“I completed my legal training in 2004, prior to which I worked in the legal departments of both an animation production company and an independent record label for a number of years. In 2005, I started working as a freelance business consultant providing commercial services (negotiating agreements, dispute resolution etc). Last year I decided to return to employment and since then I have been looking for a commercial/media-based in-house role.
“My problem is that the experience that I gained as a business consultant seems to have no value in PQE assessments (or so the recruitment agencies have told me), and rather than helping to identify me as motivated and commercially aware, it seems to have placed me into a ‘risky’ category. I’ve enquried about contract positions and even junior or non-qualified positions, but to no avail…
