Whether in private practice or a corporate legal department, having a niche legal practice is critical to a lawyer’s success and opportunities today. A specialty also translates to more control over your career and the number of options available to you: whether you want to change firms, move in-house, or pursue an alternative legal practice of some sort.
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What Austin Attorneys Should Do if They Lose Their Job (and Before)
Navigating the Texas unemployment system often proves challenging. Since the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Texas attorneys have lost their jobs or have been laid off temporarily. This guide shows you what to do if you lose your job and helps you ensure the appropriate steps are taken should you lose your job as an Austin attorney, so you can receive the necessary unemployment compensation to which you are entitled.
How Personal Branding Impacts Your Prospects for Employment
Personal branding creates a recognizable name for yourself. In simplest terms, it is the process of letting the world (or at least the legal community) know who you are. All too few law professionals focus on the development of their personal brand, which means doing so is a great way to separate yourself from the competition in the eyes of employers (i.e. private law firms). This review discusses the benefits of personal branding for lawyers, particularly as it relates to employment purposes.
Jane Pollard, Guest Speaker at the 2022 Seminar on AD Valorem Taxation
As a longstanding presence in the Texas legal field and participant in national legal events, Momentum Search Partners is proud to have joined more than 500 attorneys, policy makers, consultants, and real estate professionals at the 35th Annual Legal Seminar on AD Valorem Taxation.
Hiring Challenges Austin Law Firms Are Facing Today
Businesses in general are struggling in today’s hiring environment. Though Americans have adjusted to the challenges of living in a post-COVID-19 world, other factors have contributed to nationwide staffing shortages. 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.
State of the Dallas Legal Market as We Head into 2023
While the Dallas-Fort Worth area has traditionally been a booming economic market in general and a growing legal market more specifically, the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have somewhat shifted the city’s traditional legal efforts. Financial services, commercial real estate, and litigation have suffered somewhat, but they’ve begun to recover from the worst effects of the pandemic.
How Austin Recruiters are Essential to Inclusion, Diversity & Equality
Diversity is defined as “the condition of having or being composed of differing elements; variety; the inclusion of people of different races, cultures, etc. in a group or organization” by Merriam-Webster. While all of us would conclude that promoting diversity and inclusion in recruitment is a positive thing, precious few organizations seem to achieve it, particularly at higher levels of an organization. A 2020 study published by Stanford University found, “Racially diverse executives hold only 16 percent of total C-suite positions. … Twenty-six of the Fortune 100 have no ethnic diversity at the C+1 level, and 6 have no ethnic or gender diversity at this level.”
How Texas Firms can Retain Legal Staff & Attorneys
We were recently asked to make a presentation to managing partners of small law firms in Texas on best hiring practices. In preparation for this seminar talk, we were reminded of the importance of RETAINING existing talent.
Why Relocating Lawyers Should Consider the Austin Legal Market
Relocating your talents as an attorney is an exciting time as you explore endless possibilities based on your personal goals and experience. With all the practice destinations out there, making the best relocation decision isn’t always easy when your career weighs in the balance. As one of the hottest legal climates in the entire country, Austin, Texas, should be included on any prospecting lawyer’s watch list. Here’s why you should consider the Austin legal market when making a career change in 2022 and beyond.