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14 Signs Lawyers Should Leave a Job (Even if it’s Good)
The legal profession is well-known for its demanding nature and the potential for high rewards. As a lawyer, it’s crucial to find a balance between professional satisfaction and personal well-being. However, it’s not uncommon for lawyers to feel stuck in a job that may appear good on the surface, but in reality, it might be holding them back or negatively impacting their lives. Recognizing when it’s time to move on is essential for personal and professional growth. In this blog, we’ll discuss some signs that it might be time for you to start considering new opportunities.
10 Strategies for Becoming a High Impact In-house Attorney in Texas
Attorneys face numerous decisions as they establish their careers, including which law school to attend, which specialization to focus on, and in what geographical location they should seek employment. There’s one more major decision that they must make, and sometimes it occurs at multiple points throughout their careers: should they continue to work for a law firm or try to become in-house counsel?
10 Questions to Ask an Austin Legal Recruiter or Texas Search Firm Before Hiring Them
Legal recruiters play an important role in helping law firms and in-house legal departments successfully hire legal talent and assist lawyers with finding new positions that advance their career goals. On the lawyer/talent side side, legal recruiters typically work with and help place attorneys with at least one year of experience post-law-school, up through lawyers with decades of legal experience. Most legal recruiters also place lawyers within literally every area of legal specialty, although some legal recruiters are highly specialized, working ONLY with intellectual property lawyers, for example, or only with lawyers who specialize in a certain type of regulatory work, or lawyers who only do corporate work. It is much more common for a legal recruiter to have a broader focus and experience placing lawyers in a wide variety of legal specialties.
Recruiters vs Referrals: Can Your Friend Help You Land a Job?
If you are searching for your next employment opportunity, it helps to have someone in your corner that is able to assist you through the process. This could be in the form of a recruiter or a referral from someone you know who already works within your industry. If you are an employer trying to fill a position, you could engage a recruiter who focuses in that area, rely on employee referrals, or post the position on a job board.
Fitting In: Organizational Structure of Law Firms vs In-House Counsel
The organizational structure for law firms and in-house counsels usually looks different. This review discusses the different environments you can expect with both types of employment. This should help you (the attorney) make an informed decision as to whether law firms or in-house counsel is best for you.
10 Reasons You didn’t Land a Job Offer (and How to Improve)
It can be crushing to be rejected for a job you were perfect for, especially if the job seemed like your dream opportunity. The good news is there are more opportunities available for you now and in the future. You can learn from the experience by determining why your interview went well but you were rejected after the final round of interviews and by finding ways to improve for a better chance at job procurement in the future.
How Momentum Legal Recruiters Help during Negotiation and Offers
Hiring the right professionals to fill your organization’s open positions is essential. However, you also want to ensure the contract terms are fair when hiring the best talent possible. Momentum Legal Recruiters offers assistance throughout the hiring process, from finding qualified attorneys (and other legal professionals) for open positions, to completing negotiations and offers. This review discusses our process during the negotiations and offers stage of hiring.
Hiring Challenges the Austin Legal Industry is Facing Today
The legal industry, encompassing law firms and corporate legal departments, is currently navigating a complex hiring landscape. Despite acclimating to the post-COVID-19 world, staffing shortages persist due to a combination of factors. As Momentum Legal founder Jane Pollard noted at the 35th Annual Legal Seminar on Ad Valorem Taxation, the U.S. had seen 126 months of economic growth and an unemployment rate of 3.5 percent at the end of 2019, both record-breaking numbers.
Why Your Austin Firm Isn’t Finding the Dream Candidate
If your Austin-area firm finds itself struggling to find ideal legal candidates, know that you aren’t alone. Multiple businesses across various market sectors can’t find job candidates at all in this difficult environment. According to CNBC, “roughly 47.4 million people voluntarily left their jobs for better work during the pandemic and Great Resignation [in 2021]. For comparison, 42.1 million people quit in 2019, at the time considered the tightest labor market on record.” While legal markets have begun to recover, finding the right candidate for the job remains a challenge for many firms, partnerships, and companies.