A graduate desperate for a training contract has resorted to holding up a sign outside Chancery Lane tube station.
Bilal Rauf, who has a 2:1 in Law from UWE Bristol, finished his LPC at ULaw in September. He has applied to over 100 firms for a training contract or paralegal position but none has offered him an interview.
The commendably persistent job-hunter said that, rather than giving up, he "decided to innovate and try something different". So for two days in September Rauf stood at the top of the escalators in Chancery Lane tube station with a stack of CVs and passed them out to commuters. In an email he told RoF, "I handed out around 30 on each day and have received some phone calls, tweets, InMails on LinkedIn and Emails which has been brilliant, however I still have no lead YET".
RollOnFriday may have uncovered one reason Rauf's applications have not met with much success. In another innovation, he included a sachet of coffee in the envelope when he replied to interested firms. Though no firms have yet admitted that they mistook his correspondence for an anthrax attack, it may be that many of Rauf's résumés were destroyed as a safety precaution.
Rauf says he will "continue to fire on all cylinders" and is clearly very keen. He is still looking for a training contract or paralegal work, so if you're in a positon to interview Rauf and haven't already got his CV after mistaking it for the Evening Standard, contact him now at [email protected].
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Bilal Rauf, who has a 2:1 in Law from UWE Bristol, finished his LPC at ULaw in September. He has applied to over 100 firms for a training contract or paralegal position but none has offered him an interview.
The commendably persistent job-hunter said that, rather than giving up, he "decided to innovate and try something different". So for two days in September Rauf stood at the top of the escalators in Chancery Lane tube station with a stack of CVs and passed them out to commuters. In an email he told RoF, "I handed out around 30 on each day and have received some phone calls, tweets, InMails on LinkedIn and Emails which has been brilliant, however I still have no lead YET".
Rauf, underground but not out |
RollOnFriday may have uncovered one reason Rauf's applications have not met with much success. In another innovation, he included a sachet of coffee in the envelope when he replied to interested firms. Though no firms have yet admitted that they mistook his correspondence for an anthrax attack, it may be that many of Rauf's résumés were destroyed as a safety precaution.
Rauf says he will "continue to fire on all cylinders" and is clearly very keen. He is still looking for a training contract or paralegal work, so if you're in a positon to interview Rauf and haven't already got his CV after mistaking it for the Evening Standard, contact him now at [email protected].
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I doubt it. Who in their right mind would watch that drivel?