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Working as a newly qualified solicitor is what the majority of qualified second year trainee solicitors will want to be doing by the end of the summer. But the result for many will not be so good.

Law firms have been tightening their belts due to the economic crisis and therefore retention rates have been dropping. This means that as much as firms might like to keep certain individuals in a job after their training contracts that they will not be able to.

The result of this is that there will be so many jobless newly qualified flooding in to the job market. Given that many firms do not take on all of their trainee solicitors it is unlikely that they will therefore want to take on newly qualified solicitors from other firms.

The situation for some will therefore be bleak. Because there will be unsuccessful at securing a job at the firms that trained them and they may not be able to beat the competition for newly qualified solicitor jobs that are in the market.

If this happens to you there are a few options open to you. First thing to do is to build relationships with the recruitment agencies available in your area, and by doing that they will think of you when the next newly qualified solicitors jobs arise.

Always stay up to date with the new vacancies that come up in the legal press and on legal jobs websites is what you are advised to do. Spending time working on getting your applications looking as best they can is worthwhile. Have a search on the internet for tips on CV’s and covering letters and make sure you do not just recycle the applications you used for your training contract.

To continue to get legal work experience if it happens that you do not succeed in getting a job at first, you could consider getting a job as a paralegal. Prospective employers may see this as a positive thing in you.

You can take a break if you do not feel you want to work as a paralegal, or you can take a gap year and comeback in the market after a few months or a year when it may have picked up a bit.

For more information about how to get newly qualified solicitor jobs please go to the website at www.newlyqualifiedsolicitorjobs.co.uk

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