In almost any business setting, including a law firm, your employees might get a better offer elsewhere at some point. For some employees, they 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…
Category: Recruiting
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 and 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 decision…
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 really do not have…
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, newspaper 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 reoccurring cost, of these programs can be…
Applicants who reference social activities in job interviews
Interviewing applicants for law firm jobs is tough. You really have to sit and listen hard to the answers and questions of applicants. You have to attempt to read between the lines to get to the heart of an employee. What are they looking for in a job experience Why do they want to work…
Avoiding the me-monsters in the hiring process
Recruiting new employees in a law firm is an important ask. It is vital that when you make hires, you get the right employees in your law firm. No matter whether it’s a lawyer, paralegal or other administrative staff member, you want employees who are selfless, who care about the firm’s clients, the firm itself…
Promote From Within or Hire From the Outside?
In any law firm, positions are going to open from time-to-time that need to be filled. It could be that somebody departs and an important position needs to be filled. It could be that your firm is growing and you are creating a new, important position within your law firm that needs to be filled….