Stand out from the crowd
Stand out from the crowd With the advent of online advertising it is now unheard of (and generally unwelcome) for a CV to arrive by post. The ability to keep up to date with new vacancies and apply at…
Interviewing by video-conference
Interviewing by video-conference We have considered elsewhere the steps to take in order to maximise your chances of success at interview (see Fifteen Steps to Interview Success), but below we look at some additional tips to consider when that interview…
Fifteen Steps To Interview Success
Fifteen Steps To Interview Success Love them, or more likely loathe them, Interviews are unavoidable for most of us, but with the right preparation and approach you can significantly increase your chances of getting the job. Below are a…
Associates – Ten Steps To Partnership
Associates – Ten Steps To Partnership It used to be so easy – qualify into a good firm, serve your time as an associate and then wait for the invitation to the heady world of Partnership with its associated life…
Exiting a long term job
Exiting a long term job “Inertia – noun 1. a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. (Oxford English Dictionary)” Far be it for a recruitment consultancy to suggest that people stay in jobs too long. In fact there…
Offshore Vacancy List (updated 29 Sep 2015)
Offshore Vacancy List (updated 29 Sep 2015) The offshore markets are busy and the firms are looking for lawyers with City/equivalent credentials across Corporate, Banking & Finance, Investment Funds, Financial Services, Insolvency, Commercial Litigation and Private Client/Trusts. There is even…
Ten tips on calculating your following
Ten tips on calculating your following Calculating your following is not easy. You need to walk a fine line between over promising and excessive caution. Too much and you could have questions to answer six months in, too little and…
I’m a City lawyer, get me out of here!
I’m a City lawyer, get me out of here! People often discuss the challenges of securing Partnership in the City but what happens when, after years of training, you find yourself amongst the elite of the City’s Associates only to…
Opportunities for corporate lawyers in New Zealand
Opportunities for corporate lawyers in New Zealand Origin Legal International is working in collaboration with a New Zealand based legal recruiter on a number of vacancies for mid-senior level Corporate/Commercial Associates. Openings exist in the leading law firms in the…
Tips for interviewing over Skype
Tips for interviewing over Skype INTERVIEWING OVER SKYPE – TIPS FOR LAWYERS BY JASON HOROBIN The increasing mobility of lawyers combined with rapid improvements in Skype and other similar technologies has led to a dramatic increase in the number of interviews taking…
Planning Law Recruitment Update June 2015
Planning Law Recruitment Update June 2015 Is the demand for talent set to continue? by Stuart Phillips In my last update in December I wrote about the elevated rise in demand for talent at all levels across the planning sphere…
Solicitors Qualifying in 2015 and 2016
Solicitors Qualifying in 2015 and 2016 2015 Regional Market for Newly Qualified Solicitors. Background The legal NQ recruitment market in the Midlands is changing and has been changing over the last 15 years. Historically if we look back to 2000-2005…