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Texas Legal Recruiters See Demand Rise For Legal Operations Specialists

Operations and management cogsAs legal and compliance recruiters in Texas, we continue to work with corporations who are improving their legal operations and getting more out of every dollar of legal spend. General Counsels remain focused on optimizing performance and creating new efficiencies in order to positively contribute to the bottom-line.

Creating a well-run legal machine with enhanced productivity and improved efficiencies requires lawyers to combine their legal knowledge with business judgement. Enter stage right – Legal Operations Specialists – now indispensable members of the corporate legal team. Legal Operations Specialists arrive at their specialty through myriad paths, from legal work as an attorney or paralegal, an I.T. background, accounting, or other internal operations.

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New Rules for Waiving in to the Texas Bar

New rules have been announced for lawyers seeking Admission Without Examination (AWOX) to be admitted in Texas. This change can have a significant impact on lawyers considering relocation to Texas, especially major cities like Austin, Houston, and Dallas that have become hubs for litigation and landmark cases.

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What defines a successful legal career?

SUC·CESS /səkˈses/

The accomplishment of an aim or purpose. Antonym: failure.

The attainment of popularity or profit. Prosperity, prosperousness, successfulness, affluence, wealth, opulence and luxury. Antonyms: failure, poverty.

A person or thing that achieves desired aims or attains prosperity. Synonyms: triumph, bestseller, box-office success, sellout, coup. Antonyms: failure, flop, disaster.

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Enthusiastic Job Seekers Sought

Rejected for a job? Sometimes we hear “she lacked passion,” “too quiet,” “didn’t see his personality,” “didn’t seem interested in the job”. While demonstrating enthusiasm isn’t the only predictor of a great job candidate, hiring managers reference this trait repeatedly in their interview feedback. To succeed in your next job interview, you need to convey interest and figure out how to convey what matters most to you. Here’s how: 

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Compensation Conundrum: To Disclose or Not Disclose

So far, fifteen states have enacted legislation that precludes employers from asking about current compensation from job applicants. Texas being a pro-business state, this type of legislation has not been enacted in Texas and was not a topic of discussion in the current legislative session, nor will it likely be in two years when the session meets again. So, the question for Texas job applicants continues: “Should I disclose my current compensation in a job interview or application”?

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Ready to Accept that Job Offer? Thinking about a Counteroffer?

While working with legal professionals looking for a new job, compensation is naturally one of the primary topics we discuss. Unless you are lucky enough to be employed by a Big AmLaw firm with a stair-step salary scale, it is essential that you do your homework and have all the facts before accepting an offer – or a counteroffer is made. 

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Law Firm Hiring in 2019 – How to attract and hire the ones you want!

With unemployment at a record low, it’s more challenging than ever for law firms to find and hire lateral attorneys. In this red-hot Texas market, job seekers need to be enticed to leave their current jobs. We’ve found most of the on-point candidates are ones we’ve “headhunted”. Sometimes they are passively in the job market, keeping an eye on job boards or checking-in with us periodically to “test the waters”. Often, we are starting from scratch.

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Momentum Recruiter Elected Officer Of NALSC

NALSC logoThe 2019 National Association of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC) conference was held in Las Vegas this past weekend. The consensus was that it was one of the best conferences ever! The M Resort Spa & Casino was a terrific venue, the content of programs superb, the food and drink excellent, and participation high. Our own Jane Pollard joined the NALSC Board of Directors last year, and was elected as Secretary of the Board at the Town Hall Meeting. Congratulations Jane!

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What Are Today’s Hiring Managers Looking For?

Today’s candidates need to be fine-tuned and savvy to land their next career opportunity. Job seekers must take the necessary steps and measures to make sure they are marketable. How should a candidate communicate, present a resume, or answer recruiter inquiries? Based on what we’re hearing from hiring managers and the clients we represent, here are some suggestions that might help.

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Do Companies & Firms Need to Retain a Recruiter?

With today’s online job boards and social media platforms effortlessly connecting more people than ever before, employers are being asked to decide if a legal recruiter’s fee is a beneficial expense. As companies and law firms face mounting cost-containment pressures, external recruiters are often targeted for reduction.  

All employers would no doubt agree that their most important resource is their employees. When a position opens-up, hiring the right or wrong person is a decision that’s critical to any successful enterprise’s bottom line. The “million-dollar” question then becomes whether or not retaining a legal recruiter will result in a better hire. Our clients emphatically say “yes” in situations when certain conditions are met. What follows are the reasons why.  

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