Service for Candidates
We've spent a fair amount of time detailing in our
Candidate
Charter the standards of service you can expect from Career Counsel and we
set out here the full range of services we offer to our lawyer candidates. Our
aim is to provide the step-by-step assistance necessary to enable you to make
informed decisions about your career options and, ultimately, to identify and
secure your new position.
No Commitment Discussion
Often you'll have questions before you are ready to start the recruitment
process proper and, no doubt, you'll want to satisfy yourself that
we're people you'll be comfortable working with. We will be delighted
to have an informal, general and confidential discussion with you
about the target market and your options and, if appropriate, how
best to proceed. We do not need a CV at this stage although it's
always helpful.
Initial Interview
During the initial interview, we aim to find out as much about
you, your background, motivations and preferences as possible. Not
only does this help us to identify the positions that might be right
for you, but it also enables us to provide the full and detailed
candidate profile that our clients have come to expect from us.
During the interview, we'll also discuss and agree a bespoke recruitment
strategy that is designed to achieve your goals in a manner that
you are totally comfortable with.
We prefer to meet all our candidates in person and this is an arrangement
that they too generally prefer. However, should this not be possible,
for whatever reason, we can conduct a comprehensive interview by
telephone.
Psychometric Assessment & Career Guidance
We offer British Psychological Society approved ability and personality
psychometric testing services to our candidates and clients, carried
out by trained and qualified assessors.
By helping individuals to define their career motivations and preferences
and to identify certain psychological traits and tendencies, psychometric
assessment can be extremely useful in assisting lawyers to make
better informed career decisions. These days, law firms are also
adopting more and more sophisticated methods in order to make informed
hiring decisions, and increasing numbers are employing psychometric
assessment on a regular basis.
Whether you are looking to undertake a full career review - perhaps
entirely independently of the recruitment process - or want to practise
and prepare yourself for possible future testing, please do contact
us for further information.
Psychometric assessment is voluntary and confidential.
Market & Salary Reports
We'll make sure that you have all the information you need about
the target market to make sensible and well informed career decisions.
Presentation Advice
It is in our interest to work closely with you to ensure that you
are presenting yourself in the best way possible to prospective
employers, both on paper and in person. Whether you need help revising
your CV, drafting a business plan or brushing up on interview technique,
we have the experience to offer all the advice and guidance you
might need.
Formal Interview Training
It may have been some years since you last had a formal job interview and you might feel that you
could benefit from a little practice (most of us could!). Alternatively, you may find yourself regularly
missing out on new positions at the interview stage. Either way, professional interview training can
make a real difference to your confidence and chances of success at interview.
Career Counsel has negotiated a great deal with Bristol based AF Consulting to deliver interview
training and guidance at the discounted rate of £210 for a two hour session. What is more, if you
are successful in securing a new role through Career Counsel, we will refund the full cost of your
session's training.
AF Consulting is run by Antonia Fowell, a former solicitor, recruiter and head of legal recruitment
at a national law firm.She is ideally placed to guide you through the recruitment interview
process and make sure you make the best possible impression on any prospective employer.
Please contact us for further information.
Pre-Interview Briefings
We will provide you with as much information as feasible about
the role, the firm and the key personalities prior to any interview.
By developing close relationships with our law firm clients, we
aim to give you the inside track, so that you can be as well prepared
as possible.
Offer Management
A lot of the hard work may have been done by now, but in many respects
this is the most crucial stage. We will provide practical and commercial
advice on all aspects of offer management and will guide you through
the various negotiation, resignation and notice phases.
Where you have multiple offers, we will work with you to ensure
that you maintain control of the process and will liaise closely
with you and our clients to ensure that all parties are kept informed
as to progress.
Downloadable Documents
Please also see our Resources page.
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