Allens Confidential podcast
How to build a standout CV
Cat and Sam kick off clerkship application season for another year by exploring the dark art of CV writing with Thomas Wigglesworth, Talent Acquisition & Early Careers National Manager, and Vishaya Pracy, lawyer in Technology, Media & Telecommunications. Is having a stacked resume the ultimate ticket to success? Thomas and Vishaya share their tips on framing your experience, the importance of following your interests and why Allens values diverse skills and experience.
Some of the questions we discussed
- How do you find experience worthy of your CV?
- What does Allens look for when reviewing resumes?
- What does your experience say about you as a candidate?
- How do you frame yourself as the ideal candidate?
- What advice would you give to people starting to think about clerkships?
This episode is part of our 2025 series.
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About the presenters: Sam Guzman and Cat Thomas
Sam joined Allens as a clerk in 2020/21 and is now (surprisingly to some) a 'qualified' lawyer rotating through the Banking & Finance team. Sam enjoys acoustic jams to 90s/2000s RnB and watching Survivor (US and AU) to wind down. If he's not watching Survivor, he's probably listening to podcasts dissecting the latest Survivor episode or chewing someone's ear off about it (…so beware).
Cat describes herself as being a victim of the height of 2012 Tumblr emo aesthetic epidemic. Having bravely freed herself from the clutches of the flannel shirt (mostly), she switched out her Vans for pumps having joined Allens as a clerk in 2020/21. Cat is now, against all odds, happily rotating through the Banking & Finance team, despite mentioning that it was her last preference during her clerkship interview. As you can tell, she has a bit of a reputation for saying the quiet part out loud, mostly because she says everything really loudly.