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Message: <blockquote data-quote="adh3" data-source="post: 229047" data-attributes="member: 42602">Hi,I wouldn't really say this is a "mindset", as opposed to it actually being my reality.I'm not avoiding using my part-time retail experience in my application/competency answers. In fact, it's one of the only (good) experiences I have for many key competencies (i.e. teamwork, leadership, etc.). It's just a simple fact that it's very hard to "spin" an answer to "why X firm" or "why commercial law" on the back of academics and retail experience.I appreciate the kind words (and, frankly, the only reason I haven't written myself off as of yet is because of 'kind words' from people like you). Truly, the reason I am posing messages like this is because I understand that others are in the same position as me, but don't feel as if they can say it.I saw (in another post) that you had completed two vacation schemes in your first cycle. I don't know when your first cycle was, but my belief is that firms like to see potential in their candidates. If you're a first- or second-year student who has retail experience, you can easily leverage this to show that you're a hardworking individual. But, once you're a graduate, (I have found that) it's harder to use low-level experiences to demonstrate your capacity to thrive in a professional environment. So, I'm not certain that we've experienced the same thing.I want to leave things at this. All of my friends believe that I'll secure a TC. Honestly, they believe more in me than I do in myself. However, it's really demoralising to go through this process year after year, getting better and better at writing application answers, and ultimately realising that no matter how interested I am in certain aspects of commercial law this is simply meaningless without also having relevant experience to reinforce it.</blockquote>

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