I am now in the middle of my third round of job applications for training contracts. My CV is sparkling, I have a respectable 2:1 law degree and an LLM in corporate law from LSE. I have work experience from five vacation placements, one three-month placement with a corporate firm abroad and four months as a legal secretary, plus I even have ‘additional activities’ like backpacking half way round the world and playing rugby. Yet I still have no training contract! Despite getting plenty of interviews, I never convince them I am the one for the job.
When is it just time to quit and change direction? If I don’t get what I’m after this year, would I be crazy to work as a paralegal for a year and then start yet another round in summer ’08? My focus has been entirely on getting the training contract I want for the past four years… it’s still not happening so what now?
