Newly Qualified Jobs

[SweetLola]

Qualifying soon , but wanna start my NQ post in August so I can travel a bit.

Ive started taking a looksy in the Gazette etc.. but it all seems a bit scanty and few an dfar between. Is it the time of the year ???

Hoping to get into property or Employment (still undecided)

Do you know of any websites that are useful for NQ vacancies ?.
What sources did you use when looking for your NQ post ?
Are you better off signing up with an agency ?

Thanks guys

[Webmaster]

Once you're at the NQ stage many firms only recruit through agencies.

Try the following job search engines:

The Lawyer Jobs
Law Society Gazette Jobs
Totally Legal

Try the following agencies:

Hudson
Graham Gill
Hays Legal

[SweetLola]

Thank webmaster . That was very useful .

Just thought I'd share this peice I stumbled across since my initial post in case there are any other NQs reading this
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Timetable for Job hunting

The best time to start looking for work is about 6 months before qualifying. You may be a bit despondent that no posts appear in the Law Society Gazette for newly qualified solicitors, or at least very few do. This is fairly normal these days, as firms get a lot of candidates via recruitment consultants or through individual speculative applications.

From the second year of your training contract, we recommend finding out or getting an indication from your current firm as to whether an offer of a newly qualified solicitor post is going to be forthcoming, and in which field of law.

For a September qualifier, you need to start registering with your chosen recruitment agent from about the middle of March onwards. Contact the agent again each month to check to see whether any progress has taken place. The normal busy period is usually in May and June, but firms start collating CVs and interviewing from March with a view to a September start.

If you are a January qualifier the normal time to start looking is late September or October. The Christmas break is normally very quiet, and it is important to ensure that interviews are arranged before then.

At any other time of the year we recommend using the rule of thumb and looking 6 months before your training contract is due to expire.