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Training Contract Mentoring available for law graduates, paralegals and non-qualified lawyers

12 Months Training Contract Application Mentoring for up to 15 law graduates, paralegals and non-qualified lawyers from Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment.

Looking for help finding a training contract?

From January 2013, Jonathan Fagan, legal career coach, author of the Legal Recruitment blog, solicitor (non-practising) and MD of Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment is going to work with up to 15 people for 12 months at a time to help each one to find and secure a training contract and qualify as a solicitor.

The assistance will be as intensive as you want it to be.

You will have access to expert advice on training contracts when you need it by email and telephone, as well as face to face meetings as you progress through the process of making training contract applications. The scheme is just as relevant to those applying for Magic Circle training contracts as it is to those applying to high street law firms.

If you would like to be considered for this scheme, please email us at jobs@ten-percent.co.uk with a copy of your CV and an explanation of your efforts to get a training contract so far. We need to know the following:

1.Your degree class (essential).
2.A level results.
3.List of firms applied to so far (ever).
4.Interviews attended.
5.Work experience obtained.

Our scheme will include a full 2 hour face to face meeting with Jonathan Fagan in London or Chester, 12 months support by email and telephone, 12 months full and unlimited access to all the products in our Legal Careers Shop, interview preparation and analysis, mock interview and assessment sessions, CV preparation and reviews, covering emails and letters, speculative application assistance, two additional follow up face to face support sessions in Chester.

We will select clients we want to work with and reserve the right to reject anyone we do not want to assist. Naturally there will be a cost for this service, which will be paid either on a monthly or annual basis.

To apply to be considered please visit our website at www.ten-percent.co.uk/training-contract-help or email jobs@ten-percent.co.uk

Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment - Online Legal Recruitment for Solicitors, Legal Executives, Fee Earners, Support Staff, Managers and Paralegals. Visit our Website to search or download our Vacancy Database or view our Candidate Database online.
Our Legal Careers Shop has eBooks on CV Writing for Lawyers, Legal Job Interview Guide, Interview Answers for Lawyers, NQ Career Guide, Guide to Finding Work Experience or a Training Contract and the Entrants Guide to the Legal Profession. To visit our Sale/Clearance section please click here.
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