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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24
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<blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 174764" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>I'm really sorry to hear this and I admire you for being open about this in the forum. I think it's really hard to get your hopes up when you get an assessment centre, only to be rejected - and to do this for three cycles must feel devastating. </p><p></p><p>Now, I would be concerned if you had been through three cycles and had never received an assessment centre. But the fact that you have - and most recently received seven assessment centres from 12 applications is an incredibly high hit rate. One thing I get to see through running TCLA is the variety of candidates, and while most people online will share their successes, I know so many trainees and associates who took multiple cycles to get their training contract offer after back to back rejections. Many of them felt like this at their lowest, just before they got their offer. </p><p></p><p>I think [USER=28051]@LawBrah[/USER] gave good advice regarding just how competitive the cycle is. If you are willing to carry on, you now have so much knowledge and experience to go into the next cycle. I would consider writing more applications, if there are enough firms you are interested in, to increase your chances. I would also take an honest reflection of the feedback. I've no doubt that the feedback can be unhelpful at times (one firm might say you're too confident, while another might say you're too quiet, but I would try to see if there is any running theme that you can action.</p><p></p><p>I wish you the best of luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaysen, post: 174764, member: 1"] I'm really sorry to hear this and I admire you for being open about this in the forum. I think it's really hard to get your hopes up when you get an assessment centre, only to be rejected - and to do this for three cycles must feel devastating. Now, I would be concerned if you had been through three cycles and had never received an assessment centre. But the fact that you have - and most recently received seven assessment centres from 12 applications is an incredibly high hit rate. One thing I get to see through running TCLA is the variety of candidates, and while most people online will share their successes, I know so many trainees and associates who took multiple cycles to get their training contract offer after back to back rejections. Many of them felt like this at their lowest, just before they got their offer. I think [USER=28051]@LawBrah[/USER] gave good advice regarding just how competitive the cycle is. If you are willing to carry on, you now have so much knowledge and experience to go into the next cycle. I would consider writing more applications, if there are enough firms you are interested in, to increase your chances. I would also take an honest reflection of the feedback. I've no doubt that the feedback can be unhelpful at times (one firm might say you're too confident, while another might say you're too quiet, but I would try to see if there is any running theme that you can action. I wish you the best of luck. [/QUOTE]
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