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Rejected after VS, spirit broken and motivation zero
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<blockquote data-quote="Alison C" data-source="post: 97465" data-attributes="member: 3943"><p>I am a career changer too, and I know, it's rough out there!</p><p></p><p>I would say, don't despair. This isn't about a job, it's about a match for a whole new, much better career and life. That's what you are looking for, not just a random 'yes'. Like the house that falls through or the relationship that doesn't work out when your heart is set on it, you will be able to see with hindsight that something far better will open up.</p><p></p><p>You are using a lot of past tense verbs - "I failed, I invested, I worked...". By all means, leave 'failed' in the past but the others, sorry to be the bearer of bad news but it's just beginning. Which is part of the reason that you chose this pathway.</p><p></p><p>Believe me, I'm right with you in finding it difficult to grasp why I'm not the hot property I know that my work experience should make me, but that's the business of law. You weren't 'that bad' you just didn't get that firm to see that you were right for them, and frankly, if they don't want you, you certainly don't want them. The right firm is going to have the imagination to see that you are right. It is just not happening as quickly as you are used to.</p><p></p><p>Some context I have gleaned: the cogs in the legal industry are only just beginning to groan into action when it comes to actual diversity and inclusion rather than these principles just being about an initiative. I've been astonished by the number of 'working groups' they all have on different 'diversity strands' - you could write a sitcom about it. I built a career in an industry where difference is seen as part of the diamond-faceted glory of life, and where it is celebrated and developed. This is quite different from the threads of the legal industry, which has been slow to catch up in seeing the tapestry of gorgeousness (and a sparkling balance sheet) that can be created from different approaches. There has been no need for firms to recruit from the wider marketplace, and they aren't used to reaping the benefits. For the most part, unless you are ticking various boxes, your 'diversity' won't be something that they THINK that they want to 'include'. For all the talk of workplace enrichment, many of the firms still seem to want anything other than what they already know, or some slightly more box-ticky version of it. Which is fine. Back to the mantra: if they don't want me, I certainly don't want them.</p><p></p><p>So just keep picking yourself up, getting back on your trusty steed and keep moving on. Just deliver on the day job tomorrow, and keep on churning out the applications. Play that numbers game! You are clearly doing quite a lot right.</p><p></p><p>And failing all that, the upside of the SQE is that you can qualify without being forced to go a standard route - I'm not necessarily advocating this but it's out there, in a way it wasn't a few years ago.</p><p></p><p>Bon courage!! You can and you will!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alison C, post: 97465, member: 3943"] I am a career changer too, and I know, it's rough out there! I would say, don't despair. This isn't about a job, it's about a match for a whole new, much better career and life. That's what you are looking for, not just a random 'yes'. Like the house that falls through or the relationship that doesn't work out when your heart is set on it, you will be able to see with hindsight that something far better will open up. You are using a lot of past tense verbs - "I failed, I invested, I worked...". By all means, leave 'failed' in the past but the others, sorry to be the bearer of bad news but it's just beginning. Which is part of the reason that you chose this pathway. Believe me, I'm right with you in finding it difficult to grasp why I'm not the hot property I know that my work experience should make me, but that's the business of law. You weren't 'that bad' you just didn't get that firm to see that you were right for them, and frankly, if they don't want you, you certainly don't want them. The right firm is going to have the imagination to see that you are right. It is just not happening as quickly as you are used to. Some context I have gleaned: the cogs in the legal industry are only just beginning to groan into action when it comes to actual diversity and inclusion rather than these principles just being about an initiative. I've been astonished by the number of 'working groups' they all have on different 'diversity strands' - you could write a sitcom about it. I built a career in an industry where difference is seen as part of the diamond-faceted glory of life, and where it is celebrated and developed. This is quite different from the threads of the legal industry, which has been slow to catch up in seeing the tapestry of gorgeousness (and a sparkling balance sheet) that can be created from different approaches. There has been no need for firms to recruit from the wider marketplace, and they aren't used to reaping the benefits. For the most part, unless you are ticking various boxes, your 'diversity' won't be something that they THINK that they want to 'include'. For all the talk of workplace enrichment, many of the firms still seem to want anything other than what they already know, or some slightly more box-ticky version of it. Which is fine. Back to the mantra: if they don't want me, I certainly don't want them. So just keep picking yourself up, getting back on your trusty steed and keep moving on. Just deliver on the day job tomorrow, and keep on churning out the applications. Play that numbers game! You are clearly doing quite a lot right. And failing all that, the upside of the SQE is that you can qualify without being forced to go a standard route - I'm not necessarily advocating this but it's out there, in a way it wasn't a few years ago. Bon courage!! You can and you will!! [/QUOTE]
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