The majority of second year trainee solicitors will be qualifying as solicitors at the end of the summer and hoping to continue their careers as a newly qualified solicitor. However, the reality for many will not be so good.
Law firms have been tightening their belts due to the economic crisis and therefore retention rates have been dropping. This will mean that many law firms will not be able to keep certain individuals in a job after their training contracts even if they wanted to.
There will be a flood of jobless newly qualifieds into the job market because of this. Given that many firms do not take on all of their trainee solicitors it is unlikely that they will therefore want to take on newly qualified solicitors from other firms.
The situation for some will therefore be bleak. Because there will be unsuccessful at securing a job at the firms that trained them and they may not be able to beat the competition for newly qualified solicitor jobs that are in the market.
If this happens to you there are a few options open to you. For you to be considered as a candidate when the next newly qualified solicitors jobs come up, you need to build relationships with the recruitment agencies in your area.
You should also keep an eye on the legal jobs websites and legal press for new vacancies that come up. It is also worth spending time working on getting your application documents looking as best they can. You can look for some guidelines on the internet on how to make good CV’s and covering letters and also make sure that you do not recycle the applications you used for your training contract.
You could consider getting a job as a paralegal if it happens that you do not succeed in getting a newly qualified position as this will give you some valuable legal work experience. This can show something positive in you that prospective employers will want.
You can take a break if you do not feel you want to work as a paralegal, or you can take a gap year and comeback in the market after a few months or a year when it may have picked up a bit.
For more details about how to get newly qualified solicitor jobs please visit the website at www.newlyqualifiedsolicitorjobs.co.uk
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