Posts under ‘Legal Recruiter’

Valerie Fontaine and Roberta Kass
Special to Law.com
In this economy, prospective employers are looking to save money wherever possible, and telephone interviews can be cost-effective. Phone interviews usually are used by prospective employers for screening candidates to determine whether to spend the time and money for a face-to-face interview. Telephone interviews can be especially useful in [...]

January 29, 2010
BOWLING GREEN, KY, JANUARY 29 – Carmen Fowler took major honors among GLI’s legal recruiters for 2009. The fact that this honor comes closely on the heels of Carmen’s one-year anniversary as a recruiter only makes the accomplishment that much sweeter. Carmen began her career in legal recruiting in November 2008, bringing with [...]

By Paul Cherner
                 The Centers for Disease Control and prevention (”CDC”) has just issued a report indicating that in the past six months 22 million Americans have become sick with the H1N1 influenza virus (a/k/a the “swine flu”), of which 4,000 have died.  As this pandemic shows no signs of abating, employers are faced with [...]

KEYS TO SUCCESS
 
Please note that the following steps are not listed by order of importance.  They are all equally vital to the success of lateral hiring.  Therefore, these are not “a la carte” suggestions from which you can pick and choose, but prototype of which all must be implemented to achieve success without unnecessary risk [...]

From the tiny town solo practitioner to the top national players, every law firm must get involved in marketing at some level in order to obtain and retain clients. The quality of work a firm does can maintain clients and become a source of referrals but in order to reach and garner potential clients, a [...]

September 8, 2009
With the advent of the Internet, cell phones, wireless email devices and portable music players, many of us wear as a badge of honor our ability to multitask. But not so fast - a recent study by Stanford researchers concludes the opposite of what we might think: those of us who frequently are [...]

September 8, 2009
With the advent of the Internet, cell phones, wireless email devices and portable music players, many of us wear as a badge of honor our ability to multitask. But not so fast - a recent study by Stanford researchers concludes the opposite of what we might think: these of us who frequently are [...]

While lateral associate hiring has generally slowed in this rough economy and in-house opportunities have become scarce, lateral partners are finding themselves in a favorable career opportunity to make a move.  Many firms have increased their efforts to hire partners in the practice areas that are proving to be profitable: intellectual property, bankruptcy, employee benefits, tax [...]

 
We all know today’s legal market has unique challenges.  With the uncertainly still looming over the financial markets, many law firms have been forced to lay off attorneys due to the substantial drop in transactional work.  Simultaneously, the overwhelming losses in the stock market have nurtured an abundance of litigation cases, which will likely steer [...]

 
We all know today’s legal market has unique challenges.  With the uncertainly still looming over the financial markets, many legal firms have been forced to lay off lawyers due to the substantial drop in transactional work.  Simultaneously, the overwhelming losses in the stock market have nurtured an abundance of litigation cases, which will likely steer [...]