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As the sun loungers' beckon, we look back on our first 6 months of social media posts and blogs, and share with you what we have learnt, and explain how it can affect your own plans for the future.

Regardless of whether you're a client or a candidate, answering this simple question is absolutely vital when making long-term plans. Are you looking for a quick fix or are you looking for more strategic planning?

We'll let you work out which one RSP prefers!

Thinking of moving in-house? Thinking of making the transition away from private practice? You're not the only one. But as we explain this week, there is a lot more to consider than what you may have been told, and the decision you make now will affect the rest of your career.

And for law firm owners and managing partners, there is a lot for you to consider if we are to stop excellent lawyers from leaving private practice.

Now that the tedium of the general election is finally over, we can all move on with our lives and start to plan for the years ahead. As RSP discusses, a summer break is the perfect time in which to do this...

This week, RSP looks the problems facing Commonwealth lawyers as they first tackle the legal job market. Drawing inspiration from Paddington Bear, we discuss how many of these candidates desperately need support and guidance.

Like Paddington Bear, they can often be ignored. But not by RSP...

As the UK goes into electoral overdrive, RSP presents its own take on how the forthcoming general election will affect recruitment within the legal sector. The key takeaway? Unsurprisingly, don't panic!

Are some candidates too obsessed with their own sense of entitlement that it is clouding their judgement on what they are willing to accept on any new job offer? This was the opinion of a number of managing partners who RSP has recently spoken to.

In this week's blog, we investigate whether there is any substance to this opinion. Let us know your thoughts. Are you "team entitled" or are you "team collaboration"?

Returners are an invaluable source of experience, expertise and knowledge, but is enough being done to aid their return to work? Is there a natural predisposition of mistrust towards them?

Has enough already been done? Let us know your thoughts and comments below.

The long wait is now over. This week, we share with you what you should be doing and what you should not be doing with your CV!

At long last, we reach the blog where we tell you the Candidate, what you should include in your CV to showcase your talents to the employers!

This week, we set the foundation required for all good CV writing, by posing the most important question you should ask yourself before you even start planning your new CV. Want to start writing the best document to showcase your talents? Then read on...

Continuing our series on what makes RSP special, we look into CVs, demonstrating that they are not something to be feared, but should be embraced as a way in which you can reach your Aspirations.

In this week's blog, we continue our discussion about what makes us special. We focus on the importance of integrity as a foundation of our professionalism, explaining how both our clients and our candidates value our commitment to confidentiality. 

This week, we start a new series looking into what makes RSP unique as a recruitment consultancy. Over the coming weeks, we shall delve into more detail about our culture, our mission, our work and how we operate.

We shall be showing how our clients and candidates are able to plan for the future, confident that they are receiving the best service for their long-term success.

This week, RSP's new consultant, Monica Walia-Matharu, shares her experience as a lawyer returning to work after a career break. Monica now works with lawyers who are either considering taking a career break or have taken a career break and are now looking to return to work

Read on to learn more about her experiences and her journey with RSP, and how she can help you now.

Contact Monica directly on monica@is-rsp.co.uk

This week, we conclude our study of the Consultant Solicitor model and look into some of the reasons why lawyers are sometimes reluctant to embrace the new model.

As always, we would love to hear your feedback. Please comment or send us your questions on the link below. 

For the next two weeks, we look at the consultant solicitor model and provide an unbiased opinion on the benefits and how discuss how the model may not be for everyone. This blog is ideal not just for those considering being a consultant solicitor, but for anybody considering making the jump into the consultancy model in their own profession.

In this week's blog, we look into the pitfalls of dreams and how they can negatively impact upon your success. Instead, we ask you to consider your realistic ambitions and channel them into future aspirations to guarantee your future success

Suprisingly for a lawyer, Michael asks you to consider the benefits of disruption and how lateral thinking can benefit your career and your work. 

Are you a Clive Woodward or a Liz Truss?

Find out by reading the blog?

Grab the initiative, make a change, believe in yourself, embrace the challenge dare to succeed

Building upon last week's blog, this week, we explore the impact our work/life balance has on our wellbeing and our productivity.

Will you be like Michael Ilsemann's old client, whose yin outbalanced his yang or are you more like a friend of his, who is on her continually throughout the night?

An honest and entertaining study into how remote working has impacted on our lives.