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Imposter syndrome
I think you’d be surprised how many lawyers feel like you do across firms. I suspect (well actually know, from some conversations) that even some of those who present a very confident persona have these feelings from time to time. I don’t think it’s just the competitiveness aspect that...- TCLA Community Assistant
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- Forum: General Discussion
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How Important Are A-Levels?
Are you claiming the mitigating circumstances in your applications?- TCLA Community Assistant
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Post Uni Career Advice
A minority of law graduates go into legal careers - you are not on your own here. The majority of graduate jobs do not need a specific degree discipline, so you could go into a whole range of careers. Other professional services (consulting, finance, accountancy etc), public sector, research...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #2
- Forum: General Discussion
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
Putting the year is a good thing - it will be obvious if they can see the years you studied something.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #4,784
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
Others would be most appropriate as they are not O-levels or A-levels. If you have to put the year you studied them, it would be confusing.- TCLA Community Assistant
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
The latter approach would be most appropriate.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #4,779
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
I think you can be honest here. Explain you are applying now as you feel you are in the strongest position now and very briefly regent with what you have done to get you to that place.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #4,777
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Put simply, it’s who performs the strongest in the assessments you complete. What specifically that performance is assessing will vary between firms, so is difficult for me to comment on. But generally it will be a mixture of transferable skills, motivations and personal characteristics.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,648
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
It will depend very much of a set of individual circumstances. Could be anything from a couple of hours to a couple of weeks.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,645
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
That will be fine - they won’t notice the difference of 15 words. The post will be more when people use significantly fewer words. There is no point bulking it out just to create verbosity.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,644
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
It is pretty standard for these things to be automated if they know what their benchmark should be.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,637
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
Not really. It doesn’t really add anything and if they are a trainee, grad rec will know who they are/what their job title is anyway.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #4,775
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
My advice is to focus your work experience entries on factual elements - eg your responsibilities and your impact in the role, while your “why me/why the firm/why the opportunity” type aspects covered in motivational questions or cover letters focuses on how your experiences shaped your...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,629
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Yes, it’s fine to put it as simply as that. It’s not asking you to distinguish offices - it is asking you to explain why you are applying to that location.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,625
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
No - if you didn’t attend something you can’t claim it. It’s a bit like saying you obtained a degree from a university you got an offer to study at from but never went to. If you are applying to the same firm as the event, then yes they could technically cross reference data to see if you...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #4,773
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Yes, you’ll need to provide some context as to why you’d be committed to that location. For some people this will be more obvious/straight forward, but it should still be explained albeit briefly. The person reading your application doesn’t know your family lives there or that you have always...- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,619
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
A deadline should include the day stated.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,610
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
As you don’t know the person’s actual name (eg the person is unknown) it should be yours faithfully.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,607
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I think that is fine, especially if there are some ties to London (eg it might lead to work in London with the client/as you have said the team in London has strengths in this area).- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #3,606
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
They should be mentioned, just not in work experience sections.- TCLA Community Assistant
- Post #4,771
- Forum: Applications Discussion