Moving away from the legal profession is a very big decision for a lot of lawyers, and one not to be taken lightly. It is something that comes up time and time again during our private career coaching sessions with clients,…
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Duty Solicitors – the mad rush
In the last 3 weeks we have seen an unprecedented number of duty solicitor vacancies posted by firms looking to get their CDS 12 submissions into the LSC and desperate to recruit a duty solicitor to enable them to do…
Legal Job Market Report – 10th May 2010 from Ten-Percent Legal
The election result will inevitably have an effect on the mood of recruiters – most of the time as an industry we are very susceptible to world incidents 9/11, 7/7, the Gulf Wars etc.. – as law firms and in…
The ‘World’s Hardest to Fill Locum Assignment’ Winner
From time to time as recruiters, we get vacancies in that have us “biting at the bit” and almost hanging up on the telephone so that we can start work identifying the perfect candidate for our client. These tend to…
Legal Job Market Report April 6th 2010
(this report can also be found at www.ten-percent.co.uk/weeklyreport.htm) March 2010 has been a very good month and we are now not only optimistic of the market picking up, but also are aware that legal recruitment is back up and running…
Recruiting a Business Development Manager – a good idea?
If you have looked at the Law Society Gazette in recent times you will have noticed that a) it has shrunk dramatically, although the jobs section has started to expand rapidly in the last few weeks, and b) the editor…
Legal Job Market Summary 1st March 2010
February 2010 has been a reasonable month, bearing in mind the effect the weather has had on the resurgence in recruitment, and we are quite optimistic at the moment that things are going to pick up over the next 3-4…
Jobs Market to pick up in 2010
Figures released today show that the UK economy has come out of recession with a reported growth of 0.1 per cent in the last quarter of 2009. This slight recovery could further boost employer confidence and accelerate the already increasing…
Should Legal Course Providers downsize their operations?
There has been an announcement today that the government withdrawal of funding for higher education is going to result in a lot of university places being withdrawn in the coming 12 months. This may or may not affect legal departments.…
Professionalising Recruitment – does it matter?
You may be surprised to read this, but firstly recruitment agencies have a professional body who regulate their conduct, and secondly it is possible to qualify as a recruitment consultant, up to graduate level. The professional body is the Recruitment…