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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 36093" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>is this for a particular firm or were you told this more generally?</p><p></p><p>If more generally, then on one level it is rubbish. Recruitment teams in a normal year will meet 100s possibly even 1000s of people and a good percentage of those people will be good candidates you would want to try and remember. They also meet candidates over multiple years (you could easily meet a first year non-law student in their first year, who doesn’t apply until 3 years later). So remembering is generally impossible - the exception will be people you have met for a long period of time like a first year programme or an open day.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes firms have data capture systems where they basically flag candidates who are particularly impressive, but with the lack of face-to-face events this year that’s going to be difficult too. But even the firms that use those type of systems, if your application is not strong enough it means nothing. And also if you have a strong application and you haven’t met the firm, you are still going to be considered/shortlisted. Firms don’t really use these systems for recruitment purposes, they use it to make decisions on whether the events are successful or not.</p><p></p><p>You could interact with the firms online if they are running virtual events/webinars - that doesn’t really require networking as such though. All you have to do is participate online.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 36093, member: 2672"] is this for a particular firm or were you told this more generally? If more generally, then on one level it is rubbish. Recruitment teams in a normal year will meet 100s possibly even 1000s of people and a good percentage of those people will be good candidates you would want to try and remember. They also meet candidates over multiple years (you could easily meet a first year non-law student in their first year, who doesn’t apply until 3 years later). So remembering is generally impossible - the exception will be people you have met for a long period of time like a first year programme or an open day. Sometimes firms have data capture systems where they basically flag candidates who are particularly impressive, but with the lack of face-to-face events this year that’s going to be difficult too. But even the firms that use those type of systems, if your application is not strong enough it means nothing. And also if you have a strong application and you haven’t met the firm, you are still going to be considered/shortlisted. Firms don’t really use these systems for recruitment purposes, they use it to make decisions on whether the events are successful or not. You could interact with the firms online if they are running virtual events/webinars - that doesn’t really require networking as such though. All you have to do is participate online. [/QUOTE]
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