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Recent content by aspiringsolicitor42

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    Kennedys SQE Recruitment

    Things that ‘just can happen’ is not a valid excuse and it is up to recruitment/early careers teams to adapt effectively to these changes - whether economic, systemic etc. I think you’re reply is typical of legal recruitment in that they are more than happy to give generic responses and rest on...
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    Kennedys SQE Recruitment

    Hiya - thanks for sharing your experience. I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who thought the firm treated candidates in a very impersonal way. I would recommend asking for feedback however (even if you just want to forget about it at this point!). But yes, I agree - to not even offer feedback in...
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    Kennedys SQE Recruitment

    I feel obligated to warn future applicants about my experience with Kennedys’ SQE Graduate Apprenticeship recruitment process for the London PEC programme — an experience which has been, frankly, appalling from start to finish. The process dragged on for nearly six months, involving an...

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