What is it with Law firms?

[Viney]

I went for a job at a law firm on monday, but didnt get a second interview because i had no legal experience. Now thats fine if i was going for a job as a lawer, but im not, i work in a print room and im a manager, so i find that my experienbce is pretty damn near transferable as it can be. Copying is copying, and printing is printing etc etc, and management skills are just that, no matter what the industry. Speaking to my mate who is an IT manager for a games company, he says the saem, that legal firms want people with legal experience, and again, he doenst find it relevent to his industry.

So what is it with law firms, why will they only recruit people with legal experience,and yet still interview people with out it?

It was just a cop out answer and an easy out for them. They just didn't like you.

HTH

PS I love you.

[Viney]

Originally Posted by Scoobs

It was just a cop out answer and an easy out for them. They just didn't like you.

HTH

PS I love you.

Duuuuuurrrrrr I know that! Now give me a real reason you sponge

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Viney

Duuuuuurrrrrr I know that! Now give me a real reason you sponge

Because all Lawyers are cnuts?

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Because all Lawyers are cnuts?

I've heard it all before problem is that IT people always want things their own way, and it's a fairly fundamental point that IT strategy should always be aligned with business strategy and not the other way round, but IT people are always so big-headed and full of themselves that they can't see this, they always know better, so feel like second class citizens because they are always being told 'no', leading to a feeling of low self-esteem and therefore abuse

And you knew I'd read this SK

But I don't understand why you need legal experience to run a print room. And it must have been obvious that you didn't have any from your CV, so why bother with an IV if this was a requirement of the role? Doesn't stack up.

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Because all Lawyers are cnuts?

Originally Posted by Ed

but IT people are always so big-headed and full of themselves

ah nothing like sweeping generalisations is there

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Ed

I've heard it all before problem is that IT people always want things their own way, and it's a fairly fundamental point that IT strategy should always be aligned with business strategy and not the other way round, but IT people are always so big-headed and full of themselves that they can't see this, they always know better, so feel like second class citizens because they are always being told 'no', leading to a feeling of low self-esteem and therefore abuse

And you knew I'd read this SK

But I don't understand why you need legal experience to run a print room. And it must have been obvious that you didn't have any from your CV, so why bother with an IV if this was a requirement of the role? Doesn't stack up.

I was actually commenting based on what Vixis says on a near daily basis, based on the fact that she is a Legal Secretary for a Firm that has its offices right next to Grays Inn Field.....

Mind you, knowing you would read this didn't hurt any either Ed

I often think that the world would be a better place if someone would just simplify the law and the way it works so that we didn't need a bunck of overpaid translators to go about our daily business.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

ah nothing like sweeping generalisations is there

Correctamundo mister Fizz - just like 'all lawyers are cnuts'

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

I often think that the world would be a better place if someone would just simplify the law and the way it works so that we didn't need a bunck of overpaid translators to go about our daily business.

Yeah. And oh for the days of log tables again

Originally Posted by Ed

Correctamundo mister Fizz - just like 'all lawyers are cnuts'

which is why fizz included the "cnut" allegations in the original quote....