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<blockquote data-quote="Alison C" data-source="post: 44829" data-attributes="member: 3943">Being bilingual and living independently away from your home country, even in non-pandemic times would be courageous and noteworthy. This alone marks you out as exceptional. Many of us on here would never have been able to make a success of that at your age.As you will notice when you consider it objectively, the lack of material awards on your CV does not equate to not being outstanding in some way. It just equates to not having a particular badge. I wonder if you can start a book club or a study group or an initiative to help future international students like the &quot;you&quot; of a few years back, which might enable you to feel more valued and to give back - there is no better way to feel special than when you have actually made a material difference.Don't look for the badge, look for the difference you can make.It's not all about securing a TC with a magic circle/silver circle/whatever colour circle firm. If you like the law and are prepared to work at it, then you will be good enough for someone to hire. You just need to keep honing your skills, reflecting and forgiving yourself for taking the time you need. Also, recognise that the market is especially slow just now and it's all too easy to feel down.The only way to get those TCs and VSs is to apply. If you haven't watched the &quot;from TCLA to TC&quot; course here on the platform, I'd very much recommend it as a place to start thinking more deeply in a practical way. None of this comes overnight. But if you are working at being your best self then that is good enough, and the right employer will see that, if you tell your story well and are hungry to improve.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alison C, post: 44829, member: 3943"] Being bilingual and living independently away from your home country, even in non-pandemic times would be courageous and noteworthy. This alone marks you out as exceptional. Many of us on here would never have been able to make a success of that at your age. As you will notice when you consider it objectively, the lack of material awards on your CV does not equate to not being outstanding in some way. It just equates to not having a particular badge. I wonder if you can start a book club or a study group or an initiative to help future international students like the "you" of a few years back, which might enable you to feel more valued and to give back - there is no better way to feel special than when you have actually made a material difference. Don't look for the badge, look for the difference you can make. It's not all about securing a TC with a magic circle/silver circle/whatever colour circle firm. If you like the law and are prepared to work at it, then you will be good enough for someone to hire. You just need to keep honing your skills, reflecting and forgiving yourself for taking the time you need. Also, recognise that the market is especially slow just now and it's all too easy to feel down. The only way to get those TCs and VSs is to apply. If you haven't watched the "from TCLA to TC" course here on the platform, I'd very much recommend it as a place to start thinking more deeply in a practical way. None of this comes overnight. But if you are working at being your best self then that is good enough, and the right employer will see that, if you tell your story well and are hungry to improve. [/QUOTE]

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