How long a candidate should get before to think about a job offer? This is a question that many law firms have after they have made an offer to a prospective employee. Let’s say a job offer is made to a lawyer and they want to take a week or a prolonged period to think…
Category: Recruiting
Do not ask leading questions in job interviews
Hiring law firm employees is a vital task. The employees you hire (or candidates you pass on) can go a long way toward the success of your law firm. One way to hire the best possible candidate is to hone your interviewing techniques. How an individual conducts a job interview is a critical skill for…
How to deal with salary ranges with applicants?
During the hiring process, the question of salary is going to inevitably come into the discussion. Applicants are going to ask what the job pays. On the flip side, most applicants are going to give you a range in terms of what they are looking for to accept a position if one is offered. Many…
Do you match if an employee receives a better job offer?
In almost any business setting, including a law firm, your employees might get a better offer elsewhere at some point. Some employees might not even seek out the job offer. In other words, if you have a law firm with great employees, many of these employees will be sought after. They will be recruited. The…
Interview for open positions on the same day
The reality is that in any law firm, job openings are going to arise periodically. Whether an employee leaves to take a job elsewhere or your law firm decides that a particular employee is not a good fit, job openings are going to happen. When you look at job data, employees do not tend to…
Who makes more: lawyers or doctors?
Many, when they consider engaging in a professional career, debate whether they should be a doctor or a lawyer. These professions are two that many look at when they decide their path in life. There is something about medical or law school that attracts many individuals to contemplate one career or the other. Obviously, the…
First day for a new employees sets the tone
When a new employee starts at your law firm, it is important to set the tone on the first day. First impressions do indeed matter a great deal for a new employee in terms of whether the hire will be successful. As I talked about in a previous article, law firms do not have a…
Trimming the fat from your law firm budget
As the end of the year approaches, you should take the time to reflect on the yearly law firm budget. Reflect on the good that has happened and on the areas where you fell short. After looking at the revenue that was brought into the firm, you must break down where those funds went. Were…
Us versus them mentality in a law firm
If you are a law firm manager or owner, you want your law firm to succeed. To succeed, you generally need everybody moving in the same direction. Whether the issue is the quality of the legal work being performed to the business aspects of the firm, you want your entire firm on the same page….
Law Firm Recruiting and Job Advertisements
When lawyers and law firms would look to make hires, they traditionally post a job advertisement. They would then review the resumes submitted and hire the best candidate. In the legal industry, posting job advertisements is still important. It is still important to post job advertisements in various places, from your local bars, SmartRecruiters, ZipRecruiter,…
Shrinking law school classes effecting law firms
In case you have not been paying attention, law school classes have been shrinking for some time now. The decline in the size of law school classes is widespread — and is not something that is isolated to specific schools or regions. Law firms that are excelling are well aware of this trend and are…
Open source program for designing advertisements
If you are putting out law firm advertisements in magazines, newspapers, or even online, putting these advertisements together can take a lot of time and skill. Some of the programs many use to put together these advertisements can be quite expensive. For many law firms, the cost, or recurring cost, of these programs can be…