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C A N A D I A N L a w y e r 4 s t u d e n t s s p r i n g 2 0 1 4 9 How does the recruitment process work at McCarthys? At our fi rm, and across the country, we have a unique approach to the way we recruit students. We apply a competencies-based recruitment approach. What this means is that we predetermined a list of competencies we think are predictive of success in our environment. Some of them are obvious and some others are, perhaps, a little less obvious. If you look at our environment and those who thrive and succeed here, our best lawyers and students demonstrate those skills. For a number of rea- sons, including diversity reasons, it's really important in our environment to make sure we are trying to remove some of that subjectivity in the recruitment process and to make it as objective as possible when we are meeting with candidates and assessing them. We continue to hear from students that when they're looking at the other fi rms, it's really important to them that they're fi nding a place that they think they can thrive and succeed. Because we've spent a lot of time thinking about what skills matter in our environment, what skills are critical to servicing our clients, I think we become pretty good at being able to identify and anticipate what kind of student would really do well in our environment. It's not an exact science, but I think having a set list of competencies, providing training to our lawyers, talking about personal bias — all of that brings further into focus and clarity [who would be a good match for our environ- ment] when we're meeting with students. Gail Wong, director of McCarthy Tétrault LLP's student program for the Ontario region, talks to 4Students assistant editor Zachary Pedersen about how the law firm recruits new talent. How does the recruitment process work at McCarthys? At our fi rm, and across the country, we have a unique A & Q * Q * Q * Q * Q * Q * Q * Q * Q * Q Diversity at key for recruitment McCarthys Visit www.CanadianLawList.com and find out how we're serving you better than ever. and it's available to you 24 hours a day. le to y le t y rsearch more than 58,000 lawyers and more than 17,000 law offices, companies and government departments rthe option to search by firm name, lawyer's name, location and area of practice rup-to-date, reliable and accurate information compiled by top rCanadian legal researchers Get fast and easy access to Canada's legal professionals! Canada's most comprehensive online directory of legal professionals gives you a direct route to the information you need. CLL-Website_4st_Spring_14.indd 1 14-02-05 2:14 PM

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