My advice to students would therefore be to try to gain as many insights into different firms as possible — whether that's speaking to them at law fairs, going to their open days or, ideally,
doing a work experience scheme with them.
Not exact matches
My point is that, in my limited
experience, I don't think any get - rich - quick
scheme works.
Not only that, the investor class
experiences many benefits that the
working class doesn't: a more favorable tax
scheme, more influence, and more time to better themselves through the realization of their potential are just a few examples.
In fact, the FCA requirement for financial institutions to operate complaints
schemes, as well as a number of extensive regulator - led remedial
schemes, and the financial and other ombudsman services, means a lot of
work is
done to avoid litigation — but this means advisory experts are needed and the
experience I can bring to expert witness
work is founded on a wide range of exposure obtained through consultancy.
Informal
work experience can give you an insight that a vacation
scheme does, and again, you'll get an idea of the firm's location, environment and
work style.
But what
do you
do when firms are cutting back on vacation
schemes and
work experience seems difficult to come by?
(i) a properly graduated advocacy
scheme that
does not over-reward the less complex cases at the expense of the more complex cases — this will hopefully stem the flow of
experienced practitioners leaving this
work, and
Not only
does a graduate
scheme work as a great entry - level position for anyone recently out of university, the
experience involved will also allow you to figure out what career path is right for you — whilst giving you the essential expertise you need to get there.
This is something that some graduate
schemes at other real estate companies
do not offer and, having spoken to other graduates
working for these firms, they are quite envious of the
experience I am getting.»
Whether it's through
doing thorough research on the role and company, ensuring your relevant skills and education are foregrounded on your CV and cover letter, or boosting your
experience with volunteer / freelance
work, applying for a graduate
scheme involves covering (and preparing for) all bases — from the early application process to the interview.
As they always say, it's about who you know — smaller organisations and newspapers don't always have a formalised
work experience scheme, so if you know someone who can get you in the office for a week, use that to your advantage.
«I think students often look at vacation
schemes as
work experience where they can find out a bit about law and
do something that looks good on their CV, but that's not the way we view it.
The online application for RBS» retail banking
scheme no longer asks you direct questions but
does ask you to describe your
work experience by outlining the responsibilities you had.
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Journalism: making speculative applications is often the way that aspiring journalists find
work experience; some big - name media outlets
do offer official
schemes, too.
High Fliers has also covered some interesting issues about
work experience — many of the high - profile employers surveyed recruit largely from the people they've sponsored or given sandwich years to over the course of their degree: if you didn't get in on those
schemes at university, you're at a big disadvantage.
I
did a weeks
work experience at Aurum Holdings in Leicester in a buying and merchandising role so it linked directly with the Next Trainee Merchandiser
scheme.
Your skills ·
Experienced recruiter from any sector or teacher with a sales background · Evidence of delivering results · None aggressive negotiator · Can
work comfortably within a team or individually · Possess a honest
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working hours during School holidays · 8.00 am - 5.30 pm · Training, development and support · Team and individual Bonus
scheme based on results · Pension · None corporate
working environment · Private medical insurance including spouse · Incentive
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LAW GRADUATE (Headhunting / Legal Search / Recruitment, London)
Do you have, or are you close to completing an LLB, GDL, LPC, recently finished, have Legal
work experience / vacation
schemes / Paralegal
experience at top firms and interested in Legal Recruitment and headhunting?
Most of what we are
doing is fairly minor stuff in the grand
scheme of home remodeling projects, but trying to live in a house while any
work is being
done is never a super fun
experience!