What Solicitors say about us

"I received some good news today - I got the job! ...I still can't believe it!  So I just wanted to say thank you so much for all your help, advice and support.  It was extremely beneficial and I'm so grateful you helped me to find a new career path."
Anna Finlayson, Associate - City Law Firm, moving to publishing

"I found out about CareerBalance on the totallylegal.com web site. I needed to focus on how to exit my position the right way and what my options were going forward from a career perspective. I felt very lost having made the decision not to stay in private practice and not having a proper understanding of what else was 'out there'. I needed some 'outside' advice and guidance on how to approach the exit and where to aim for.
Solicitor, now in-house Counsel

"My role was about to be made redundant and I had not had an interview for many years. I decided that I required some guidance and chose to work with Career Balance Ltd. Suki provided great assistance in compiling my CV and with interview techniques.

"I didn't really see any other career consultants who had a specialist 'legal' focus, which is what I felt I needed."
Newly qualified solicitor

"I was impressed with the approach. It seemed fresh and yet still highly practical. I often left feeling very enthused about my future prospects and with a clearer sense of what could be achieved and what was available / possible within the market place. It was good to have someone knowledgeable to bounce ideas off and to have a different perspective. Also to work with someone who understood the legal profession was extremely useful. It helped with their credibility and meant that they were able to understand my situation and apply practical solutions.

"Through discussing my likes and dislikes and aspirations, the opportunities became a lot clearer and obvious. It gave some structure to what and where I wanted to be. I really like the idea of working back from retirement age and looking at my CV and seeing what I had achieved, instead of looking forward and wondering where I should be in 5 years time and then in the next 5 years etc. Overall, it gave me a focus."
Simon Newsham, Tax Specialist , Law Firm

"Going through the programme made me feel much more in control of my career decisions and therefore my life outside of work. It was instrumental in helping me be brave enough to go a little left field and take a career break to manage a ski chalet in the French Alps for the winter."
Rivkah Mellor-Bessant – In-house Lawyer

"The programme helped me realise that what I really needed was to take a break and focus on something else (other than my career) for a while in order to be in the right frame of mind to work out what it really was I wanted to do next. My consultant showed me that I could take a career break and it would not be the end of my career."
Rivkah Mellor-Bessant