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The "future trainee" criteria has been one used for decades too. It ultimately is sifting candidates out and ensuring the quality of candidate is likely to be high, because they have gone through a rigorous selection process with a firm. It is like applying an assessment without having to actually assess the candidate yourself. In these instances, the roles are likely to be fixed term contracts rather than permanent roles, which works for both sides.It is the permanent paralegal roles that firms will want someone not currently looking to secure a TC. Paralegal roles have exceptional high turn over and employers want to try and ensure they aren't onboarding someone, only for them to leave less than 6 months later when they have secured a TC and need to start the LPC/SQE/TC,
The "future trainee" criteria has been one used for decades too. It ultimately is sifting candidates out and ensuring the quality of candidate is likely to be high, because they have gone through a rigorous selection process with a firm. It is like applying an assessment without having to actually assess the candidate yourself. In these instances, the roles are likely to be fixed term contracts rather than permanent roles, which works for both sides.
It is the permanent paralegal roles that firms will want someone not currently looking to secure a TC. Paralegal roles have exceptional high turn over and employers want to try and ensure they aren't onboarding someone, only for them to leave less than 6 months later when they have secured a TC and need to start the LPC/SQE/TC,