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Growing trend towards hiring Paralegals? E.g. Shoosmiths 2023…
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<blockquote data-quote="trainee25_" data-source="post: 145873" data-attributes="member: 26066"><p>Hi all, </p><p></p><p>Interested to hear what you think, a friend of mine and I were discussing applications recently and this topic came up. </p><p></p><p>We have been noticing a growing trend among firms who seem to openly advertise vac schemes and TCs but then end up just hiring from paralegals. The friend in question had applied to Shoosmiths and they are an excellent example. </p><p></p><p>They run a vac scheme for external applicants, they then run an assessment day. However, from that they simply hired two paralegals that already work there. My question is, why would a firm invest time and money into these recruitment activities when they clearly are aware they have able candidates they want to hire? </p><p></p><p>More widely, do you think this is a growing trend? Should applicants now be looking to be paralegals as a route into firms they want to apply to and will this replace the traditional route. Certainly, it begs the question with Shoosmiths, should anyone be applying at all if they clearly hire from paralegals, and have Shoosmiths now shown that by becoming a paralegal there, you have a much higher chance of being selected. </p><p></p><p>Interested to hear peoples thoughts on this! [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trainee25_, post: 145873, member: 26066"] Hi all, Interested to hear what you think, a friend of mine and I were discussing applications recently and this topic came up. We have been noticing a growing trend among firms who seem to openly advertise vac schemes and TCs but then end up just hiring from paralegals. The friend in question had applied to Shoosmiths and they are an excellent example. They run a vac scheme for external applicants, they then run an assessment day. However, from that they simply hired two paralegals that already work there. My question is, why would a firm invest time and money into these recruitment activities when they clearly are aware they have able candidates they want to hire? More widely, do you think this is a growing trend? Should applicants now be looking to be paralegals as a route into firms they want to apply to and will this replace the traditional route. Certainly, it begs the question with Shoosmiths, should anyone be applying at all if they clearly hire from paralegals, and have Shoosmiths now shown that by becoming a paralegal there, you have a much higher chance of being selected. Interested to hear peoples thoughts on this! [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] [/QUOTE]
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