Hello, I am looking to apply for legal assistant/ paralegal roles and I wondered the best way to approach this? Should I contact any agencies? I would really appreciate any help as I am struggling, thank you!!
Just to let everyone I wrote a polite email asking if they could provide feedback and they did! It was quite detailed as well (which was also a bit humbling haha) - basically all the things I doubted about it were true 😭
It was a lengthy written exercise wasn't it! I think this rejection was one of the toughest ones to accept for me - just got to wait for the email now. Good luck with the rest of your apps!
Out of interest, why do some firms send out successful/ unsuccessful correspondence in one batch and then take longer ie a day or more to send out the opposite outcome to the other candidates? Not sure if I made any sense! I’m not so much meaning after the final stage as I understand reasons for...
Agreed!! I also want to add that smaller firms can sometimes have really specific requirements eg type of person, specific experience, recruit a very small amount of trainees, have a higher threshold for legal experience (possibly as they may have lower budget for training) etc and I actually...
I’m 99% sure it’s to do with when you submitted the VI, just to keep clear communication with the candidates, I think it could even be an automated one as mine was sent about 2 weeks after I submitted! I don’t think it has anything to do with if you’ve progressed or not!
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