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Hi, best of luck with everything!! Here's my take on your qs:Hi all! I'm a recent non-law graduate (graduated this year) with no VCs or Open Days for anything so far as I'm just now trying to break through to law. A question before I submit the VC app to NRF:
I'm not overly confident about my work experience and cover letter combination as although you can submit a cover letter, work experience needs to all fit within 2 limited text boxes and then there's a 200 word max supplement text box for "anything else".
The thing is, I've done a lot of volunteering, society work, extracurriculars, let alone having part-time work right now as a waitress which is technically my current job but obviously not as related to law as other experiences I could list (such as a month working as a paralegal in a small London immigration firm last year, and shadowing a boutique commercial solicitor). Does volunteering even count as 'work' experience if I did it for free, and society stuff?
Additionally, in the Cover Letter I think I want to explain why I want to work with NRF which is related to my interest in IP Law and life sciences, and how I've lived in many different countries so the global scale of their transactions is particularly appealing etc. So... my Q's are:
- Should/can I put volunteering as work?
- Is it advisable to not mention anything from the 'work experience' sections in the cover letter to expand my reach?
- In the "anything else" textbox... bulletpoint-style?
Bonus question, mitigating circumstances... I am just explicitly listing "X happened to me and also Y the month after" instead of talking about how I persevered against the odds, or whatever. That's what you're supposed to do, right?
Thank you so much in advance! I don't know if this is allowed (if this isn't allowed I retract the second part of this) but if anyone wants to talk privately about NRF apps and things I'm free to do so as well
Seems like no movement one way or another since that run of PFOs the other day. Not expecting any news til next week at this point.has anyone else still heard nothing from Shearman
Do you mind me asking, how soon you were informed that you had passed the interview stage?Hey guys. I've recently completed the final assessment stage for the Stephenson Harwood winter vacation scheme, that being the written case study, on the 10th last week but am yet to hear back from them. Has anyone else received a reply?
Me neither its killing me...has anyone else still heard nothing from Shearman
it would have been too simple for the run of PFOs to = better news for the rest of us...Seems like no movement one way or another since that run of PFOs the other day. Not expecting any news til next week at this point.
The day after the interview.Do you mind me asking, how soon you were informed that you had passed the interview stage?
I take it as good news, inasmuch we we're still in the running until we're told the we aren't.it would have been too simple for the run of PFOs to = better news for the rest of us...
very true & they said on the open day that it's only one interview before they make a decision.I take it as good news, inasmuch we we're still in the running until we're told the we aren't.
Hi @kapao88Hi all! I'm a recent non-law graduate (graduated this year) with no VCs or Open Days for anything so far as I'm just now trying to break through to law. A question before I submit the VC app to NRF:
I'm not overly confident about my work experience and cover letter combination as although you can submit a cover letter, work experience needs to all fit within 2 limited text boxes and then there's a 200 word max supplement text box for "anything else".
The thing is, I've done a lot of volunteering, society work, extracurriculars, let alone having part-time work right now as a waitress which is technically my current job but obviously not as related to law as other experiences I could list (such as a month working as a paralegal in a small London immigration firm last year, and shadowing a boutique commercial solicitor). Does volunteering even count as 'work' experience if I did it for free, and society stuff?
Additionally, in the Cover Letter I think I want to explain why I want to work with NRF which is related to my interest in IP Law and life sciences, and how I've lived in many different countries so the global scale of their transactions is particularly appealing etc. So... my Q's are:
- Should/can I put volunteering as work?
- Is it advisable to not mention anything from the 'work experience' sections in the cover letter to expand my reach?
- In the "anything else" textbox... bulletpoint-style?
Bonus question, mitigating circumstances... I am just explicitly listing "X happened to me and also Y the month after" instead of talking about how I persevered against the odds, or whatever. That's what you're supposed to do, right?
Thank you so much in advance! I don't know if this is allowed (if this isn't allowed I retract the second part of this) but if anyone wants to talk privately about NRF apps and things I'm free to do so as well
Hey, thanks for the response mate and congrats on the TC offers!Hey, I completely get how you’re feeling! It’s really hard to think positively when you get bad news but you have to keep going. For some context, I did one unsuccessful vac scheme AC, one successful vac scheme AC (but no TC offer), one unsuccessful direct TC AC and finally one successful direct TC AC which I have accepted!
Appreciate the kind words, thank you! and congrats on getting there in the end!The rejection is a killer I completely get where you're coming from. You just have to keep trying and going to events etc until something sticks! In terms of advice, get as much feedback from the places you had ACs at as you can - then you can focus in on what to improve for your next one. There are some v useful resources on here too for stuff like case studies so make the most of those. It can seem pretty bleak sometimes but getting to the AC stage is impressive in its own right so try and keep trucking. And for context I failed 3 ACs before I got a vac scheme. Best of luck
A lot of recruiters tend to avoid processing candidates on a Friday, so this wouldn't surprise me.Seems like no movement one way or another since that run of PFOs the other day. Not expecting any news til next week at this point.
I'm equally surprised as my AC was last Tues and I still have not heard anything...Strange, I had mine last Monday and have not heard anything. But congrats!
After I had an email this week to say they will inform us by the end of the week, which is only the case for some it seems. I have literally just got of the phone with them and they said they are sorry for delays etc etc. everyone will know the outcome on Monday or TuesdayI'm equally surprised as my AC was last Tues and I still have not heard anything...
Thank-you for calling! This situation is strange - surely it makes more sense to notify people in the order in which they were interviewed?After I had an email this week to say they will inform us by the end of the week, which is only the case for some it seems. I have literally just got of the phone with them and they said they are sorry for delays etc etc. everyone will know the outcome on Monday or Tuesday
For me it was 4th time lucky, so fingers crossed it will be for you too!Appreciate the kind words, thank you! and congrats on getting there in the end!
Thank you Nicole!Very strange!
Thank you so much, that is very kind of you. Wishing you all the best with your app as well as your other applications!