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Hi [USER=40137]@JustwantaTC[/USER] I do not think this would have any negative impact to the recruiter's perception about your motivations for commercial law. Recruiters are well aware how competitive the job market is and are also aware that many people need to be employed to fund living expenses, so it is very unlikely they will take having a legal job outside the commercial sphere as an indicator of lacking a sufficiently strong interest in commercial law. If anything, having this job should be a boost to your candidate profile, as paralegal jobs are quite competitive everywhere and will also help build valuable skills.The only important consideration against taking the offer you should weigh is the amount of time this will take off your schedule, as that is time you could spend applying and interacting with firms. Whether you think you will still have enough time to make a high number of high quality applications despite working full time is something only you will know. Regardless, if you do take them up on the offer, I would advise you to start researching firms and writing applications very early into next cycle to ensure you are not overwhelmed by work and deadlines come November/December.
Hi [USER=40137]@JustwantaTC[/USER] I do not think this would have any negative impact to the recruiter's perception about your motivations for commercial law. Recruiters are well aware how competitive the job market is and are also aware that many people need to be employed to fund living expenses, so it is very unlikely they will take having a legal job outside the commercial sphere as an indicator of lacking a sufficiently strong interest in commercial law. If anything, having this job should be a boost to your candidate profile, as paralegal jobs are quite competitive everywhere and will also help build valuable skills.
The only important consideration against taking the offer you should weigh is the amount of time this will take off your schedule, as that is time you could spend applying and interacting with firms. Whether you think you will still have enough time to make a high number of high quality applications despite working full time is something only you will know. Regardless, if you do take them up on the offer, I would advise you to start researching firms and writing applications very early into next cycle to ensure you are not overwhelmed by work and deadlines come November/December.
