If there is a band wagon to jump on i do endeavour to jump on it. I think I’ve missed the whole Twitter train, plus I hardly ever check this or Facebook so what is the likelihood of me being diligent with that but Spotify was something i think could be really useful.
When i was signing up and downloading it I was surprised because it looked different, like nothing that had come before. Then i opened the actual program and i find that it is virtually identical to iTunes. Why is it that technology is hardly ever truly innovative but just variation on the apple theme. Do we believe that a little music player is the pinnacle of human invention. So the way it looks isn’t very creative.
There is an awful lot of music on there, I did a few searches for some really obscure things and i couldn’t get the better of it and the adverts aren’t too annoying. I think it’s the sort of thing that i would get used to but by far the best thing is that you can cue tracks up which has always annoyed me about iTunes, it seems to be such an obvious feature.
The question really is would i pay £9.99 a month for ad-less access when i can’t put it on to my iPod and take it where ever I want?
A few months on and nothing has happened. I’ve finished my compulsory exams and the last piece of written coursework i need to do is in next Wednesday. A fascinating piece about capital gains tax and civil partnerships. I still have no training contract bites. I had another two No’s come back today. I’m starting to think in this economic environment that I’m not going to get a job. I’m not going to be able to get a solicitors training contract but neither am i going to be able to get a stop gap job because employers don’t want to employ someone who is only there until something better comes along.
Well another December has been and gone. I’m always shocked at how, after all the hard work we put into getting ready for Christmas it’s all over before we know whats happened. And then the hard work starts again trying to tidy up from Christmas.
I managed to get a lot done over the holiday. I’ve applied for three more training contracts and i’ve got a couple which i may apply for in a few days as they would require me to move away. Moving away is not out of the question it is just something i would have to think about and start preparing for immediately. I dont see that it would be possible to move into somewhere totally new and start my first full time job within days of each other.
October was a blur. I don’t really know where it went.
In that time I had consolidation week. I went on holiday with my family in this week. I did, however, take all of my work for the next few weeks with me so it wasn’t all relaxing. I managed to take some fantastic photographs of a huge storm that occurred whilst I was there which I must post on here. It was dramatic enough to make the news, but only the ‘Majorca Daily Bulletin’.
The day after I returned home from my holiday I had my business accounts exam. I have no idea how it went, the final accounts worked out I think but as I cant remember what my final figures were I can’t compare with other people. I quite enjoyed looking at pre-prepared accounts and saying what they showed, but again, whether this is an advantage or disadvantage I don’t know.
Two days after this I had to hand in my first research assignment and the day after that (today in fact) I have a practice interviewing assessment.
It really is all go!
The career steps I have been taking are absolutely identical to practically all other LPC students searching for the right training contract. I’ve been ploughing through the Training Contract and Pupillages Handbook and looking at firm websites to try and establish firstly that they are right for me and secondly that I am right for them.
Very early on in my search I realised that I am not suited to huge multinational corporate firms. It is not my achievements or my knowledge that make me unsuitable - my grasp of agency and connected lender liability is a good as the next guy’s - it’s my extra curricularctivities aand my general career aspirations which i feel set me apart.
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Welcome to my WordPress Blog detailing my life, career and hobbies. I’ve just finished my LLB and I am currently doing my Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, Birmingham. Having completed my second proper week I’m really enjoying it. All of the people I have met are really lovely and I am thoroughly enjoying it. I am currently on the look out for a solicitors trainning contract starting in 2009 or 2010, id
eally i want to work in the West Midlands. I want to work for a small firm, ideally in the area of Legal Aid. In addition to working in order to achieve my career aims I enjoy horse riding and photography. I am also an MAYC youth club leader and a safe guarding co-ordinator at my local church.
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