I've had two way communications with both emails... I send my queries to Earlycareers mail, I received Open day and other events confirmation from gradrec email.
Hello!
Hello!What's the etiquette for incoming vacation schemes on the work experience section?
Do applicants generally put 'incoming vacation scheme at X firm' in their work experience section?
Should I;
A) Not include the incoming scheme (as I haven't completed it yet + don't want Y firm to think I prefer X firm, or that I'm more likely to receive/accept a TC at X firm first).
B) Only include the incoming scheme for firms which are very similar to X firm (e.g. they operate in the same key sectors).
C) Include the incoming scheme when applying to all firms.
I'm conscious that for non-CV firms, putting in a blank entry on Candid for an 'incoming scheme' might also seem odd. However, I also recognise just how beneficial it is to have a VS under your belt, and that other law firms might see this incoming VS and think I am a competitive applicant. (Equally they might hate it for reasons outlined above).
Any help will be much appreciated! @Abbie Whitlock eager to hear your thoughts too
I think if the questions include elements like ‘why Law’ then those won’t have fundamentally changed since the open day so you could easily reuse those parts. How ever I would really recommend rewriting other parts to include mentioning the Open Day and things you learnt from it and strengthening the application overall - they will probably expect a higher quality application for a Vac Scheme!
No I wouldn't advise doing this.
I remember a couple of years back a recruiter at the firm said they do not review the answers. I would assume this still holds true simply because it makes sense from a workload management perspective on their side: recruiters at firms like Clifford Chance are absolutely swamped with applications and normally have to make decisions in a matter of mere minutes on whether to progress or reject a candidate. As such, it is very unlikely they could afford to invest what would be a significant amount of time in checking the quality of work in a task ancillary to the application - particularly since such an exercise would require the recruiters to also understand the nature of the legal problems and technical solutions in said tasks, which is something the firm would need to provide them with further training for.
