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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Amma Usman" data-source="post: 192372" data-attributes="member: 36740">Hiya [USER=32706]@ohnoselim[/USER] ,There’s a common misconception that candidates need to have done a load of tasks like winning fancy awards to nail this section of the application. Law firms and recruiters will know and appreciate that most people are at the start of their careers. Furthermore, accomplishments can encompass so many things. The key is to actually ensure you answer the question. For example, if I was to answer this, I would discuss any activities or positions of responsibilities and talk about the achievements. In your case, I believe you could make a compelling case with the last example. Charity fundraising is indeed an activity for the purposes of this question, and you could take your answer to the next level by considering if you could quantify your efforts. How much did you raise? How did you do this? Any transferable skills you got as a result? I would advise shying away from using the first two examples as activities suggests a continuous effort - something you have done regularly. Mentoring schemes and forage experiences are better discussed at the work experience section, or the motivational questions. These are more knowledge development programmes.I’ve also seen people talk about a host of activities and gotten past this stage. From debate competitions to playing tennis. Sometimes, law firms want candidates to be creative with this question - although the exact degree, differs between firms. The word, detail, also means you should expand on whatever you mention in a sufficient context to not leave the reader asking any questions in their head. Depending on the word count, you could link the activities and the skills you got from them to Mishcon‘s key trainee competencies.</blockquote>

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