How to Avoid Four Common Legal Support Recruiting Problems

Finding the legal support staff you need can be tough. An incomplete, confused, or neglected hiring process only complicates the matter, missing top talent in the candidate pool or allowing the best applicants to slip through your hiring manager’s fingers.

If you’re facing any of these four common problems in hiring qualified legal support staff, consider working with a recruiter who can help.

  1. The hiring process is inefficient.

The best recruiting depends on a solid, streamlined recruiting process. When you’re missing a key legal support person, however, your existing staff may not have the time or expertise to devote to recruiting. Your staffing partner, by contrast, knows how to create job descriptions, organize the hiring process, and keep in contact with qualified applicants in a way that draws top talent toward your organization instead of pushing it away.

  1. Our staffing firm doesn’t understand our needs or connect us to the people we need.

A niche recruiting firm specializes in knowing the top talent and “rising stars” in your industry and geographic area, building connections that can last for decades and that make your recruiter the best resource for finding candidates for a hard-to-fill legal support position. Local, niche staffing partners also think “long term” because their business depends on their relationships in the community, not on sheer volume of candidates.

  1. We’re uncertain how best to fill an open position.

Will a highly qualified temporary legal support staff member with a specific skill help your team through an extraordinary case, or is it time to find the best possible candidate for a direct-hire position? Answering these questions can be tougher than you think. Your staffing partner, however, answers these questions for law firms and legal departments on a daily basis. Communicate your needs thoroughly to your recruiting firm for best results.

  1. We’re losing top talent to other firms.

Streamlining your hiring process can do much to prevent top candidates from taking other job offers before your hiring process is complete. Your staffing partner can also help you ensure that the salary and benefits you’re offering your top candidates is competitive with those offered at other law firms and legal departments. Competitive offerings are key to drawing in top “passive candidates”: those talented, focused individuals who are currently employed, but who will join your team if the “fit” is right.

At Kent Legal, our experienced recruiters can help you avoid legal support recruiting problems and find better people faster. Contact us today to learn more.

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