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Rejected after VS, spirit broken and motivation zero
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<blockquote data-quote="HorsesForCoursesNeighNeighNeigh" data-source="post: 97504" data-attributes="member: 8899"><p>I think the thing you should remember is that every person who gets a place on a VS is a great candidate, that means you are, but also everyone else on the scheme too. Pretty much everyone there deserves a TC with a firm, most people will go on to have great careers. Absolutely nobody said you’re bad. Once you’re through to that stage I don’t think visa sponsorship is an issue at play, it’s so tiny compared with what they invest in candidates.</p><p></p><p>You can’t compare yourself to other candidates because you didn’t see their private interviews, their written work, or the contributions they made when they were one on one. There are people out there who might not strike you as impressive immediately because they are more of the quiet, thoughtful type who make limited but great interventions. </p><p></p><p>You worked really hard to be there but so did everyone else, don’t be hard on yourself or downplay the work involved for anyone. People on that VS with you might have been applying for years, or paralegalling or paying expensive law fees to try to create this opportunity.</p><p></p><p>It can come down to tiny margins, or be a case of zero issues with you but someone else just has a bigger tick. It’s a marathon not a sprint, take a bit of time to be upset but then look back on what you learnt and how you can utilise that to make yourself an even better candidate. It’s a tough process and it’s not meant to be easy! You’ll have knock backs, don’t focus on these too much, focus on the overall direction. </p><p></p><p>PS: I remember writing a similarly “done with it all” post on here and then like a week later getting good news somewhere else, you wouldn’t believe how quickly I didn’t care about firm 1 anymore! You’ll barely even remember this in the future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HorsesForCoursesNeighNeighNeigh, post: 97504, member: 8899"] I think the thing you should remember is that every person who gets a place on a VS is a great candidate, that means you are, but also everyone else on the scheme too. Pretty much everyone there deserves a TC with a firm, most people will go on to have great careers. Absolutely nobody said you’re bad. Once you’re through to that stage I don’t think visa sponsorship is an issue at play, it’s so tiny compared with what they invest in candidates. You can’t compare yourself to other candidates because you didn’t see their private interviews, their written work, or the contributions they made when they were one on one. There are people out there who might not strike you as impressive immediately because they are more of the quiet, thoughtful type who make limited but great interventions. You worked really hard to be there but so did everyone else, don’t be hard on yourself or downplay the work involved for anyone. People on that VS with you might have been applying for years, or paralegalling or paying expensive law fees to try to create this opportunity. It can come down to tiny margins, or be a case of zero issues with you but someone else just has a bigger tick. It’s a marathon not a sprint, take a bit of time to be upset but then look back on what you learnt and how you can utilise that to make yourself an even better candidate. It’s a tough process and it’s not meant to be easy! You’ll have knock backs, don’t focus on these too much, focus on the overall direction. PS: I remember writing a similarly “done with it all” post on here and then like a week later getting good news somewhere else, you wouldn’t believe how quickly I didn’t care about firm 1 anymore! You’ll barely even remember this in the future. [/QUOTE]
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