🚨 Reed Smith has just announced its Direct Training Contract route!
The deadline is 20th June.

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AJ" data-source="post: 9591" data-attributes="member: 543">Hard!! But no different from applying for vac schemes. I picked my firms carefully so I knew they wouldn’t just recruit TCs from the VS pool.Really nail your application answers. Keep drafting until it’s perfect. Make sure every sentence has a purpose. Hazel has done an amazing writing style article on here, which I wish I had when applying. Highly recommend reading that. Likewise application reviews from friends, family, contacts, Jaysen or public feedback. Make the most of the activities, experiences and interests you have. Link them to the skills required by a trainee or what the firm looks out for. You say you’ve been in a part time research job for 2 years. Rather than just say this and stop here, I would suggest word count permitting to go a step further. Detail what skills and transferable experiences it has given you. Time management to juggle all your other commitments, concise drafting and writing? Peer support/widening participation. Being personable and being able to develop relationships?  Do this for everything you do, no matter how small. Obviously you will have to back this all up at AC/interview. Hopefully, this way your experience will overshadow the lack of VS. I’m no graduate recruiter, but surely 7 open days is worth just as much as a vacation scheme. Were they assessed/applied for open days or could anyone turn up?  What did you learn? Did they help to develop interest in a particular area of law/type of firm?</blockquote>

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