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Legal Recruiting

Title Legal Recruiting Manager (Lateral Associates)
Categories Human Resources, Lateral Recruiting, Law Firm, Legal Industry, Legal Recruiting
Location New York, NY
Job Information

Our elite global Law Firm client is seeking to recruit an experienced Legal Recruiting Manager to develop, implement and execute full life-cycle recruiting programs for lateral Associates and Special Counsel hiring across all practice areas.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop, implement and execute full life-cycle recruiting programs for lateral Associates and Special Counsel hiring across all practice areas
  • Manage all lateral recruiting activity including, but not limited to, interview scheduling, external recruiting agency relationship management, new hire onboarding and conflicts clearing
  • Build, foster and maintain relationships with recruiting agencies ensuring top-talent pipeline is being presented
  • Maintain awareness of market conditions, analyze market trends and develop best practices to improve the hiring process
  • Analyze attrition rates and hiring statistics and report findings to senior management and key stakeholders
  • Work closely with Office Managing Partner and Senior Partners to develop practice specific hiring plans
  • Manage communication between candidates, partners and clients in coordinating the firm’s Visiting Lawyers Program
  • Organize meetings between external recruiting agencies and firm partners
  • Assist the talent management team with associate and special counsel onboarding
  • Assist with recruitment event management
  • Collaborate closely with recruiting colleagues and coach, train and mentor junior recruiters
  • Assist with non-NY office lateral recruiting efforts and special projects as needed

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • 7-10 years of lateral associate recruiting experience
  • Detail oriented, organized and highly effective communication skills
  • Experience supervising, training and coaching junior staff
  • Experience managing external recruiting agency vendor relationship
  • Experience developing, implementing and executing lateral recruiting programs across practice areas and managing key stakeholder relationships
  • Calm under pressure and strong project management skills
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