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You should be able to find a paralegal job fairly easily, but you should expect to be at the bottom doing the menial stuff. But if you're not looking to go down the training contract route just yet then that's what you'll have to do.
With a bit of experience you should be able to find a training contract. You're unlikely to find a training contract that pays your LPC fees as they only tend to be offered by the big corporate firms, but that's not the same thing. The Crown Prosecution Service offer training contracts to anyone with a 2.2 or above, once you have your LPC, and high street firms are often even less strict if you have the experience to make you employable.
You could go and work for my old firm in Newcastle- they're advertising for a "junior trainee paralegal" at the minute. I think that translates as "knucklehead to make the coffee and get paid a pittance for it", but I could be wrong.
ETA: When we were students we lived on shopping of £25 a week and a £3 bottle of wine or a £15 (in total) meal out was extravagant. And now we don't.
This is partly what it's about though. Of those few people who are earning six figures and upwards, my bet is that the thought that they would get turned down for a position never even entered their heads, or, if it did, it was quickly squished by a desire to get to where they want to be. Call it confidence, arrogance, balls, whatever, they have it and that's (partly) how they get where they get to.
Also the lifestyle at uni is different. You (can) have a reasonable amount of disposable income as a student, but that's generally because you're not investing anything into the fineries of life. You tend to "get by".
its true that more often than not rejection / not hearing anything when you are trying so hard to find work does make you feel defeated and low self esteem just contributes to it further. the knack is not to let it get to you or get you down. its easy to not try because your scared of being rejected but the only way your going to win in this world is to take the rejection head on and learn from it. learn how could you have improved, etc. you'll get a job in the end provided you keep on trying for one. just remember that everyone is in the same boat after uni.
But the highest paid people I know didn't work for companies after graduating, they set up their own and are now millionaires. But obviously for every millionaire before 25, there's 100 companies doing poorly...
Also remember "starting salaries" tend to rise quickly - eg I started on £36k, went to £60k after 2yrs, £80k after 4yrs.
Money varies hugely depending on what job/sector you do - I have mates from uni as intelligent as me still earning under £25k cos they went for media, PR etc.
Monday to Friday, wake up 7am, work 7.30am till 9pm, have 4hrs/eve free time, 6 hours sleep.
Saturday and Sunday, completely free. 9 hours sleep and 15 hours a day free.
Not ideal of course but fine to do for a bit when starting out. When I have a family would want more like 40-50 hour week.
can we have a filter so that investment bankers aren't allowed to join? Like when you have to put letters/numbers into a box to confirm you are human.
Only if you don't want a life of some sort.
From what I've read on various websites, this is pretty much the same for me.
Anyways, how's your court case going?
You want to cut down to 50 hours a week when you have a family?
So you dont want to cut down to like 38/40 ish? You know, so you can spend some more time with them all?
I don't think he / she was bragging, it did answer the original question really. I wondered if it was real or just a myth. Still, I don't understand how people get massive bonuses bigger than MDs.
Depends how much money they have made in their dealings. Simple.
If they've done well, they're rewarded. MDs of companies may not be in a position to pay themselves large salaries or bonuses etc.
... and no, Need2Vent wasn't bragging. Simply giving some figures to show that it is possible, hence answering the question. I'm not sure why people are being so hostile. :rolleyes:
You really do just sound full of it
... and yes, it is entirely possible to have a very active social life whilst putting in silly hours. Just depends how you want to play it. Do you want to go home after work, or do you want to go out etc etc. It's totally up to the person to do with their time what they want.
I don't do 70 hours/week (unless working weekends), but 55 hours is quite common and what is often the case is that I find I have more social offers than I know what to do with so usually spend 2 or 3 week nights at home, instead of going out.
I think it's a case of unless you've tried it yourself, you won't know... and even if you have, perhaps it's not for you.
I agree with this. It's as if earning well and admitting it around here makes you a legit target for some reason.
I disagree - what they are saying is correct. IF you are wanting to send your kids to the best private schools, you WILL need a very sizeable income.
It just depends what you are wanting. I don't intend to have children (if I can help it!), and so this is something that won't really have any bearing on me, but if your school is £12000 a year (I have no idea what accurate figures would be here) per child, then you're looking at £36000/year of expenditure just there. You'd have to be on around a six figure salary to support that kind of cost.
All comes down to what you're aiming for and if its attainable or not. You live to your means, in my experience, and so if your means allow you certain 'things' you more often than not will have them.
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Bit of a shame. This new poster certainly hasn't worded anything in any form of offensive manner.
This can't be Ricardo nor Jomery as neither of them had 4/5 years experience.
If going by information posted, people thinking that are simply wrong... But yes, I agree that perhaps they've fouled the water for anybody else from an investment banking background.
True - although I am not sure why they would bother inventing a whole load of extra years of experience...?
Also, Jomery did a different job - although I forget the exact title. He wasn't an investment banker.
Hahhaah - he was the guy who couldn't get a girl (was a virgin and was desperate to lose it), threw his money at party girls (idiot) and generally copped a flaming. People assumed Ricardo was Jomery, even though it was obvious (to some, at least) that he was a totally different character. Admittedly, some similar traits, but not the same person.