Making job applications for legal roles – advice, assistance and articles from Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment.
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Articles – Legal Job Application Advice
- Sending a CV in PDF Format – a Good Idea? 28/06/2024
- What Does Pro Rata Mean For Salary Payments? 20/05/2024
- Are psychometric tests a good idea for solicitor recruitment? 27/04/2024
- Getting Headhunted on LinkedIn 10/03/2024
- International lawyers looking for work in the UK – can Ten Percent Legal help? 22/04/2023
- Should I tell a potential employer why I am leaving my current employer? 22/03/2023
- Why do we not put specific locations on our job postings? 20/11/2022
- Returning to law, changing fields of law or starting out in law – what do I need to do? 13/03/2022
- Is Age a Factor on My CV? 21/07/2021
- Contract Manager or Legal Counsel – Tailoring Job Applications 21/07/2021
- Locums Covering More Than One Field of Law 10/04/2021
- Help – I Can’t Get a Training Contract – What Am I Doing Wrong? 28/02/2021
- Can I apply for jobs without a CV? 21/09/2019
- Negotiating for the sake of negotiating – the risks of haggling on salary during the job offer process 15/09/2019
- What do my South African qualifications count for in the UK? I am a South African qualified lawyer. 02/06/2019
- Why do I never get offered job interviews – Top Tips for getting a job application noticed 10/03/2019
- We want to recruit a paralegal and he’s got to be male 17/09/2018
- Restrictive Covenants – do they put employees off? 16/12/2017
- Should I leave when I qualify? The dilemna for Newly Qualified – 1 year PQE Solicitors 05/04/2017
- Personal Statements on CVs – Top Quality Examples? 08/03/2017
- Using Logos and Images on CVs – a good idea? 23/01/2017
- In House Legal – is the grass greener on the other side? 13/01/2017
- Human Rights Lawyers – do they exist? 13/01/2017
- Matching Current Salary with a Job Offer – a good idea? 11/01/2017
- General Practice Solicitors – do they exist? 10/11/2016
- CVs – have Linked In and video CVs made paper and digital CVs obsolete? 10/11/2016
- Locum Dilemna – Firm have cancelled an assignment at short notice – what do I do? 22/09/2016
- I’ve had a Training Contract offer from a small High Street Law Firm – should I take it? 29/08/2016
- Improve your chances of success of recruiting Conveyancing Solicitors 11/05/2016
- CV Writing and Job Applications – 10 Tips for getting noticed 03/03/2016
- What do Umbrella Companies do and is there any point a solicitor using one to do locum work? 08/12/2015
- What Makes a Good Job Reference 03/10/2015
- Best Websites and Places to Search for Legal Jobs 26/09/2015
- Returning to work after a break – steps to improve your CV, prospects and chances of success 14/09/2015
- How to Improve your Chances of Success when making Job Applications – become a Borg 14/09/2015
- Five Common Mistakes When Writing a CV 09/09/2015
- Top 5 Tips for getting the most out of Interviews 03/09/2015
- Top 5 Tips for Getting the most out of Candidates 03/09/2015
- Mothers Returning to Work in the Legal Profession – A Missed Opportunity? 15/04/2015
- How do we as a Legal Recruitment Agency check and verify candidates? 27/01/2015
- Why are jobs listed by agencies on job boards and websites not always active? 15/12/2014
- What is the difference between a Paralegal and a Fee Earner in a Solicitors firm? 27/06/2014
- Rogue Recruitment Agencies and Phantom Jobs 04/06/2014
- Trying to avoid the Recruitment Agency – tips on how not to do it 20/03/2014
- What Relevance does Voluntary Work have for Making Job Applications in the Legal Profession? 19/03/2014
- Elocution – essential for Northern England graduates looking to work in the South? 04/12/2013
- Sample Covering Emails and Letters for Legal Jobs 15/10/2013
- I Want to Get Out of Law And Am Completely Fed Up – Help! 12/08/2013
- Ten Ways to Get Fired 12/08/2013
- What should be included in a covering letter or email for a job application? 03/07/2013
- Tips for getting the most out of Vacation Placements in Law Firms 07/02/2013
- Does a Masters Degree improve Employment Prospects? 13/06/2012
- Overseas Qualifications and converting to the UK equivalents 22/05/2012
- Writing Covering Emails or Letters – big mistakes to avoid 10/05/2012
- Writing a strong Statement for Job Application Forms 03/05/2012
- Advice for Australian Lawyers looking to work in the UK 26/07/2011
- How Badly do you want a Training Contract? Test Yourself 29/06/2011
- Taking Up References 24/06/2011
- Is the Legal Job Market Cyclical? 24/06/2011
- Application Forms – Solicitors detest them! 20/06/2011
- Making a Job Application after 25 years in the same post 20/06/2011
- Returning to the Legal Profession 20/05/2011