Articles from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment about the legal profession, solicitors, society, getting ahead, changing careers into and out of law.
- What Does Pro Rata Mean For Salary Payments? 20/05/2024
- Why Should We Pay You a Fee Just to Send an Email Out? 03/05/2024
- Trends in Legal Recruitment: What Law Firms and In-House Legal Departments Need to Know in 2024 21/04/2024
- Four Day Working Weeks – Can They Work? 13/01/2024
- Horrible Bosses and the January Phenomenon of Staff Giving Notice 27/12/2023
- How does the economic cycle affect locum & permanent work? 21/08/2023
- Making strategic career decisions for lawyers – create a career plan 22/05/2023
- International lawyers looking for work in the UK – can Ten Percent Legal help? 22/04/2023
- Changing from conveyancing to a life of crime – a good idea? 22/03/2023
- Thinking of a career in law? Article for 15-17 year olds 23/12/2022
- Locums – get paid promptly or else 16/12/2022
- 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? 16/12/2022
- Can you help me revolutionise the legal profession? 20/11/2022
- How much does it cost to become a partner of a law firm? 21/09/2022
- What field of law has the best paid jobs? 26/07/2022
- I’ve been working from an office for 40 years, so why can’t others? 13/06/2022
- Can a lawyer be a millionaire? 16/05/2022
- Rewards & Benefits to Employees in the Legal Sector 16/11/2021
- Is Age a Factor on My CV? 21/07/2021
- I am available for locum work but I don’t have my own limited company – will I have to work on a PAYE basis? 18/05/2021
- What is the Difference Between an Employment Business and an Employment Agency? 22/01/2021
- Locums Reluctant to Take Office Based Roles since July 2020 04/10/2020
- Conveyancing Lawyers – has your job been affected by the lockdown? 02/07/2020
- Locums – have you ever been asked about PII? 18/06/2020
- Business meetings – a thing of the past and is it normal to continue working during them? 07/05/2020
- Can a Solicitor be a Millionaire – recent question 07/05/2020
- What type of law pays the most? 26/03/2020
- Recruitment agents hardly do anything other than send CVs – why should we pay you? 07/11/2019
- Restrictive Covenants – recent Supreme Court ruling 17/07/2019
- What’s my business worth? The impossible question 09/06/2019
- What do my South African qualifications count for in the UK? I am a South African qualified lawyer. 02/06/2019
- Duty Solicitors in a Pickle – how not to get ripped off 01/06/2019
- Childcare Solicitors – what do they do and how do I become one? 06/05/2019
- Locum Solicitors and the Curse of the Client’s Change of Plans 21/03/2019
- How to Work as a Lawyer in the UK – top tips 03/03/2019
- What to Expect From an In-House Legal Counsel Job Interview 19/01/2019
- What is the most boring area of law? 09/01/2019
- What is the job of a Recruitment Consultant? The Day to Day Reality 01/01/2019
- Legal Jobs in the Middle East – do we cover recruitment in the region? 27/12/2018
- How to deal with a Pompous Arse 28/11/2018
- We want to recruit a paralegal and he’s got to be male 17/09/2018
- Can A Level grades affect your Legal Career forever? 07/07/2018
- Extracting yourself from your Law Firm – advice for partners and directors 24/05/2018
- New LAA Contract Awards for Family, Mental Health etc. – how not to recruit Supervisors for new contract awards 23/03/2018
- Ask a Recruitment Consultant – questions to our chatbot 15/03/2018
- IR35 and Local Authority Contractors – are we heading towards the same regime for Private Practice? 14/03/2018
- Discrimination in Recruitment – is it rife? 11/02/2018
- Paralegals are more likely not to turn up for Job Interviews than any other staff. Why? 16/12/2017
- Questions for our Recruitment Consultants 10/11/2017
- How much do Sole Practitioners Earn? 10/11/2017
- The Legal Profession, Flexible Hours and Working from Home 12/10/2017
- Ask a Recruitment Consultant – questions to our Chatbot 08/07/2017
- Retraining into Wills and Probate Law – is it possible? 08/07/2017
- Ask a Recruitment Consultant – questions to our Chatbot 07/06/2017
- Fake News – is there a Shortage of Conveyancing Locums vs Wills & Probate Locum Solicitors? 07/06/2017
- Questions to our Recruitment Consultants via our Chat Service 10/05/2017
- Etiquette for Locums 10/05/2017
- Determined Law Graduate looking for a break 23/04/2017
