Newly Qualified Solicitor Jobs - How To Approach The Hunt
When searching for newly qualified solicitor jobs there are various things you can do to improve your chances. One of the main ones is to keep up to date with the legal job market.
Here are some pointers on how to stay up to date with the job market:
1. Legal Media/Press – you should be regularly reviewing the jobs sections of the legal press both via their printed editions and their spin-off websites. This is going to assist you in learning about the job market and will help you begin to identify the differing jobs that are available and which you may want to apply for. It is possible to get student discounts on many of the subscriptions for the legal press or alternatively you may find them in your university or law schools libraries or in the public libraries. The Lawyer, the Law Society Gazette and Legal Week are the three main legal publications in the UK.
2. On-line Recruitment Sites – there are many many on-line jobs sites offering a multitude of jobs. Most of these will have a specific legal jobs section but you would be better advised to use dedicated legal recruitment websites. That said, you should be aware that lots of sites promise all the latest legal jobs but some are better than others. The website that seems to be the most reputable one amongst lawyers is called Totally Legal. However, you should know that many of these legal recruitment websites are funded by advertising. You will find therefore that they only offer jobs from law firms and agencies that are paying them an advertising fee. This means that not every newly qualified solicitor vacancy is on their sites so it is worth searching more broadly to see if there are any other vacancies in the field you are looking at.
3. Legal Recruitment Agencies - you will find various agencies that are specialists only in legal recruitment. It is advisable to do some research of these websites to see which ones are going to be the most beneficial for the specific areas of law you are wanting to target. You should then start getting in touch with them and send them your CV and they can then chat through your options with you and the sorts of jobs they have available to you.
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