PREPARING A CV
Strive to present a clear and concise CV containing relevant information laid out in a logical manner.
Remember that the reader will tend to ´scan´ the document at first and will want to find the important information easily and quickly.
At the head of the CV give your personal details including full name, address, telephone numbers and email.
Below this should be inserted your academic achievements, where they were obtained and the grades achieved.
Follow this with experience gained at work in the legal profession with the latest/current employment first, name of employer, position(s) held, duties and responsibilities.
It is important that you give the reader a clear impression of the range and variety of work that you have handled and an insight into your actual legal experience. You will appreciate that people doing similar sorts of jobs for similar lengths of time may well have handled very different cases in very different circumstances and so their actual experience will not be the same.
Identify achievements and successes in each role and give an indication of the types of client you dealt with. Be positive in tone.
If you have been involved in marketing, business development and promotional activities these should be recorded since they are often of great interest to a prospective employer.
If there are any gaps in employment give a brief explanation in the appropriate place.
As a guide, we suggest a CV should be 2 - 4 pages long.
When the CV is received by Bewley Legal Recruitment we will discuss its contents in order that we have a clear understanding of your capabilities and achievements so that we can confidently recommend you.
NOTES ON PREPARING FOR AN INTERVIEW
An interview is an occasion when your personal presentational skills are as important as your knowledge and experience.
Make sure that you arrive punctually, that you are smart and well turned out.
You must prepare carefully and well. Research the firm. Bewley Legal Recruitment will provide basic information about the firm, provide maps to the location and give the names of the people with whom the interview will take place. However, you, the candidate, must make yourself familiar with their size, profile and reputation so that you are clear in your own mind as to how you view the firm. Much information can be gained from the traditional directories or by using the internet. Put yourself in a position to ask and answer questions about the firm and how it works.
Review and know your C.V. and be able to discuss it confidently.
Think about questions that you may be asked to establish your technical knowledge relevant to the position for which you are being interviewed. Be prepared also to answer technical questions of a general rather than specific nature.
At the interview itself, try to be at ease. Remember that the interviewer needs to fill the vacancy successfully and so should be prepared to answer your questions and provide information. Take time to think about the question before answering. Try to be concise. If possible and appropriate, try to illustrate your answer with a related and successful instance in your experience.
You must be completely honest.
At the end of the interview, establish the next stage and the timescale.
Please contact us. We will be pleased to help
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49 Park Street,
Bristol
BS1 5NT
0117 949 9988
legal@bewleyrecruitment.com
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