"Why is there such an exorbitant pay gap betwen newly-qualified (NQ) roles at US firms and their magic circle counterparts in the City? I gather that a lot of students pick the magic circle firms for their quality of training, and that it looks great on your CV, but on qualification, how do these firms manage to retain associates from US firms who pay at least £30k more on qualification?
June 02, 2010 at 06:35 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
“Why is there such an exorbitant pay gap betwen newly-qualified (NQ) roles at US firms and their magic circle counterparts in the City?
“I gather that a lot of students pick the magic circle firms for their quality of training, and that it looks great on your CV, but on qualification, how do these firms manage to retain associates from US firms who pay at least £30k more on qualification?
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