Do you have the skills an employer is looking for?

Students set to graduate next year lack the interpersonal skills needed to succeed in the workplace, according to new research.
Talent assessment solutions provider SHL asked eight companies, including the NHS and KPMG, what they look for in graduates. Read More

Target Jobs - National Pupillage Fair

The TARGETjobs National Pupillage Fair is open from 10.30am to 3.00pm on Saturday 5 March 2011 at Lincoln’s Inn and is a great opportunity for students looking for pupillage to meet representatives from chambers, course providers and other organisations essential to a successful career at the Bar. Link to further information

Institute of Paralegals pledge to improve law graduates employability.

The Institute of Paralegals is pledging to support law graduates by helping to increase their employability.
The organisation plans to implement the Introductory Level Competency Standards for Paralegals into law degrees to equip students with the necessary skills needed to pursue a career as a paralegal if they choose. Read more...
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SRA - student enrolment and completion of the academic stage of training processes

The SRA student enrolment and completion of the academic stage of training processes is going online in mid February. (See link on the left under Pupillage and LPC Application - requirments for commencing an LPC course).  NOTE: The SRA will no longer be sending student enrolment application forms direct to students. The emphasis is on you to ensure that you have the necessary documents submitted in time to commence the Legal Practice Course.

Interested in a placement year in industry?

Book your place at the Midlands Recruitment Event
28th February 2011 at The University of Nottingham.
Up to 20 companies will be interviewing for  9—12 months paid work placements in Midlands and National Locations Placements in Engineering, Science, IT & Computing, Logistics and Business
For more information contact Laura Forbes, on: 0115 951 6688 E: l.forbes@etrust.org.uk
Or apply on-line @ www.yini.org.uk

Testimonial on the value of graduate internships

Dan Lamoon from Dusk2Dawn comments on the benefits of graduate interns.  link to videoclip

Charity Works Launch

For the first time charities have come together to create a shared graduate traineeship and high flyers programme  Read More details.  Recruitment will open 1st February (details) when a link will be available in the current vacancies section of this blog.

Children with learning disabilities more likely to go to prison

Children with learning disabilities and other impairments are more likely to go to prison than other young people because the youth justice system is failing to recognise their needs, according to a major survey of youth offending team (YOT) staff. Link to Seen and Heard Report

Proposed Policing Reform

Public to have more say in policing in radical shake-up

The biggest shake-up in policing for more than half a century have been unveiled with plans to recruit tens of thousands of volunteer officers and give the public more influence in what the police do. Read More

IPCC Update re N Yorkshire Police recruitment investigation

A misconduct meeting has upheld a case for misconduct against Adam Briggs, the Deputy Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police.
DCC Briggs faced the meeting following an Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation into allegations that he assisted a relative to circumvent part of a recruitment process for police constables run by North Yorkshire Police in February 2010.  Read More
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Government's Green Paper on Sentencing

Government's Green Paper on Sentencing signals shift in funding to focus on rehabilitation.  Commenting on the green paper Sir Alan Beith MP, Chair of the Justice Committee, said:  Ken Clarke is right to seek a rehabilitation revolution: the all-party Justice Committee unanimously recommended that funding should be shifted from extra prison places to rehabilitation, drug and alcohol treatment, mental health provision and early intervention to prevent youngsters getting involved in crime in the first place.  Read More   Link to green paper.  Daily Telegraph Review of proposals (Mary Riddell)  Comment, Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust.

Police Recruitment continues in Scotland.

Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill today welcomed figures showing a Scottish Government pledge to recruit more than 1,000 new police officers continues to be delivered ahead of target.  Central Police is seeking new recruits and Northern Police are now working through existing applications, means the Scottish Government's pledge to deliver an additional 1,000 police officers remains on track.  Link to Central Scotland Recruitment

Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook

If you haven't already got one from the Law School there are copies of, The Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook available in the Careers Center. It contains a directory of hundreds of law firms and sets of chambers.

PSA Peugeot Citroen Graduate Scheme

Vacancies
X 3 Commercial Vacancies,
Can include Sales, Marketing, Distribution, etc
2:1 degree or above in ANY discipline (current recruits include French and Politics and Geography Graduates)
Driving Licence Essential, GCSE French grade C essential
X 1 HR, X 1 IT, X 1 Logistics as above
Closing Date 31/12/10
X 3 Retail
Based in showrooms locations.  Not online as until New Year
Key Details for scheme
· 2-4 placements during first year,  Various training package, including French
· Starting Salary of £25,450 and 4 year salary plan
· Car Scheme, · 26 days holiday
Key Competencies –
Communication, Planning and Organising, Influencing, Problem Analysis, Judgement and Problem Solving,
Resilience and Self Confidence, Building and Maintaining relationships, Achievement Orientation, Taking Responsibility
See link under current vacancies

Target Jobs launches on-line careers support for students

The TARGETjobs Careers Report uses questionnaires and psychometric tests to explore your interests, strengths, personality and abilities and matches you to jobs that would suit you.  Link

Review of Work Based Learning pilot

The trial of work-based learning to replace the Training Contract has finished, leaving the SRA to consider whether to roll it out to all firms. Julie Brannan of the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice and Jane Ching of Nottingham Law School assess the pros and cons of WBL, and how it might change the face of training. Read more...