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Come to Legal Circles for expert, impartial advice on your legal career. Our
advisory services are for anyone working in the law, or planning
a career in law.
You'll learn valuable life skills that will continue to serve you long after you have found your next job!
Most recruitment agencies are focused on finding people to match their job vacancies. If you don't fit, they'll look for someone else who does. But when you book a career consultation with Legal Circles, we focus on YOUR case. We look at what you uniquely can offer an employer, how you can best communicate that, and how you can make opportunities for yourself.
If you're a recent graduate, go to our Resources area and download the FREE article "Applying for your First Legal Job"
The
Right Legal Career for You
Wondering
which field of law to pursue? With over twenty five years in the
legal profession, we can advise you on your options in the
legal job market and help you identify the best fields for you.
Improve your Resume
Does your resume
do justice to what you have to offer an employer? We can advise
on how to make a bigger impact with your job application, and
how to prepare yourself for interview.
Interview Practice
Got an interview at last?
Make the most of the opportunity - don’t practise on the
real thing! We can put you through a simulated interview and
advise you how to improve your performance and prepare yourself
for the big day. Follow-up sessions are available to discuss
and learn from your interview experiences, and improve for next
time!
Develop your Client Base
The lawyers who are most in demand are those with a client following. Learn how to develop a client base and meet those clients’ changing needs. You’ll increase your value to your current firm too, to help you get promoted and avoid the risk of redundancy. Attract the sort of work that you would really enjoy doing, and have a more satisfying career.
Testimonials
After the consultation I was inspired, and oozing enthusiasm!
Following the interview practice with you, my interview went very well. All my preliminary nerves dissipated as soon as I arrived, and I received an offer of employment, which I have accepted - thank you for your help!
The way in which I was communicating my qualities to Human Resources Managers was not working well. After having an appointment with Legal Circles,, I got an interview within a week, and within another two weeks I was working with a law firm. Shelley helped me answer the difficult interview questions like "Why do you want to work with this firm?" without giving the standard sycophantic responses. She helped me focus on my career and how I was going to get what I wanted.
Your input has been invaluable and has helped me to rethink the current strategies that I am focusing on and has singled out certain areas where I should focus my direction.
Thank you so much
for your advice re the letter of application. I took your advice
and I really think it made a big difference, especially in relation
to getting the initial interview.
It was great to have a candid discussion about the legal industry and to discuss different career options
Thank you for helping me with my job search. It has made me focus on what I would really like to achieve and what I need to do in order to achieve those goals.
You seemed to understand and respect the values that influence my choice of work
The professional advice
you gave me was invaluable and provided a focus for the next
stage of my professional development.
Opportunity-Awareness Assessment
The QO² ™ instrument* is a measure of the energy you put into either seeing opportunities or seeing obstacles. Whether you’re looking for a job or developing your client base, you’ll learn how to be more effective. If you focus most of your energy on seeing opportunities, you’re optimistic and respond positively to new ideas. But you don’t always see potential difficulties, so sometimes you misjudge situations and take unnecessary risks. If you focus most of your energy on seeing obstacles, you tend to see all the things that might go wrong. That’s great for risk management, but you might ignore good opportunities, regarding the risks as too great. We give you a questionaire to complete and make a time to meet with you. You receive a written report giving feedback and strategies for balancing your approach, which we explain and discuss with you.
*supplied by Team Management Systems.
To make an appointment for any advisory service, call Shelley Dunstone on 8407 3532 or email shelley.dunstone@legalcircles.com
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