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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jacob Miller" data-source="post: 47179" data-attributes="member: 5063">Hi, In terms of my own approach to this section of the application, I generally gave a very brief outline of the experience through the lens of personal impact and skills gained. Personally I didn't use this section to make references to the specific place to which I was applying. Eg: "Lawyer McLawFirm LLP Vacation Scheme 2019"I spent two weeks in the London office, shadowing partners in XXX and YYY seats. I attended multiple personal development workshops and networking events and carried out tasks such as [vacation scheme tasks- negotiation exercises, bundling, case chronologies, due diligence, drafting directions to court]. Through these, I developed my drafting skills and also increased my knowledge on [e.g., the litigation process/ process and timeline of a deal/ practical implications of tax law/ things which are relevant to the tasks you earlier discussed]". Typically, I opt to keep each description relatively brief because I feel it gives me more to bring up at interview; similarly, I also know many people who put fairly detailed descriptions of work experience in applications, relate it to firms etc- I think it's a fairly personal thing and there isn't necessarily a definite right or wrong. My perception (someone like [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] may be able to confirm or correct this) that they're more assessing work experience from the perspective of ensuring you're a well-rounded candidate who's done more than just gone to school and uni; also to see that a candidate has actually got a legitimate claim to having learned the skills they profess to possess than anything else.</blockquote>

Verification: Our company is called, "The Corporate ___ Academy". What is the missing word here?

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