Legal Recruitment

The outlook for many law students who are seeking to get a training contract in the coming years is a bleak one.  The reality is there are many more law students graduating from the legal practice course than there are training contract vacancies and therefore many end up being disappointed when they apply to get a job on the first rung of the ladder in the legal profession.

The situation has been made even worse by the recent recession which has caused many law firms to defer some of their training contract start dates and reduce the numbers of training contracts they are offering in the coming years.

This has meant increased competition for training contracts and the numbers of people applying increasing each year as the next wave of new applicants joins the existing applicants who have yet to secure a training contract.

The situation is therefore difficult for many law students who often have large student debts but who are unable to then get a job.  The situation isn’t helped by the fact that there is a lack of knowledge and advice available to law students about how best to write an application to give them the best chance of success.

One ex-solicitor became acutely aware of this situation when he was part of the recruitment process for his firm’s future trainee solicitors.  Matt Oliver has since set up a website to give careers advice and information on how to improve applications for training contracts.  The website is called Trainee Solicitor Surgery and is designed to give much needed careers advice to those people who are seeking to secure a training contract.

Given Matt’s background he is able to give specific, targeted advice rather than generic careers advice and application help, which is often all law students are able to get from their university careers offices.  The process needed to produce successful applications for training contracts is unique in many ways.  Not only do the applications need to be prepared in a certain way, but there is an important and necessary research element that needs to be undertaken before any applications are produced.

Matt also offers one to one assistance to students who are seeking to improve their chances of succeeding with their training contract applications.

For more information about succeeding with your law training contract applications click here:  Trainee Solicitors.

A young law graduate may find it difficult to get a job all by himself or herself especially when there are other legal professionals in the competition. In today’s competitive age, you need a legal recruitment agency that can search legal vacancies for you. And it is not an ordeal to find a recruitment agency. As soon as you become a law graduate many of the recruitment agencies will call you to offer their services. However, lawyers can themselves access numerous agencies as they are available online. But it is slightly difficult to discern the best out of the rest.

A legal recruitment agency helps you evaluate your credentials and search the best ways to fulfill your objectives. The recruiter suggests how you can improve your resume. He also gives you valuable tips on how you can be a more competitive candidate. Your recruiter should be honest with you because it’s the recruiter, which will direct you to the most appropriate law firms that seek your level of qualification or meet your level of standards. It is very important on your part to describe in detail the information necessary for your application. The recruiter also should be interested in getting more about you. If you do not feel comfortable in dealing with a recruiter or your recruiter shows apathy towards you then it’s better to search for another recruitment agency without wasting much time.

You can consider it as a big plus if your recruiter has many years of experience in this field. But you should still strive to know other information about him such as the name of law firms he has worked with. It is not unethical to ask for the list of firms, whom your recruiter has provided candidates. If the recruiter has been in this service for years then he must possess a list of law firms.

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