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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TCLA Community Assistant" data-source="post: 211423" data-attributes="member: 2672">My general advice is not to qualify until you know you have got an NQ role lined up, whether that is with your current firm or another organisation. The process is fairly quick with the SRA and if you qualify without an NQ role lined up, you risk being "over qualified" but "under experienced". This is one of the downsides of the SQE qualification process - the SRA's requirements are much lower than what firms expect, especially as the QWE requirement for the SRA is very basis (and a very low benchmark) while firms will value your experience more than anything else when thinking whether you are suitable for an NQ role.People will not get push back from firms/employers if their QWE has given them exposure to NQ levels of responsibilities. The issue is that many looking to qualify via QWE over a TC won't have gained the necessary level of responsibilities to operate at the firm's/employer's expectations. I am hearing of people who are now qualified but are still in the paralegal roles they were in before qualifying. The organisation they are working for either doesn't have NQ roles or the firm does not see the individual operating at an NQ level. They also can struggle in applying for external roles if they are competing with NQs who have done a traditional TC and have had higher levels of responsibility.Saying that, qualifying via QWE outside of a TC can work well. It can work well if your two years' experience is in one specialist area, especially if that area is in demand. If you have effectively been operating at a trainee/NQ level throughout the two years, then you can be an attractive candidate, both internally and externally. But you have to be confident that your experience is of that level.I think it is generally easier to qualify in an existing role than it is to compete in the external market. To qualify internally, you need to have career development and performance conversations through appraisal and feedback systems to see whether the firm will be able to offer you an NQ role.</blockquote>

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