An effective contract specialist cover letter can encourage a hiring manager to offer you an interview by describing your professional goals, key qualifications and relevant professional experience.
In a cover letter for a training contract, highlight your commitment to pursuing a career in law, your understanding of the firm's area of practice, and how the training contract fits into your career plan. Be clear about why you see yourself as a part of that specific firm in the long term.
Dear Hiring Manager, I am writing to apply for the Facilitator position at your organization. I am very excited about this opportunity and believe my experience, education, and skills make me an ideal candidate for the role. I have a Bachelor's degree in Education with a focus on curriculum design and instruction.
For a standard professional cover letter - written in order to apply to a company as part of a job search or professional retraining - the letter is divided into 3 main paragraphs: Presentation (you). Interests in the company (them). Your desire to develop within the company, your objectives (you + them).
Your cover letter should be 3-4 paragraphs: One paragraph about the candidate: show that you are suitable for the position. One paragraph about the company. One paragraph about the training projects and missions you could perform for the company. One sentence that reaffirms how diligent and serious you are.
How to make your training contract applications stand out Think about what makes you, uniquely you. Be ruthless -- edit or delete any generic statements. Mention your previous interactions with the firm, no matter how small. Deploy all your hard work on building commercial awareness.
The Linklaters training contract is a structured two-year program that involves trainees rotating through four six-month seats or placements.
Application process: Online application form, Watson Glaser Test, pre-recorded Video Interview, Assessment Day. Eligibility: Our Training Contract is open to penultimate year law students, final year law and non-law students and graduates.
The interview process generally takes the form of x2 partner interviews (2 partners), with one of those being a technical interview involving a case study activity along with a HR interview with a member of a recruitment team.
Length of a period of recognised training If a trainee works for less than 32 hours during a week we would consider this a part time period of recognised training and the trainee will be expected to complete more than the minimum two year requirement.