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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 31283" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>Where possible, try to use modern examples (2-3 years is generally fine). However, it is not to say that older experiences are completely off-limits, particularly if they are significant in terms of achievement, personal development or time commitment.</p><p></p><p>For instance, I know someone who used their time training as a ballerina as an example. They had stopped doing that for some years before their application, but it was an incredibly long and significant commitment to a passion of theirs. It showed their determination (or stickability as we used to call it) to something - it really didn't matter how long ago it was and that it wasn't anywhere close to be related to law, it was clear that it was an exceptional example of the quality or competence the firm were looking for.</p><p></p><p>The time period doesn't make an experience <strong><em>irrelevant </em></strong>but the following might make it <strong><em>less</em></strong> relevant:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How much you have changed as a person since then (e.g. would you act the same way now if faced with the same situation).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have your more recent experiences superseded your older ones </li> </ul><p>It may be <strong><em>more</em></strong> relevant if that experience did the following:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Changed your path on to the one you are on now</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Helped developed a specific skill set or knowledge that would be relevant/important today</li> </ul><p>Every now and then I am still interviewed and I still use examples from 12-13 years ago because I consider them them highly relevant. It is down to you though to explain why an older example is relevant and why the recruiter should take note of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 31283, member: 2672"] Where possible, try to use modern examples (2-3 years is generally fine). However, it is not to say that older experiences are completely off-limits, particularly if they are significant in terms of achievement, personal development or time commitment. For instance, I know someone who used their time training as a ballerina as an example. They had stopped doing that for some years before their application, but it was an incredibly long and significant commitment to a passion of theirs. It showed their determination (or stickability as we used to call it) to something - it really didn't matter how long ago it was and that it wasn't anywhere close to be related to law, it was clear that it was an exceptional example of the quality or competence the firm were looking for. The time period doesn't make an experience [B][I]irrelevant [/I][/B]but the following might make it [B][I]less[/I][/B] relevant: [LIST] [*]How much you have changed as a person since then (e.g. would you act the same way now if faced with the same situation). [*]Have your more recent experiences superseded your older ones [/LIST] It may be [B][I]more[/I][/B] relevant if that experience did the following: [LIST] [*]Changed your path on to the one you are on now [*]Helped developed a specific skill set or knowledge that would be relevant/important today [/LIST] Every now and then I am still interviewed and I still use examples from 12-13 years ago because I consider them them highly relevant. It is down to you though to explain why an older example is relevant and why the recruiter should take note of it. [/QUOTE]
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