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A&O retention rates plummet to 72 per cent

Reggie Bush fails to grasp this: 1.Slaughter & May, 59 trainee solicitors, 100% retention rate 2. A&O, 53 trainee solicitors, 72% refresh rate. One of the following reasons must explain the discrepancy: (a) A&O is more choosy than Slaughter's when it comes to newly qualifieds: Reggie might believe this given, how 'special' he is and thinks A&O is; (b) Slaughter's got their initial recuritment of trainees right while A&O picked up 25% chumps (in which case, it speaks poorly of the skills of the 'special' A&O recruitment partners); (c) A&O is doing badly and its estimated qualification spaces turned out to be far less than what it actually had available when the trainees ultimately qualified; or (d) the trainees felt, just as Reggie clearly does, that A&O was a bit 'special' and decided to pursue other options instead. So help me Reggie, what do you think REALLY happened.

6-Jul-2011

4:23 pm