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  1. A friendly human

    thanks

    thank.you
  2. A friendly human

    US Firms in London with Good Disputes Practices?

    good points. i would expect jones day to be added to that list if we're going global haha. quinn sadly doesn't offer TCs :(
  3. A friendly human

    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    okay :) i haven't - we've just gotten a bunch of emails telling us what can be checked etc
  4. A friendly human

    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    2022 or 2023 lol. i've already done the GDL but i paid for it. i've heard that they do the checks 3 months before the start date or just after you get the tc offer. is that true?
  5. A friendly human

    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    thanks :) do u know if and when i can hear back about whether they have further questions or whether i've passed? i can't find any info about this on the emails or online
  6. A friendly human

    US Firms in London with Good Disputes Practices?

    kirkland? latham? might be wrong on this though :( i guess that the ranking websites can be useful e.g. https://chambers.com/guide/uk?publicationTypeGroupId=1&practiceAreaId=717&subsectionTypeId=1&locationId=11814
  7. A friendly human

    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    hey just to follow up i'm still waiting to hear back about my checks (been 2 weeks) and i remembered you saying this i had a question: if the agency people get a negative sort of reply from a company: "we don't remember him/her" - how do they get back in touch with you to follow up? do they...
  8. A friendly human

    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    fair enough. thank you again for your answer :)
  9. A friendly human

    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    @Jessica Booker hello again to follow up on the thread: i have submitted and sent off the form. however in filling it out i noticed that i had claimed to be working abroad for my entire university holiday whereas i actually came back to the UK several days earlier than that. is it possible...
  10. A friendly human

    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    understood!!
  11. A friendly human

    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    thank you for another amazing explanation... i really value the time you spend helping us :) so in grad recruiter lingo "formal placement" = reference provided while "informal placement" = no reference provided?
  12. A friendly human

    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    just a question: what are the consequences of the experience being found to be an 'informal' placement? i communicated in my app that all of my work experiences were informal in the sense that they arranged with friends/family/contacts etc... there's no documentation for them really... certainly...
  13. A friendly human

    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    thank you!
  14. A friendly human

    Slaughter & May Winter workshop

    i think that it's the norm. i certaintly don't expect more feedback from a big firm like slaughter and may... they probably have hundreds or thousands of applicants for a dozen places... :'(
  15. A friendly human

    Slaughter & May Winter workshop

    applied late september generic rejection email - no feedback
  16. A friendly human

    Slaughter & May Winter workshop

    didn't make it :(
  17. A friendly human

    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    @Jessica Booker i think ur the expert! haha
  18. A friendly human

    pre employment checks for VS/TC

    hello, i have to pass the pre employment check stage for a vacation scheme i recently got offered. it is apparently the same process i would have to go through at other firms if i accepted a TC. it's conducted by Vero Screening. part of it involves filling out an online form and questionnaire...
  19. A friendly human

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    and another question... (sorry!!) do firms that have cover letters that do not have a specified word count still expect you to keep them short enough to fit on one page of A4? so would anything above 600-650 words be discounted? or are you free to go over to say 700 or 800 words if you have...
  20. A friendly human

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    thank you once again! i'm sadly in a position where the sums were more exotic than the measly US dollar so I have to use their formal designation :(

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