Training contracts 2017

CV mail has been buggered for the last 6 hours. I want this application sent ASAP but every time I press send there's an error message. Absolutely raging right now. Is CV mail screwed up for anyone else?

Won't even let me log in! Error message every time

What should you do when you don't know the name of the person to address a cover letter to? Have emailed the firm (Baker & McKenzie) but had no response.

CV mail has been buggered for the last 6 hours. I want this application sent ASAP but every time I press send there's an error message. Absolutely raging right now. Is CV mail screwed up for anyone else?

Searched linkedin and came up with:

Ms Jacqui BernuzziGraduate Recruitment and Development ManagerBaker and McKenzie

Yeah that's what I'm going to go with I think, although I did see other names when I was trying to find an answer :/ Thanks!

Lawcareers.net lists the recruitment contact for most firms.
So I would go with that too

I dunno if anyone else has had a Browne Jacobson interview, but be prepared for a curve ball question.

When were you invited for an interview? I'm still waiting to hear back post Watson Glazer critical thinking test.

Don't assume that is always correct - it only tends to get updated once a year!


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I got the invite on Monday and sat the interview this morning. The interviewer said they intend to short list by the 10th for assessment centres on the 17th.

I dunno if anyone else has had a Browne Jacobson interview, but be prepared for a curve ball question.

Was this the telephone interview, or the face to face interview?

Phone interview

Hi guys, so I've made 10 applications so far and have been rejected for 3... do you think its worth making any more applications now? Ideally I was planning on making 10 but now that I've been rejected for 3, I'm starting to worry and wonder if I should try and make a few more......

Links app has been a nightmare, called up HR about my erroneously submitted application, and they said that I should just edit my profile and add my completed application to the system. I did this, but I'm not sure if my application will be 'updated'?

(This will probably only make sense to those who are familiar with the Links system)




I did/am doing 3 vacation schemes at three top firms, and still applied for about 20 TCs. Some people think I'm crazy, but it just depends on what factors you take into consideration.

If out of those 10, you've got 5 MC, and then 5SC/US, with no vac schemes, then you're playing with fire.

I would try and send 3-4 between now and the deadline, if you have time.

How did you manage to find the time to do that? I'm doing 3 too and all I've done is secure another interview. Even with interview invites, it would be extremely awkward going 'hey firm A, sorry can't come in today since I'm interviewing at firm B'. In any case now you're making me want to send off a few before the deadline haha

I did most of them before starting my vac schemes and just added my grades later. I've done a few on the weekends, but there was no chance of me doing that many whilst juggling vac schemes. I'm only applying to so many, because my uni marks are patchy.

I haven't massively enjoyed my vac schemes, hence why I've made TC apps in such volume. If I had done three, and loved all of them, I would be similar to you, and only apply for a few other firms. Haha, I almost had that exact problem, but was luckily able to re-arrange.

Out of interest, have you found firms to be very interested in where else you're vac-scheming, what you made of the other scheme, and so on? In one of my TC interviews (post VS) the first 5-10 minutes or so was just comparing and contrasting my vac-schemes and presumably trying to get me to dig my own grave. It just seems to crop in conversation a lot more than I'd expect.

From what I've experienced, I feel like doing anymore than maybe 3, and they almost begin to have an unintended effect on how you're viewed.You hear of people doing 4/5 vac-schemes, and I can't imagine how the line of questioning goes once the interviewer finds out..