Well, you got here based on all your past decisions, so that's a solid starting point. It's about selling your experiences together.
I think the key thing about telling a story is thinking about the skills you used and developed during your work experience and explain why that led to you seeking a career in commercial law and how those skills can be applied to being commercial lawyer at A&O. An example would be if you worked in retail as a sales person - you had to build connections with clients understanding what they were looking for and apply your knowledge of the products to best meet their expectations. As a solicitor you need to understand the business of your client and what their goals are, so you can apply your commercial and legal knowledge to help them achieve that.hi everyone,
does anyone have any tips for 'telling a story' ? I'm applying for A&O Shearman's winter vac scheme, and I'm lost writing the work experience sections. I went to one of the application masterclass things, and the grad recruitment people kept emphasising they wanted us to tell a story in our work exp section.
i'm not even sure what i'm doing, it's my first vac scheme application. I've got a few retail and hospitality jobs, some volunteering in a hospital, a few insight days, and I'm a campus ambassador, I'm not sure how to craft that into a story, or how to tell that story in a work exp section.
any help is much appreciated!!!!
Ps I wrote something very similar to this so best not to copy and paste but I hope this gives you some insight into how you can structure your work experience and skills around being a trainee lawyer.