Professionals in Law's Blog – March 2012 Archive (4)

What kind of dinosaur are you?

Will ‘extreme interview’ techniques be adopted by law firms?

There’s been a lot of chat lately about otherwise sensible organisations using bizarre interview questions. A popular one being: ‘If you were a dinosaur, what kind of dinosaur would you be?’ (In city circles at…

Added by Professionals in Law on March 29, 2012 — Defero Law

Ten Ways To Pull An All-Nighter

As the inventor of Red Bull dies, we look at other ways of staying awake all night

So farewell, then, that Thai bloke who invented Red Bull.

March 17th saw the passing of Chaleo Yoovidhya. We like to think that the 89 year old died whilst listening to some banging tunes and driving a winged F1 car…

Added by Professionals in Law on March 21, 2012 — 1 Comment

Perking up

Salary, shmalary – firms are all about the benefits these days

It’s quite a job, telling the difference between the pay packets on offer from the UK’s leading law firms. It’s not that salaries remain frozen – more that with continuing economic uncertainties, salaries are only rising…

Added by Professionals in Law on March 19, 2012 — Defero Law