Ok so I apologise for the catchy heading and like Game of Thrones winter may take more than seven seasons finally to arrive for the legal profession. The point of this article is the opposite, yes change is coming but the death of the legal services industry is not upon us. What follows winter is spring and the career of the future lawyer remains bright. I want young lawyers and students considering a career in law to understand that change is on the horizon but they can stil

This post in my series Recruitment Unbundled is about cv registration and is really the second half of the last post about cowboy recruiters and the shotgun approach. Registering a cv can mean two separate processes: Sending (registering) your cv to a recruitment agency A recruiter registers (submits) your cv with a client for a job. Both of these processes are perfectly normal when done so with the correct intent and professionalism. Registering your cv with a recruiter is

In the third edition of the series Recruitment Unbundled the subject is one which seems to cause the most irritation and frustration and frequently lights up social media - 'the cowboy recruiter'. Another week goes by and more negativity is written about recruitment. What amazes me is that people have so much time to write articles on Linkedin and Forbes about what terrible people they deal with in the recruitment and human capital world. Interesting too that for an industry

Yes it may sound strange that someone who owns a business would not want to operate at 100% all the time but the simple fact is it just does not work and leads to poor decision making, stress and eventually chaos. I say that while I set up my new business the Human Consultancy and find myself, ironically, working from the minute I wake until I realise that I need to sleep late at night. This is start up world and I just have to do what I need to do, have been there before and

Tips on finding a good recruiter to help your career and job search, from Ed Andrew an international headhunter with over 20 years experienc