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<blockquote data-quote="Andrei Radu" data-source="post: 183522" data-attributes="member: 36777">[USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] will definitely be able to tell you a lot more about this, but just to offer some of my thoughts beforehand:Yes, this can sometimes happen, although not very often in absence of other contributing factors. At all the four firms I did a vacation scheme this year, the firm's lawyers and recruiters kept praising the vacation schemers as being the most talented they had seen. All of them said the quality of the candidates was significantly higher than in other years and that the decision-making process was therefore very difficult. However, assuming these statements were not all hyperbole or just meant as encouragement, this would show that firms don't generally up their TC numbers simply because of the quality of the candidates - as far as I know, none of the four firms ended up recruiting more than initially advertised. However, I heard stories of this happening in the past. I think what is needed is either (a) exceptionally high quality candidates, which partners simply like so much that the firm can't let go of them; or (b) a quality of candidates higher than normally expected, in conjunction with some other favorable circumstances, such as:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">New changes in firm's growth strategy, which lead to an expectation of an increased need of trainees/NQs</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Incoming/current trainees reneging on their contracts or leaving the firm</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lower than expected number of TCs signed in the past recruitment cycle</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Changes in the factors influencing the legal market which cause an expectation of a significant increase in demand for the firm's core practice areas</li>
</ul></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andrei Radu, post: 183522, member: 36777"] [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] will definitely be able to tell you a lot more about this, but just to offer some of my thoughts beforehand: Yes, this can sometimes happen, although not very often in absence of other contributing factors. At all the four firms I did a vacation scheme this year, the firm's lawyers and recruiters kept praising the vacation schemers as being the most talented they had seen. All of them said the quality of the candidates was significantly higher than in other years and that the decision-making process was therefore very difficult. However, assuming these statements were not all hyperbole or just meant as encouragement, this would show that firms don't generally up their TC numbers simply because of the quality of the candidates - as far as I know, none of the four firms ended up recruiting more than initially advertised. However, I heard stories of this happening in the past. I think what is needed is either (a) exceptionally high quality candidates, which partners simply like so much that the firm can't let go of them; or (b) a quality of candidates higher than normally expected, in conjunction with some other favorable circumstances, such as: [LIST] [*]New changes in firm's growth strategy, which lead to an expectation of an increased need of trainees/NQs [*]Incoming/current trainees reneging on their contracts or leaving the firm [*]Lower than expected number of TCs signed in the past recruitment cycle [*]Changes in the factors influencing the legal market which cause an expectation of a significant increase in demand for the firm's core practice areas [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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