fagan

12th December 2018 New Candidate Update

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…

in Careers Advice, CV Writing, Interviews on 11/12/2018 by Jonathan Fagan

Exaggerating on CVs – a good idea?

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…

in Legal Job Market Reports on 05/12/2018 by Jonathan Fagan

Legal Job Market Report 5th December 2018

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…

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 05/12/2018 by Jonathan Fagan

Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – Can you give me evidence that you set yourself high personal standards?

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…

in Careers Advice, Employers, Legal Profession on 28/11/2018 by Jonathan Fagan

How to deal with a Pompous Arse

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…

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 25/11/2018 by Jonathan Fagan

Legal Job Interview Question and Answer – Can you act on your own initiative

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…

in Candidates, London and South, Regions on 21/11/2018 by Jonathan Fagan

New Candidate Update dated 21st November 2018

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…

Don't reject candidates before you get an acceptance

in Careers Advice, Employers, Interviews on 20/11/2018 by Jonathan Fagan

Don’t tell candidates they have been rejected until you are absolutely sure that you don’t want them.

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…

in Careers Advice, Changing Jobs, Interviews, Staying in Your Job on 17/11/2018 by Jonathan Fagan

Never accept a counter offer from your current employer after you hand in your notice

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…

in Candidates, London and South, Regions on 14/11/2018 by Jonathan Fagan

New Solicitors, Law Firms for Sale and Locum Update 14th November 2018

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,…