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Law Applications
Online applications play host to the biggest cull of candidates
Online applications; we all have to go through them!
Online applications are the initial hurdle that most legal employers now have in place. With their brief, tricky and often monotonous questions, online applications are a necessary evil to gaining that golden ticket.
At the best of times it can be difficult with all the words in the world to describe why you're the 'ideal' candidate, let alone the tiny word limits found in most online applications. That is why we thought this section was sorely needed.
Aware that online applications are a particularly big issue for all of you out there, if you have any issues that you would like us to address, please let us know at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). If you're after a quick fix though, drop off a question on the forum.
If any of your law applications involve pyschometric test practice or numerical reasoning practice we'd suggest checking out Job Test Prep for some practice.
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