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CV Blooper of the Month Never depend on spellcheck when writing your CV! Taken from a finance CV. The candidate also forgot to include his name. Jonathan Fagan is Managing Director of Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment and a non-practising Solicitor. Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment provides online Legal Recruitment for Solicitors, Legal Executives, Fee Earners, Support Staff, Managers and Paralegals . Visit our Website to search our Vacancy Database.

CV Blooper of the Month Extract from Paralegal's CV - more "incomprehensible waffle" than a "blooper" but included nevertheless! Profile: I am a highly motivated, focused, determined, enthusiastic person with a sophisticated acquaintance of grasping beyond what individuals reckon in a brief conversation. Startling communication skills that allow me as an interlocutor to predict and endeavour to persuade clients. I have a confident pro active character which enables me to use my own initiative at work, a stereotypic ideas changer with ability of generating new ones. I can work proactively in a complex and busy environment. I am a quick learner who is able to absorb new ideas. HR departments - seen any good bloopers recently? Send them over to cv@ten-percent.co.uk and if I publish them I'll send you a £10 Waterstones voucher by way of thanks. Jonathan Fagan is Managing Director of Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment and a non-practising Sol...

CV Blooper of the Month Extract from Senior Solicitor's CV - 30 years experience. Education - O Levels in English, Math’s, Geography, History HR departments - seen any good bloopers recently? Send them over to cv@ten-percent.co.uk and if I publish them I'll send you a £10 Waterstones voucher by way of thanks. Jonathan Fagan is Managing Director of Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment and a non-practising Solicitor. Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment provides online Legal Recruitment for Solicitors, Legal Executives, Fee Earners, Support Staff, Managers and Paralegals . Visit our Website to search our Vacancy Database.

CV Bloopers of the Month Full CV received from a 10 year PQE Solicitor applying for a commercial solicitor role in London. [Name Address Email, Phone] Personal statement I like to provide service to the highest standard. I used to have very high marks for essays. I worked in Legal departments of local authority and many large law firms. Work Experience Solicitor Responsibilities & Achievements - sole practitioner CV sent for a training contract application "Work Experience I work from 12 years old. Any salesmanship and last 4 years as store manager." (no other details provided) Jonathan Fagan is Managing Director of Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment and a non-practising Solicitor. Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment provides online Legal Recruitment for Solicitors, Legal Executives, Fee Earners, Support Staff, Managers and Paralegals . Visit our Website to search our Vacancy Database.

CV Blooper(s) of the Month This is taken from a law student's CV: "I went to watch a court case in the old bailey where a young man was being cross examined (a term I learned there ) for a drug charge. He represented himself without a lawyer and I was surprised by the strength of his rebuttals (another term I learned there) and also by how eloquently and respectfully everybody talked in the court. When leaving I decided that I was a bit more sure that I wanted to ingeniously use a thorough knowledge of the law as a career. I decided to enter a Cambridge Law essay competition where the question was “Should we repeal the human rights act 1998 “. The effort and private study I put into this essay was proof enough for me that I was compatible with a law career. I naturally feel I gravitate towards law, I love writing, studying and thinking about it. I haven’t been able to get an opportunity to explore any fields of law which I hope to do in summer." You couldn't ma...

CV Blooper of the Month - May 2017 CV Blooper of the Month: References section from a CV of a Paralegal applying for a job:

CV Blooper of the Month- spotted on a legal CV sent to Ten Percent Legal Recruitment in March 2017. Jonathan Fagan is Managing Director of Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment and a non-practising Solicitor. Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment provides online Legal Recruitment for Solicitors, Legal Executives, Fee Earners, Support Staff, Managers and Paralegals . Visit our Website to search our Vacancy Database.