- What does QBE stand for? 05/04/2017
- Should I leave when I qualify? The dilemna for Newly Qualified – 1 year PQE Solicitors 05/04/2017
- How to Get Paid – a Guide for Locums Chasing Payment 23/01/2017
- What does a Sports Lawyer do? 19/01/2017
- What does a Media Lawyer do? 19/01/2017
- In House Legal – is the grass greener on the other side? 13/01/2017
- Human Rights Lawyers – do they exist? 13/01/2017
- Commercial Law – future fields of law that may be of interest 16/12/2016
- Crime Solicitor Contract – extracts relevant to Duty Solicitors and Supervisors 23/11/2016
- General Practice Solicitors – do they exist? 10/11/2016
- Good Work Life Balance and the Legal Profession 05/10/2016
- Locum Dilemna – Firm have cancelled an assignment at short notice – what do I do? 22/09/2016
- Making a Move – is it really time? 06/09/2016
- Bad Locums – avoiding them and bad law firms 06/09/2016
- Law Firms and Google Adwords Expenditure 11/05/2016
- Legal Recruitment Firm fakes its own staff 03/03/2016
- May the Farce be With You – Duty Solicitor Rotas return in Crime 02/02/2016
- Small Law Firms and Big Law Firms – the differences 05/01/2016
- Practice Managers in Solicitors Firms – who are they and how do you get a job as one? 08/12/2015
- What do Umbrella Companies do and is there any point a solicitor using one to do locum work? 08/12/2015
- How to have a career as a Legal Secretary 20/09/2015
- Returning to work after a break – steps to improve your CV, prospects and chances of success 14/09/2015
- Salary Myths and the Legal Profession 05/08/2015
- Legal Recruitment News June 2015 05/06/2015
- New Locum Guide Available 15/04/2015
- The Death of 20 Days Annual Leave 15/04/2015
- Mothers Returning to Work in the Legal Profession – A Missed Opportunity? 15/04/2015
- The Baby Boom Locum Maternity Cover Phenomenon 04/03/2015
- Locum Hourly Rates – March 4th 2015 04/03/2015
- Top 4 Queries to our Website over the New Year 14/01/2015
- What does COLP and COFA mean? 08/01/2015
- 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
- OUR BEST 5 CANDIDATES FOR 1ST APRIL 2014 01/04/2014
- Becoming a Legal Expert in 10,000 Hours – is it really achievable? 05/03/2014
- Should I Stay or Should I Go? Updated Advice to Criminal Duty Solicitors 12/02/2014
- Lying on CVs – 20% of all CVs are inaccurate or untrue? 06/02/2014
- How much money can you earn as a freelancer, locum or consultant in law? 06/02/2014
- Rogue Law Firms – a personal experience 29/12/2013
- Why do Paralegals Always Seem so Unreliable? 10/12/2013
- Elocution – essential for Northern England graduates looking to work in the South? 04/12/2013
- Conveyancing – Booming or Busting – A Potted History 04/12/2013
- Which University is the best for studying for a law degree? 29/08/2013
- Role of Recruitment Agencies in the post-recession world 12/08/2013
- How to Convert Australian degrees into UK degrees and vice versa 29/06/2013
- Areas of Law to avoid getting work experience or a training contract in unless you are a sado-masochist 27/06/2013
- What are Magic Circle law firms? 20/03/2013
- What is the difference between contentious and non-contentious legal work? 04/01/2013
- Conversion Table for US GPA to UK class degrees 04/07/2012
- Does a Masters Degree improve Employment Prospects? 13/06/2012
- Paying to complete the Police Station Accreditation Course – a good idea? 12/04/2012
- How to Dramatically Improve your Legal Career Prospects 13/01/2012
- Family Panel and Resolution Accredited Specialists 07/11/2011
- Advice for Australian Lawyers looking to work in the UK 26/07/2011
- Lawyers returning to work after children 24/06/2011
- Lack of Quality Candidates or Just Low Pay? 24/06/2011
- Can you be a millionaire or very rich and work as a solicitor? 23/06/2011
- Flexible Hours and the Legal Profession 17/06/2011
- What does a Conveyancing Solicitor do? 17/06/2011
- What does a Family Solicitor do? 17/06/2011
- What does a Wills and Probate Solicitor do? 17/06/2011
- What does a Corporate Commercial Solicitor do? 16/06/2011
- What is a Locum Solicitor? 16/06/2011
- What does a Crime Solicitor do? 16/06/2011
- What does PQE stand for and how important is it to law firms? 16/06/2011
- Bonus Schemes – love them or hate them 16/06/2011
- Rules for Law Firm Office Parties at Christmas 16/06/2011
- Why there is a shortfall of 3-10 year PQE solicitors 16/06/2011
- Overseas Lawyers 20/05/2011