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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 15156" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>I have been trying to work out how to post this for a few days.</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Stop trying to find the generic "perfect mould" of an answer. There isn't one - there is only a "perfect mould" of you and your individual/unique experiences. What that looks like for one person will be different to the next person. Yes, that will also mean that your "mould" is likely to be similar to some other candidates, but not every candidate. By trying to get to the generic "perfect mould" answer, you wear down your unique edges that make you stand out. This makes you blend into the mass of application forms that have also tried to fit the "perfect mould". You want to catch people's eye - you definitely don't want to blend into the masses of applications.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">A job of a lawyer is not to present every bit of information to their client. They analyse what is important to the client, think about what the client <strong><u>wants</u></strong> to hear, what the client <strong><u>needs</u></strong> to hear and focuses on the most relevant/important information related to those points. This is the approach you have to take as an applicant. No firm wants your life story, they just want to hear what is relevant to them. This is why you can't necessarily rely on copying information from one application to another - what is relevant to one firm will be different to the next firm. Yes, there will be a lot of cross over, and probably a lot of similarities from time to time. But just like a lawyer needs to give tailored advice to their clients (no matter how similar they might seem), you need to provide a tailored application to the firm.</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 15156, member: 2672"] I have been trying to work out how to post this for a few days. [LIST=1] [*]Stop trying to find the generic "perfect mould" of an answer. There isn't one - there is only a "perfect mould" of you and your individual/unique experiences. What that looks like for one person will be different to the next person. Yes, that will also mean that your "mould" is likely to be similar to some other candidates, but not every candidate. By trying to get to the generic "perfect mould" answer, you wear down your unique edges that make you stand out. This makes you blend into the mass of application forms that have also tried to fit the "perfect mould". You want to catch people's eye - you definitely don't want to blend into the masses of applications. [*]A job of a lawyer is not to present every bit of information to their client. They analyse what is important to the client, think about what the client [B][U]wants[/U][/B] to hear, what the client [B][U]needs[/U][/B] to hear and focuses on the most relevant/important information related to those points. This is the approach you have to take as an applicant. No firm wants your life story, they just want to hear what is relevant to them. This is why you can't necessarily rely on copying information from one application to another - what is relevant to one firm will be different to the next firm. Yes, there will be a lot of cross over, and probably a lot of similarities from time to time. But just like a lawyer needs to give tailored advice to their clients (no matter how similar they might seem), you need to provide a tailored application to the firm. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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