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Linking back to vacation scheme in covering letter?
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<blockquote data-quote="LauraWhite0502" data-source="post: 229293" data-attributes="member: 43445"><p>There's a couple of different ways you can make a link between your experience and why you're making an application, but I think perhaps finding this difficult is an indication of the fact you might need to be considering the structure of your cover letter a little more deeply.</p><p></p><p>Broadly, in a cover letter you're looking to answer three questions:</p><p>- Why you're interested in a career as a commercial solicitor; </p><p>- Why you want to be a commercial solicitor at the firm you're applying to; and </p><p>- Why you have the skillset to be an excellent solicitor.</p><p></p><p>So, as a starting point, I'd reflect on each of the experiences/personal attributes you're including in your cover letter and consider which of the above questions each is answering. </p><p></p><p>Then the phrases you use to connect your experience to why you're applying can flow from these three questions. For example, if an experience demonstrates why you're interested in becoming a commercial solicitor, you could say things like, 'gives me confidence that being a solicitor is the career I would find most interesting and personally fulfilling' and 'means I am excited by x aspect of being a solicitor'. </p><p></p><p>Similarly, if an experience is a good example of why you specifically would like to be a commercial solicitor at the firm you're applying to: 'this demonstrated to me the importance of [value of the firm], which is why I am particularly drawn to [firm name]', or 'it made me enthusiastic about training at a firm where [something specific about the way the firm structures its TC]' or 'means I am sure a firm with a strong [practice area the firm is known for] is somewhere I would be excited to work'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LauraWhite0502, post: 229293, member: 43445"] There's a couple of different ways you can make a link between your experience and why you're making an application, but I think perhaps finding this difficult is an indication of the fact you might need to be considering the structure of your cover letter a little more deeply. Broadly, in a cover letter you're looking to answer three questions: - Why you're interested in a career as a commercial solicitor; - Why you want to be a commercial solicitor at the firm you're applying to; and - Why you have the skillset to be an excellent solicitor. So, as a starting point, I'd reflect on each of the experiences/personal attributes you're including in your cover letter and consider which of the above questions each is answering. Then the phrases you use to connect your experience to why you're applying can flow from these three questions. For example, if an experience demonstrates why you're interested in becoming a commercial solicitor, you could say things like, 'gives me confidence that being a solicitor is the career I would find most interesting and personally fulfilling' and 'means I am excited by x aspect of being a solicitor'. Similarly, if an experience is a good example of why you specifically would like to be a commercial solicitor at the firm you're applying to: 'this demonstrated to me the importance of [value of the firm], which is why I am particularly drawn to [firm name]', or 'it made me enthusiastic about training at a firm where [something specific about the way the firm structures its TC]' or 'means I am sure a firm with a strong [practice area the firm is known for] is somewhere I would be excited to work'. [/QUOTE]
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