How a Legal Recruiter Can Help You Find a Law Position as an Associate or Partner Do you want to find a permanent law position as an associate or partner? Working with the country’s top legal recruiter in a competitive job market can be a tremendous asset. Legal recruiting firms like BCG Attorney Search can take the stress out of finding a job in the law industry. In addition, you may be able to land a lucrative new position you thought was out of... (137 views)
Seven Things Best Legal Recruiters Can Do Although many attorneys go into the job search on their own, more and more of them seek out the services of legal recruiters to aid them in finding their ideal position. However, just as with any service, some recruiters are good and those not so good in the legal market. And it does not only depend on the college or law school they attended or the type of law firms they... (40 views)
Making Headhunters Work for Law Students and Attorneys One day the phone in your office rings. It's an executive legal recruiter, speaking as if she knows you. She touts your accomplishments and resume, and whispers sweet financial nothings in your ear. She wants to float your name for several lucrative possibilities. (39 views)
How to Use a Legal Recruiter Summary: Legal recruiters save time and effort for employers and candidates in the legal job search process and ensure a smooth transition for both during the process. (7956 views)
How we make a living Providing Insider Knowledge and Counseling Professional search consultants receive their fees from the legal-hiring organizations that employ their candidates. Virtually every U.S. law firm with a staff of more than 20 attorneys asks recruiters to help them with their hiring needs. In fact, firms are often surprised when candidates approach them who aren't represented by... (13 views)
How BCG finds jobs Introduction BCG Attorney Search maintains the largest and most up-to-date database of attorney-job opportunities inside law firms in the world. BCG Attorney Search-in good economic times and in bad-is built upon the simple core belief that better research leads to better placements. Research is, by far, the most important function a first-rate legal-recruiting firm does.... (51 views)
How BCG Screens Candidates Hiring organizations are often surprised to learn that more than 50 percent of the work done by our professional search consultants involves screening candidates. Before you ever meet a candidate of ours, one of our search consultants has already dedicated many hours to answering one fundamental question. After reviewing all of our basic screening factors (which we will... (108 views)
The benefits of a retained search There are several methods that law firms typically use to make acquisitions at the partner level. These methods are as follows: (1) waiting for candidates to approach them (either through contingency recruiters or otherwise) or (2) retaining search firms to assist them with these acquisitions. Out of the two methods, the one means that law firms universally find to be the... (48 views)
How to Select the Best Legal Recruiter and Maximize the Effectiveness of Working with One Introduction One of the most misunderstood facets of the legal-recruiting industry is the following: You have many options when choosing a legal recruiter (not just the one that cold-called you), and how well you work with your legal recruiter will directly influence how successful the legal recruiter is in working with you. (15 views)
How to Select the Best Legal Recruiter and Maximize the Effectiveness of Working with One INTRODUCTION One of the most misunderstood facets of the legal recruiting industry is the following: You have many options when choosing a legal recruiter (not just the one that cold-called you), and how well you work with your legal recruiter will directly influence how successful the legal recruiter is in working with you. (47 views)
Top 10 Reasons for Law Firms and Individual Attorneys to Use a Legal Recruiter When law firms have hiring needs, many of them overlook the option of using a legal recruiter. Similarly, when attorneys evaluate new career paths, many do not consider contacting recruiters. This may be due to lack of knowledge regarding the recruiting process, not knowing who to contact, misinformation on the benefits a recruiter can provide, or even a prior negative... (273 views)
Maximize Recruiting Efforts and Relationships It is all about time. Recruiting firms assess on a daily and sometimes hourly basis. There are several ways to maximize your relationships with search firms and effectively find the attorneys you want. Speed to placement is a key factor. (88 views)
Rules of Engagement: Tips for Working with a Legal Rectuiter Congratulations on passing the bar. One of the ''rights, privileges, and immunities'' that you derive from being a well-credentialed attorney is that you will soon be receiving calls from legal recruiters (a.k.a. ''headhunters''). A legal recruiter can be very helpful in assisting you with a lateral move. On the other hand, you will probably hear horror stories about how... (124 views)
Legal Recruitments by non legal personnels One BCG Attorney Search recruiter explains how even though some recruiters did not practice as lawyers, they sure can be successful at placing them in desirable positions. It's all about acclimating yourself to a foreign culture. (126 views)
Using Legal Recruiters To Help Maximize Your Job-Seeking Reach: How Mass Mailing Your Resume Can Help You Get Noticed This week, our recruiters answer questions about the work involved in their often misunderstood profession. (633 views)
Partnering Up: Learn How to Successfully Move Your Law Practice With the many dilemmas that arise when dealing with a firm change at the partner level, it can be a daunting task. BCG Attorney Search recruiters try to ease the transition by helping sort through the issues. (29 views)
How to Build and Maintain Positive Relationships with Law Firm Recruiters Recruiter-Law Firm Relationships Forming relationships with firms makes you more likely to be viewed as just another name on a check - and more likely to get your candidates considered for the top positions, even when they are not necessarily the traditional ''star'' candidate. (53 views)