Ten Percent Legal Recruitment

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 12/06/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

Interview Question & Answer – Do You Work Well with Others?

Reading Time: 2 minutesInterview Question 47 – Do you work well with others, or are you a loner? Suggested answer from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.

Find a Solicitor from Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment

in Careers Advice, Changing Jobs, Training Contracts, Pupillage and Work Experience on 18/05/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

Getting into commercial work after doing a high street training contract, is it possible?

Reading Time: 3 minutesGetting into commercial work after doing a high street training contract, is it possible? Article from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment and Jonathan Fagan MD.

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 18/05/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

Interview Question 46 – Do you prefer to work in a small, medium or large company?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdvice This is a very loaded question and one that has been asked in interviews up and down the country with the wrong answer given on numerous occasions. During a range of practice interviews I have regularly asked this question and been amazed at the response given. Interviewees often think it is the chance to…

in Careers Advice, Legal Profession on 18/05/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

I am available for locum work but I don’t have my own limited company – will I have to work on a PAYE basis?

Reading Time: 2 minutesI am available for locum work but I don’t have my own limited company – will I have to work on a PAYE basis? No. An article by Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 10/04/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

Interview Question & Answer 45 – Do you need other people around to stimulate you or are you self-motivated?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteInterview question on self-motivation and suggested answers from Jonathan Fagan at Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.

in Employers, Job Applications on 10/04/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

Locums Covering More Than One Field of Law

Reading Time: 3 minutesWe often get partners of law firms contacting us to request details of locums who are able to do conveyancing and wills and probate, residential and commercial conveyancing and many more besides. Is it feasible?

in Careers Advice, CV Writing on 22/03/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

CV Review for Newly Qualified Solicitor

Reading Time: 5 minutesFree CV Review for a Newly Qualified Solicitor from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment – legal careers and CV writing services for lawyers and law graduates.

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 11/03/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

Interview Question 44 – Do you mind working for someone older than yourself? Younger than you?

Reading Time: 2 minutesInterview questions and answers from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment – working for someone younger than you.

in Careers Advice, Job Applications, Training Contracts, Pupillage and Work Experience on 28/02/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

Help – I Can’t Get a Training Contract – What Am I Doing Wrong?

Reading Time: 5 minutesHelp to get a training contract – advice from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment, specialists for the legal profession since 2000.

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 08/02/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

Interview Question and Answer – Do you know how to motivate other people?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteInterview question and answer on knowing how to motivate people.

in Careers Advice, Training Contracts, Pupillage and Work Experience on 08/02/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

Should I go back and re-sit my A levels (DDD) – I want to join a Magic Circle law firm

Reading Time: 3 minutesShould I go back and re-sit my A levels (DDD) in order to get into a Magic Circle law firm? Advice from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.

in Careers Advice, News on 08/02/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

Legal Recruitment News February 2021

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLegal Recruitment News from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment for February 2021. Includes legal job market reports, hourly rate guides for locums, video CVs, independent legal advice service, redoing A levels to join city law firms.

in Employers, Legal Profession on 22/01/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

What is the Difference Between an Employment Business and an Employment Agency?

Reading Time: 3 minutesDifference between Employment Agency and Employment Business. Article by Jonathan Fagan, Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.

in Careers Advice, News on 15/01/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

Legal Recruitment News January 2021

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLegal Recruitment News includes a legal job market report, hourly rates guide for locums, a state of the market report for the sale of law firms and articles on job interviews, buying a law firm for nothing and interview techniques. January 2021 edition.

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 15/01/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

Interview Question 42 – Do you feel you are ready to take on greater responsibilities?

Reading Time: 2 minutesInterview Question and suggested answer from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment and Jonathan Fagan MD.

in Careers Advice, Employers, Interviews on 15/01/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

Legal Job Interview Techniques – The Fake Receptionist

Reading Time: 3 minutesJob Interview Technique – using a fake receptionist to root out bad employees attending for interview. Article by Jonathan Fagan of Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.

in Careers Advice, CV Writing, Training Contracts, Pupillage and Work Experience on 11/01/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

CV Review – Commercial Paralegal with Experience

Reading Time: 5 minutesCV review for a paralegal with commercial law experience. A free review service from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.

in Careers Advice, Training Contracts, Pupillage and Work Experience on 10/01/2021 by Jonathan Fagan

My A levels are BDE and I have a couple of low percentages in my second year of a law degree. Should I give up now?

Reading Time: 4 minutesStudent with low A levels and poor degree grades – should they even bother trying to establish themselves in the legal profession or whether they have scuppered their chances with their grades and need to look elsewhere.

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 09/12/2020 by Jonathan Fagan

Interview Question and Answer 41 – Do You Enjoy Travelling?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteInterview question and suggested answer from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment – do you enjoy travelling? A loaded question.

in Careers Advice, CV Writing on 09/12/2020 by Jonathan Fagan

Getting Your Legal CV Noticed

Reading Time: 3 minutesWriting a CV and applying for a legal job can be a very simple thing to do, but writing a CV for a legal job and getting it noticed by a potential employer is a different matter entirely.

in Careers Advice, CV Writing on 25/11/2020 by Jonathan Fagan

CV Review for LPC Student Looking to Stand Out from the Crowd

Reading Time: 6 minutesCV Review for an LPC Student looking to make her CV stand out from the crowd. Free Service from Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment.

in Careers Advice, Interviews on 14/11/2020 by Jonathan Fagan

Interview Question & Answer no.40 – Do You Consider Yourself Successful?

Reading Time: 2 minutesDo you consider yourself successful?

in Careers Advice, CV Writing on 12/11/2020 by Jonathan Fagan

CV Review – Legal Profession Entrant from Elite Sport Background

Reading Time: 5 minutesCV Review for legal profession entrant with sports background. Part of the free CV review service from Ten Percent Legal. We review, we blog about it. You get a free review!

in Careers Advice, Training Contracts, Pupillage and Work Experience on 22/10/2020 by Jonathan Fagan

Does my first year at university matter?

Reading Time: 3 minutesDo 1st year university results matter? An article with full advice from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment with particular emphasis on law students.

in Careers Advice, CV Writing on 13/10/2020 by Jonathan Fagan

Tailoring a CV for Job Applications – How Important is it?

Reading Time: 4 minutesTailoring a CV – how important is it? A discussion with Ten Percent Legal Recruitment about senior lawyers and their CVs (and the lack of information).

in Careers Advice, Employers, Legal Profession on 04/10/2020 by Jonathan Fagan

Locums Reluctant to Take Office Based Roles since July 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minutelocums are now very reluctant to take assignments that involve any or all of the time being based in an office rather than working remotely. An article by Interim Lawyers Legal Recruitment.

in Careers Advice, CV Writing on 10/09/2020 by Jonathan Fagan

CV Review for an Overseas Law Student

Reading Time: 5 minutesTen-Percent Legal Recruitment provides free CV reviews (at our discretion), provided you are happy for your CV to be posted on the internet with our advice. This is a review for an overseas law student from South Africa.