6 common reasons why you didn’t get made up to partner this time around
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6 common reasons why you didn’t get made up to partner this time around

This week, many firms will announce who they are admitting to the partnership. If you are not one of the lucky few,  it is time to take stock of why not.  In this blog post, I explore the main reasons why people are often unsuccessful as they go through their firm’s partnership admissions process You’ve not…

How to find out how to make partner, when there is no formal partnership admissions process
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How to find out how to make partner, when there is no formal partnership admissions process

This blog post explores what you need to demonstrate to get put on Partnership Track and then put forward for partnership when your firm does not have a formal process for admitting new partners. Many firms, including some very large top 50 UK based Accountancy and Legal firms, do not have a formal or structured…

5 essentials that need to go in your business case for partnership
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5 essentials that need to go in your business case for partnership

If you want to make partner in your law firm, accountancy firm or consulting firm, you may know that you will be asked to submit a business case for partnership. However, the real question is what will you need to demonstrate, evidence or prove within what you submit? Wouldn’t it be nice if your firm…

4 ways of building a powerful Business Case for partnership if you are non-fee earner
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4 ways of building a powerful Business Case for partnership if you are non-fee earner

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…

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

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….

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

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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

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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