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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Firms are not immune to typos, but they may mean posts rather than positions. I would shift any roles that were volunteer or extra curriculars (eg societies/clubs at university or school) into this section rather than listing them in your work experience section. You should also include your...
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    You don’t need your address or contact details. When they say sign off they just mean. Yours sincerely/faithfully And then your candidate number.
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    No - you don't need to do this, it is not what the question is asking you, it only wants the example of when you have demostrated the quality - you risk being seen as not answering the question if you do this.
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Anywhere between 400 and 4000 - some firms do not advertise widely while others do, hence the pretty big gap.
  5. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    No - you can’t make that assumption. There’s lots of reasons why batches can occur.
  6. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    You need to speak to them to explain this. They might be able to offer a virtual AC (group exercises can be done virtually) or they may be able to provide a later AC date. But the only way you will find out is if you speak to the firm to discuss this.
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    No - they wouldn’t run later ACs if that was the case.
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I wouldn’t say it is fairly common - it probably impacts less than 10% of trainee intakes across firms, and for some firms it may not happen at all. Somethings can make it more likely - if the firm has a significant period of growth or if the firm has a larger number of trainees not pass the...
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    You can ask and explain the reasoning but the firm has no responsibility to move the opportunity to London, and they could easily say no or at least ask your partner to complete the process again for London. My advice is to go in asking what the options are to look into the possibility of...
  10. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I don’t think you need to do this. I think you are assuming there is an issue when there is unlikely to be one.
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    This is fine - it’s fine to use the same themes from an application form and I wouldn’t expect your work experience section to detail one situation where you took an alternative approach. It could have a brief reference - but I wouldn’t expect the same level of detail compared to you explaining...
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    I don’t think there is a set time unfortunately.
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Things like how much time you have to answer is fine to disclose on the forums - we just ask that people do not share the specific details of the questions posed, such as paraphrasing or posting the questions word for word.
  14. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Yes, I would bring one anyway. If there is any issue with using it for a particular assessment, the graduate recruitment team will let you know. Depending on the task, they could also ask you to remove any pages if they disclose the exercises’ content, but there is absolutely no issue in...
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Alongside getting support from our community, your university careers service may still be able to help, even if your faculty can’t.
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Unfortunately this is down to very individual circumstances (and rightly so), plus different firms will take different approaches too. I wouldn’t say most firms require you to have a strong 2.1 though and ultimately you have strong grades anyway, so I wouldn’t worry about this.
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    They are sometimes interchangeable terms and sometimes commercial is a sub-division of a corporate group. It’s really a bit complicated as there isn’t one set approach - so I would see how the firm you are applying to describes it.
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    This is a very healthy approach to take.id much prefer to read something like this than the predictable.
  19. TCLA Community Assistant

    Student Visa (LLM SQE) + Skilled Worker Visa (TC)

    1) yes, if you are qualified 2) no LLM will improve your general job prospects directly. You will only be advised to do an LLM if you have interest in the topic of the LLM or want to go into that specialist area. 3) yes - you just need a degree level qualification to sit the SQE assessments...
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I don’t think there is one answer to this. One person may find online better for them while the next could find in person to be better. Do what works best for you and how you think you will feel most comfortable rather than being too concerned about what generally might be better/worse.

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