“Hello. Are you a job agency?” “Yes, that’s right.” “Well, I’m looking for a legal job and you’re a job agency, so I need you to help me.” “Okay. What is it that you’re looking for?” “A job in the legal industry.” I’m sure I’m going on with this conversation, it is very boring. However, suffice to say, this conversation carried on for a further minute before it transpired that this was a particularly cantankerous LPC graduate who presumably had been watching too much LA Law or This Life and the way to get into the legal industry was to march your way in and be rude to everyone you speak to. There is almost an assumption amongst people from other industries coming into the profession that there are jobs aplenty, the idea of the purpose of legal job agencies is to simply find anyone who wants one a job. You’ll see in our blog and on our website ( www.ten-percent.co.uk ) numerous articles and comments to the effect that our legal recruitment agency is simply unable to assist with any trai...
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