It’s important to be professional when interviewing. But it’s equally important not to send the wrong signals – which can also happen. Here’s how to communicate your ability, enthusiasm, and interest at your next job interview:… Read More »
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Five Essential Leadership Qualities in High Demand (and How to Develop Those Skills)
Leadership is best thought of not as a single skill, but as a bundle of skills, all of which can be learned and improved upon. Here are five skills that are essential to leadership and how to improve upon them in your own career. Communication An ineffective communicator can never make an effective leader. To… Read More »
Evaluating Your Legal Support Staffing Outcomes
You’ve changed your hiring methods, found some good people and supported them as they lent their productive skill to your team. Mission accomplished, right? Not so fast. Without evaluation and feedback, it can be nearly impossible to tell where your staffing and hiring initiatives have actually improved – and where you’re still wasting time and… Read More »
Starting a New Legal Support Job? 5 Tips for Making the Most of the Onboarding Process
You’ve found a great employer and landed the job. Congratulations! Now it’s time to hit the ground running by making the most of your new employer’s onboarding process. Here’s how:… Read More »
How to Find and Hire the Best Legal Support Staff in Toronto
Finding good legal support staff among the competition in Toronto can seem difficult. Finding the best legal support professionals can seem nearly impossible. But it doesn’t have to be. Here’s how to find – and hire – the best legal support staff in and near Toronto:… Read More »
5 Tips for Advancing Your Real Estate Law Clerk Career in Toronto
Real estate law clerks shoulder many responsibilities, from handling documentation to answering clients’ questions and investigating their concerns. If you’re looking to advance in your career as a real estate law clerk, here are five ways to do just that: Reach out. Ask around to see if your skills can be of use in other… Read More »
Legal Support Hiring Costs Soaring Out of Control? Here’s What to Do.
Legal support staff are essential to the smooth functioning of any law office. As hiring the best talent becomes more competitive, however, an organization that doesn’t pay close attention to the bottom line may start to see its hiring costs expand in an unsustainable direction. Sound familiar? Here are several steps you can take to… Read More »
Making the Most of Exit Interviews
When a legal support professional leaves, it’s natural to wonder “Why?” And it is vital to ask. Exit interviews can be a powerful tool for determining why good people leave, identifying the weaknesses in your current structure, and addressing them in the hiring process for the person’s replacement. Here’s how to make the most of… Read More »
Keep Applying but No Response? Here’s What You Can Do
Perhaps you’ve been on the legal support job hunt for a while. You keep sending out resumes, following up to ensure they arrived, and waiting to hear whether you’ve landed an interview … yet you hear nothing. Why are you getting radio silence? Here are some of the most common reasons: You weren’t the right… Read More »
Can’t Decide Between Two Legal Support Job Candidates? Here’s What to Do.
Every hiring manager faces this quandary sooner or later: You have two outstanding candidates for one legal support position. Either one is likely to do well with your current team. So which do you choose? These strategies can help: Focus on the critical skills for your What are your office’s current strengths? Its weaknesses? What… Read More »