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

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TCinpipeline" data-source="post: 92169" data-attributes="member: 17355">Thank you for your reply Jessica from a recruiter’s perspective.I am not a paralegal (for financial commitments this would not be a viable option for me) but I have extensive experience as a legal PA at a top City law firm. The firm I work at takes on trainees with top A level grades (apart from the odd few that hasn’t for mitigating reasons).  I don’t have top grades so those odds are against me.  It also does not have many private client practice areas which I am interested in working in. I did an internship at a high street law firm to get an idea of how it contrasted with a City law firm. A high street law firm isn’t really for me personally. How do I mention this in applications without it coming across negative?I have only just started embedding myself fully within the trainee solicitor recruitment process and thinking what type of firm/practice areas I want to work in. Having read quite a few experiences and spoken to a few candidates applying for training contracts, they have informed me it can take at least a year to get to grips with one step of the process then there is the saturated market we are applying into which doesn’t make the chances of securing a contract very high. I suspect these  would be the main reasons why a lot of TCs are unsuccessful- is that not correct? In what ways can a candidate continue to stand out in applications if they have failed to get a TC? Is it by undertaking different work experience in the legal areas they wish to go on to practice into?Would you recommend applying to as many firms as possible in that 3/4 year period so we are not questioned by recruitment as being in the market too long? From the trainee who got a TC after ten years, he stated sending lots of applications out is not a good idea as you lose the focus of the time and quality you would put in when only applying to a few.Thank you.</blockquote>

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