In a report that was far from a surprise, The West Australian noted recently that graduates can expect a more difficult time securing employment this year as a result of the GFC. Importantly, the article reported:
Freehills [Perth office] recruitments would remain steady on the 15-strong contingent this year, but would be down slightly from 22 in 2008.
Despite the proposed reduction in numbers and, more broadly, the employer-friendly job market, we received the following scandalous rumour from an anonymous source last week:
Freehills offering Perth Graduate positions early, out of law society guidelines.
As if booze-fuelled seasonal clerk parties weren’t enough!?As noted on the WA Law Society website:
The Society operates a recruitment scheme for articled clerks … with which all firms are asked to comply. The scheme aims to meet the needs of both employers and students by establishing an orderly framework and a level playing field, within which the recruitment process can be conducted. Under the scheme… dates are set for the dates on which offers may be made to articled clerks and vacation clerks. Firms are requested not to make offers of … articled clerkship prior to these dates.
We cannot confirm the veracity of this rumour, but if true, it would be the worst kind of breach of the scheme given the prevailingly tight job market.
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