Making strategic career decisions for lawyers – create a career plan
Reading Time: 3 minutesAdvice on career plans for solicitors from Jonathan Fagan, Director of Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
Careers Advice
International lawyers looking for work in the UK – can Ten Percent Legal help?
Reading Time: 2 minutesCan we help international lawyers? An article by Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
Changing from conveyancing to a life of crime – a good idea?
Reading Time: 3 minutesChanging from conveyancing to crime – a good idea? Advice for solicitors changing practice areas from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
Should I tell a potential employer why I am leaving my current employer?
Reading Time: 2 minutesShould I tell a potential employer why I am leaving my current employer?
In most cases, the answer to this is no, absolutely not. This is because the overwhelming number of people leaving employers is due to either a personality clash, a perception that they are poorly paid and can get better money elsewhere. or unpleasant working conditions.
I am writing a CV for the first time. How long should it be?
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow long should a CV be for lawyers – advice from Jonathan Fagan, expert legal recruiter at Ten Percent Legal Recruitment, UK specialists.
Thinking of a career in law? Article for 15-17 year olds
Reading Time: 7 minutesGetting into law – article for 15-17 year olds looking to start a legal career, from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
Locums – get paid promptly or else
Reading Time: 3 minutesLocums – get paid promptly, or else – an article by Ten Percent Legal and Interim Lawyers for locums and would be locums,
I’m at a crossroads in my career, I’m 10 years qualified, and I’m fed up in my job. What should I do?
Reading Time: 4 minutesFed up with your legal career? An article packed full of advice for solicitors thinking about changing jobs or making a career move. Ten Percent Legal
Can you help me revolutionise the legal profession?
Reading Time: 3 minutesCan you help me set up a law firm to change the legal profession? Article from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment and Jonathan Fagan.
Why do we not put specific locations on our job postings?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhy do we not put locations on job postings? Article by Ten Percent Legal Recruitment, specialists for permanent and locum solicitor jobs.
Getting into Law
Reading Time: 4 minutesIts that time of year again when we get telephone calls from potential lawyers and their parents, asking how to get into law.. Article by Ten-Percent Legal on getting work experience.
How much does it cost to become a partner of a law firm?
Reading Time: 4 minutesCost of becoming a law firm partner. Article by Ten Percent Legal Recruitment and Jonathan Fagan Business Brokers.
What makes a good legal CV?
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat makes a good legal CV? Article and advice from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
Effective Interview Techniques for Employers
Reading Time: 5 minutesEffective Interview Techniques for Employers, a guide by Ten Percent Group of Legal Recruitment Websites for solicitors and legal executives.
What is a reasonable pay rise?
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat is a reasonable pay rise? Article from the Ten Percent Group, specialists for solicitors and legal executives.
What field of law has the best paid jobs?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhich fields of law pay best? Article from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment for law students and lawyers looking at choosing law areas.
Recruiting an unaffordable candidate – what can I do?
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat can I do to recruit an unaffordable candidate? Article by Ten Percent Legal Recruitment for law firms and employers.
I’ve been working from an office for 40 years, so why can’t others?
Reading Time: 4 minutesOne of the key issues in relation to offering flexible hours and remote working is the attitude of well established law firm owners, particularly in the smaller sized SME sector, where the recruiting partner or manager is very often the owner of the practice.
Can a lawyer be a millionaire?
Reading Time: 2 minutesCan a lawyer be a millionaire? Article by Jonathan Fagan, MD of Ten Percent Legal Recruitment and a non-practising solicitor.
How to negotiate a pay rise and how to deal with a request for a pay rise
Reading Time: 4 minutesHow to negotiate a pay rise and how to deal with a request for a pay rise – article by Ten Percent Legal Recruitment for solicitors and employers.
How should a legal CV look in 2022?
Reading Time: 4 minutesDo legal CVs in the 2020s need to be completely revamped and have a specific format because of the way most CVs are now processed by potential employers? – eg keywords, applicant tracking systems ATS, videos and online information.
in Careers Advice, Changing Jobs, Job Applications, Training Contracts, Pupillage and Work Experience
Returning to law, changing fields of law or starting out in law – what do I need to do?
Reading Time: 4 minutesReturning to law, changing fields of law or starting out in law – what do I need to do? Get work experience. Article by Ten Percent Legal.
10 Top Interview Tips for Interviewers
Reading Time: 6 minutesTen top tips for interviewing techniques – a guide for employers from Jonathan Fagan, MD of Ten Percent Legal Recruitment and Interim Lawyers.
Job Interviews – 10 Top Tips for Candidates
Reading Time: 4 minutes10 Top Tips for Interviews – candidate guide from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment, solicitor recruitment specialists in the UK.
Interview Question and Answer 52 – Why haven’t you had many interviews?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteInterview Question and Answer 52 – Why haven’t you had many interviews? An article including an example answer from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
Interview Question 51 – Give an example of how a situation or project that had a positive outcome depended on the work of people from a wide range of backgrounds and ideas.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteInterview Question 51 – Give an example of how a situation or project that had a positive outcome depended on the work of people – suggested answer.
Rewards & Benefits to Employees in the Legal Sector
Reading Time: 5 minutesOur experiences (as business owners and legal recruiters) of providing rewards and benefits to our employees and those we see in the legal profession.
Sh*t Happens – Bad Things on CVs
Reading Time: 4 minutesHow to explain away bad things on CVs (or not) – article from Jonathan Fagan at Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
Interview Question & Answer 50 – Give an example of a recent commercial deal that captured your attention
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLegal Job Interview Question & Answer from Jonathan Fagan, MD of Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
CV Review – LLB Graduate Administrator
Reading Time: 5 minutesFull CV Review – LLB Graduate Administrator – from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.