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Sharri Plimbley Director Jill Cowan Executive Consultant

Sharri Plimbley Director Jill Cowan Executive Consultant . Building Future Leaders. Skills & Strategy Transition from Trainee to Assistant Assistant and Beyond. Trainee to Assistant . 3 Options Stay with your training firm Move to a new firm/organisation

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Sharri Plimbley Director Jill Cowan Executive Consultant

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  1. Sharri Plimbley Director Jill Cowan Executive Consultant

  2. Building Future Leaders • Skills & Strategy • Transition from Trainee to Assistant • Assistant and Beyond

  3. Trainee to Assistant 3 Options • Stay with your training firm • Move to a new firm/organisation • Change Career / Leave the Profession / Diversify

  4. Stay • How and when do firms decide how many and in which areas trainees will be kept on within.. • What will the internal process be? • What can you do to ensure you give yourself the best chance? - CV Prep - Department and personnel knowledge - Trainee Reviews (is it a dept you had a seat within) - Personalities involved

  5. Move • When will other firms advertise? • How will they advertise? • How should you get in touch? How to improve your chances.. What options are available?

  6. Change Career, Leave Law Consider this carefully, sometimes a change of firm and culture is enough! • Alternative Career Options • Company Secretarial • Compliance • Risk • Regulatory • Financial Services • Business Route

  7. Assistant & Beyond • Private Practice • In House / Public Sector etc. • Outwith Scotland

  8. PP • Assistant to Associate • Associate to Partner • Partner to Managing Partner

  9. In House / Public Sector • Not many Senior roles in Scotland… • flat structure particularly in local authorities, but more flexibility etc • Can ultimately travel more easily outwith Scotland • Variety of work • Chance to gain experience in new areas of law • Close to the business and their needs

  10. Outwith Scotland When to go further a field? What disciplines are easier than others? How to go about it? • England / Wales • Channel Islands • Overseas – Australia, NZ, Dubai

  11. Values • A Place where the brightest and best want to join • A Place where our people give of their best, enjoy what they do and continually learn develop and grow • A Place where we set the bar ever higher and all get each other over it • A Place where being the best is fun – we work hard and enjoy being with each other • A Place where the competition is outside…

  12. Common Species of Partners • Thunder makers - like rain makers only noisier and more destructive. • Fabulous fliers – look out for the star on the door and the longest profile on the web site. • Glorious individuals – any way as along as its not the same way as you lot. • Down slope coasters – everything in neutral, don’t bother me now… • Stress junkies – can’t you see how fantastically busy I am?

  13. Any Questions…? Q&A

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