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    Commercial Awareness Update - February 2020

    UK Government’s New Immigration Policy By @Ayah (Ayah Reza) The Story Last week, a move towards a points based immigration system was announced by the UK government. The government seeks to attract English speaking skilled workers who hold job offers, in addition to either earning more than...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - February 2020

    Here is this week's commercial awareness update! Hope you guys enjoy it :) Covered this week: HSBC cuts 35,000 jobs (@Alice Manners) Storm Dennis: An insurance perspective (@Rachel S) UK Government's New Immigration Policy (@Ayah) JPMorgan in talks to enter the UK’s consumer banking sector...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - February 2020

    Calisen’s IPO on the London Stock Exchange By @Rachel S (Rachel Strickland) The Story Smart meter company Calisen has successfully floated on the London Stock Exchange (‘LSE’) with a £1.3 billion valuation marking the biggest European Initial Public Offering (‘IPO’) of the year, and the first...
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    Commercial Awareness Update - February 2020

    Here is this week's Commercial Awareness Update. Hope all is going well with your applications :) Covered in this week's update: BlackRock scold Siemens for questionable environmentally-responsible record (@Curtley Bale) The Petrol and Diesel Car Ban (@Alice Manners) Calisen’s IPO on the...
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    Competency Q: how have you dealt with a problem?

    Hi all, doing some prep for competency/strength based Qs and I'm struggling to decide on what would be a good example of a problem to talk about in reference to the subject title. I'm assuming something sudden or unforeseeable would be better than, say, working with a small budget/lack of...
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Hi Jessica, would a part time job count as an extracurricular? If I'm not at university (full-time course), I'm almost always at work so I don't really have any hobbies that can be quantified e.g organising events for societies etc. However, my job (where I plan, prepare, and deliver events)...
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    SJT advice??

    Hi all, does anyone have any advice with SJTs?
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    TCLA Event

    Big thanks to the lovely TCLA Team for organising such a fantastic event! Super helpful and provided a much needed confidence boost. Would recommend it for all you aspiring solicitors 100% :)
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    Being interesting?

    Sage advice as always, thanks Jaysen!
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    Being interesting?

    Can't help but notice that a common piece of advice offered by a lot of people is to include something "interesting" as part of your "brand" or mention something "interesting" in applications. But what is considered "interesting" and what if you're actually pretty mundane? o_O

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