Many students choose to study law because they see it as a means to make the world a better place. By the time they graduate from law school three years later, most with staggering debt burdens, the lure of astronomical salaries and bonuses offered by large law firms might outweigh their initial altruistic intentions. But…
The majority of today’s law firm associates are Millennials and Gen Zers who never knew a world without constant communication. With the ubiquity of smartphones and the internet since birth, they’re accustomed to nonstop information at their fingertips, and expect the same level of accessibility and transparency from employers. They’re generally not afraid to ask…
“You must appease the Fee God!” my first boss in legal recruiting insisted. He meant that, since the client is the one paying the fee, we must make the client happy. Forty years later, I remember those words and do my best to put them into practice. Candidate services Although recruiters work for the employer-client,…
As we ease out of pandemic protocols, the New Normal won’t be the same as the Old Normal—nor should it be. We’re slowly returning to the office, or at least some of us are going back some of the time. We’re beginning to travel to conferences and business meetings, although not quite as often as…
