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4 ways of building a powerful business case for partnership if you are non-fee earner

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We have worked with a few professionals who were not client-facing and who needed to put together a business case for partner. They couldn’t build a business case based on the client work they would win or service. They needed to think more laterally about the advantage the partnership would gain if they were made …

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4 tips to help take the stress out of doing verbal and numerical reasoning tests

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One element of the partnership admissions process, particularly if you are a lateral candidate, is verbal and numerical reasoning tests. These are normally nothing to be feared. If you haven’t done any verbal or numerical reasoning tests for a fair few years, these can become a very stressful part of the whole partnership admissions process. …

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5 clever ways to get your mentor and sponsoring partner to help you to make partner

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5 tips to make partner Your mentor and/or sponsoring partner can literally make or break your transition from senior associate/director through to making partner. Based on our recent experiences of helping our client successfully get appointed to a partnership position in a top 6 firm in the UK, here are 5 tips your sponsoring partner and/or …

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5 tips from a new partner to pass the competency based interview

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It is always good to hear when one of our clients gets the partner role they wanted. It is even better when they give us detailed feedback about the process they went through, plus their tips to help others make it through! Following on from this post,  here are  5  tips from one of our …

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Your guide to demystifying competency based interviews within the partnership admissions process

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It is always good to hear when one of our clients gets the partner role they wanted. It is even better when they give us detailed feedback about the process they went through, plus their tips to help others make it through! This post is the first part of a 2 part series, based on …

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5 ways of increasing your odds of making it through partnership track

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Being told you are on partnership track, or in line for partnership, or going to be put up for partnership is a great sign that you are nearing the end of your journey to make partner. This post explores what you can do in the 12-24 months before the admission process starts to help you …

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What are your partners really thinking when they consider your application for partnership?

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Probably the biggest mistake that any potential partner makes is to consider the partnership admission process as a long drawn out job interview or panel for promotion. This article shines a light onto what the partnership admissions process actually is trying to achieve, and therefore, what the partners involved in the partnership admissions process will …

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3 super tips to help you get through your final interview for partnership

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Imagine this, you’ve got through to the last interview to become a senior partner in a big 4 firm. The last interview is with the CEO of the big 4 firm. How would you prepare for this interview? This was the question that arrived in my inbox this morning. Here is a longer version of …

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4 foolproof tips to help you make it from being on partnership track to Big 4 partner

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What happens when you put two strong straight-talking women in a room? Who both help talented professionals make partner at the Big 4 (as well as other firms!) The sparks flew…. …as the world was put to rights! During my lengthy conversation with  Tara  (Leadership and Personal Impact Specialist who has helped 100s of Big 4 directors …

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7 things to consider to help you build a motivating personal plan after getting to partner

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It is always a great moment for us when a client we have been supporting makes it over the line and gets the approval to join the partnership. However, the work doesn’t stop there. After all, once you have reached the top of one career ladder, you then need to start at the bottom of …

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