How to Become a Legal Recruiter

In a highly competitive legal market, law firms seek to fill open positions with the best candidates.

To save time in the search process, some firms use a legal recruiter.

Legal recruiters, also called legal “headhunters,” find individuals with the qualifications and experience needed to truly fulfill the job requirements.

Keep reading to learn more about a legal recruiter.

In order to bring only highly qualified individuals on-board, some law firms use legal recruiters.

Tell Us What You Want When first meeting with our search and placement directors, be certain to clearly describe the ideal position you are searching for.

Advise Us Of Your Own Search Efforts.

Provide Us with References, Writing Samples, Transcripts and Addendums.

Be Accessible We strongly recommend that you return our calls within an hour.

When Scheduling Interviews, Be Accommodating If an employer is interested in interviewing you, do all you can to accommodate the employer’s preferred interview times.

The task of hiring a new lawyer to work at your firm involves work that is better left to a professional in the area of legal hiring.

So what does it take for a legal recruiter to be named Newcomer of the Year? With just one day to go until the recruitment industry’s prestigious REC IRP awards, we speak to RedLaw Senior Consultant, Theo Varcoe, about his success in reaching the finals of the Newcomer of the Year category, essential qualities needed to be a recruiter as well as securing promotion just two years after his transition from law into legal recruitment.

There are always options out there in the legal market (even for very specialised practice areas) and although staying put can often be the best course of action, sometimes one needs to make a change to make sure you are still enjoying your job and developing professionally.

Throughout your career, what have been the greatest changes you have seen in the legal industry.

To begin, please describe your experience as an attorney and how you transitioned into legal recruiting.

If you’re a legal recruiter, you’ll need to master these skills or face mediocrity.

Let’s take a closer look at five skills every legal recruiter must have.

Recruiters who want to be successful must learn to effectively use all the tools available to them.

Don’t have all the skills necessary to succeed as a recruiter? Take the time to develop these skills and you’ll get an edge over most of the competition while improving your long-term career prospects.

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