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Why Should Law Firm Employers and Attorney Candidates Use a Legal Recruiter?

Why Should Law Firm Employers and Attorney Candidates Use a Legal Recruiter?

Whether you’re a law firm employer or a prospective attorney candidate, you stand to benefit from engaging with an experienced legal recruiter — recruiters perform a number of valuable functions, most of which empower their clients to secure ideal working arrangements.

Interested in speaking with a skilled Los Angeles legal recruiter about your hiring needs?  We encourage you to contact Garb Jaffe & Associates to schedule a discussion.

As the general public may not fully understand how a legal recruiter can be of assistance to stakeholders in the hiring process, let’s take some time to explore some of the advantages afforded through the use of such recruiters.

Consider the following.

Advantages for Employers

Connected to Both Active and Inactive Candidates

Legal recruiters are connected to both active and inactive attorney candidates — in other words, when an employer lets them know that they’re hiring for a position, legal recruiters can notify attorneys who are currently engaged in work and who are not actively searching the job market for a new position.  This gives attorneys (in high-demand) the opportunity to explore the job opening without having to commit to an active job search.  Though not definitive, as a general rule this leads to higher quality attorney hires.

Engaged Outreach in Lull Periods

Legal recruiters look for new candidates at all times, even during hiring lull periods.  For example, even if a law firm is not actively looking for clients to fill a particular position, a legal recruiter understands what sort of attorney their network of law firm employers would ideally like to hire — when such an attorney enters the legal recruiter’s system, they can put that candidate in front of the employer and give them an opportunity to make an on-the-fly hiring decision without having to go through the normal process of waiting for an open position.

Beneficial Incentive Structure

Legal recruiter payment may be structured in a variety of ways, but most arrangements protect the employer through a “refund” policy.  If the candidate leaves or undergoes a serious employment-related problem within a specified period of time after hiring, then the employer can request their fees back.  This generous pay arrangement ensures that employers are not simply connected to candidates who give off a positive first impression (but whose abilities or mindset does not match that of the organization).  It further incentivizes legal recruiters to invest significant resources and time into engaging each candidate and learning about what they “really want.”  By understanding each candidate and their needs, the legal recruiter is empowered to connect them to employers with whom they are more likely to find appealing for their career.

Advantages for Attorney Candidates

Insider Perspectives

Skilled legal recruiters are insiders.  They not only have long-standing relationships with employers, but they also have an extensive network of attorneys with whom they have previously worked — this gives them the ability to “get the scoop” on the truth behind a particular employer’s organizational culture and workload expectations, as well as growth opportunities.

Hiring Guidance

Legal recruiters provide guidance throughout the hiring process.  Though every recruiter is different — some provide more comprehensive services than others — attorney candidates will generally have access to market/employer analysis and application assistance, among other services.

Zero Expense

Legal recruiters do not charge attorney candidates any fees — their services are available to candidates free of charge.  In fact, the business model is built on partnerships with legal employers.  The legal recruiter is paid to help legal employers find great hires to grow their business.  Attorney candidates can rest assured that recruiters are not going to waste their time with wishy-washy engagement intended to keep them looking.

Contact Garb Jaffe & Associates for Recruitment Assistance

Here at Garb Jaffe & Associates, we have decades of experience working with prestigious Biglaw firms and in-house legal departments throughout California, and in identifying and connecting good-fit attorney candidates with such employers.  Over the years, we have gained significant insight into the qualities that make a particular candidate well-suited for a given position, and have a keen eye for placing candidates in organizations where they will have the opportunity to prosper.

We provide comprehensive recruitment guidance through every stage of the process, from initial market analysis to application editing services.

Interested in speaking to a member of our team?  Contact us today.

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