I’d stress that good candidates who try again are not just trying with the same set of skills/knowledge. Good candidates are ensuring they are focused on their self development and working out what to do to improve themself and their chances, and then making sure they accomplish that.
That isn’t insanity (because you are not doing the same thing over and over, you are changing), that is perseverance, a much needed skill if you want to be a lawyer.
We know so many candidates who have taken more than 4 cycles to get where they wanted to. Their perseverance paid off, and so it can do with others too.
I don’t agree with this. It’s not as black and white as just needing “perseverance” and you will get your desired results. Yes this is an important skill but you need to know when to adopt this attribute. In this case, perseverance is just inefficient and a waste of the users resources and time.
The user is getting interviews for vac schemes, they just can’t do them due to work. They also can’t do vac schemes because of their work commitments and they are subsequently getting exhausted. It seems pretty clear what the common denominator is.
So, as much as self development and improvement is important, it’s going to be virtually useless unless the user changes their current environment.
So that’s why I think taking a break from work for maybe 6 - 12 months to really focus on applications and take part in vacation schemes might be more beneficial. Or taking on a less demanding job for the short term, going back into education etc.
Ultimately it will come down to the user knowing themselves and knowing their strengths and weaknesses and whether this is a valid trade off to make.
