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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 119734" data-attributes="member: 2672">Unfortunately one intake doesn’t really show anything and I’d discourage anyone from looking at one intake alone. I’d look at the average over at least 3 years to get a better idea of what is happening.But even then the figures could be down to a whole range of factors, including the following:Why it could be lower:- people leave the legal industry altogether- people want to move to places where the firm doesn’t have offices- trainees weren’t good enough- the practice areas on offer were not what the qualifying trainees wanted- trainees were headhunted by other firms- the firm didn’t have vacancies due to high retention figures among associates (that’s potentially a positive as shows people want to stay)Why it could be higher:- the firm actually under recruited the number of trainees- trainees have had to defer due to personal reasons/extended leave or left the firm during their TC meaning fewer people were looking to qualify- the firm has gone through a period of growth, but that won’t necessarily be sustained- the firm has poor associate retention figures- a pregnancy/secondment/sabbatical boom in associate populationsMy general advice is unless the firm’s retention rate is quite frequently below 75% not to worry about it too much in all honesty. 75% is not a bad retention figure - it’s actually pretty good in my opinion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 119734, member: 2672"] Unfortunately one intake doesn’t really show anything and I’d discourage anyone from looking at one intake alone. I’d look at the average over at least 3 years to get a better idea of what is happening. But even then the figures could be down to a whole range of factors, including the following: [U][B]Why it could be lower:[/B][/U] - people leave the legal industry altogether - people want to move to places where the firm doesn’t have offices - trainees weren’t good enough - the practice areas on offer were not what the qualifying trainees wanted - trainees were headhunted by other firms - the firm didn’t have vacancies due to high retention figures among associates (that’s potentially a positive as shows people want to stay) [B][U]Why it could be higher:[/U][/B] - the firm actually under recruited the number of trainees - trainees have had to defer due to personal reasons/extended leave or left the firm during their TC meaning fewer people were looking to qualify - the firm has gone through a period of growth, but that won’t necessarily be sustained - the firm has poor associate retention figures - a pregnancy/secondment/sabbatical boom in associate populations My general advice is unless the firm’s retention rate is quite frequently below 75% not to worry about it too much in all honesty. 75% is not a bad retention figure - it’s actually pretty good in my opinion. [/QUOTE]

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