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Impressing at Open Days and Insight Evenings

Attending a firm’s Open Day or Insight Evening is one of the best ways to get to know a firm before applying to their Vacation Scheme or Training Contract. You will hear about the firm, have the chance to speak with the recruitment team and importantly, network! Never underestimate the importance of these events –Continue reading “Impressing at Open Days and Insight Evenings”

Applications for Open Days and Insight Evenings

Firms will often hold information days/evenings in their office during the application season. These are sometimes called Open Days, Insight Evenings, Firm Presentations and so on. They may invite you to their office for a presentation followed by some networking or it could an informal networking session. I’ve also seen a few ‘Pizza and Prosecco’Continue reading “Applications for Open Days and Insight Evenings”

What would I have done differently if writing vacation scheme applications again?

One of my LinkedIn connections asked me what I would have done differently in the next cycle of applications. I thought this was a great questions for a number of reasons but primarily because since I wasn’t going to apply for more Vacation Schemes (since I have already signed my Training Contract) I hadn’t yetContinue reading “What would I have done differently if writing vacation scheme applications again?”

Online Applications

Welcome to the first step of securing a Vacation Scheme or Training Contract! In this blog you’ll find my top tips when it comes to online applications. Keeping track of deadlines My top tip for keeping track of application deadlines is to create a spreadsheet/table/equivalent which contains the name of the firm, the deadline, andContinue reading “Online Applications”

Top 3 tips when applying to Vacation Schemes

Hi everyone! The most common question I get asked on LinkedIn is what my top tips are when applying to Vacation Schemes or Training Contracts. This post is going to give you my general top 3 tips of the overall process but have a look at my other blogs for specific tips on each stageContinue reading “Top 3 tips when applying to Vacation Schemes”

CMS Vacation Scheme application process

I get quite a few questions about CMS and their Vacation Scheme recruitment process. Having gone through the entire process myself in 2018/2019, I’m happy to answer any more questions about CMS. Before we start, here are a few points: 1 – Where can I get more information about CMS? Campus Brand Ambassadors Email theContinue reading “CMS Vacation Scheme application process”

Why I applied to CMS

One of the many questions I get is why I applied to CMS or what made me want to apply to their Vacation Scheme in particular. Why CMS? I applied to the CMS Academy because I was intrigued by their highly innovative, dynamic and forward-facing culture. They use some incredible legal tech and have aContinue reading “Why I applied to CMS”