Sentences with phrase «legal recruiters say»

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«We hear all of the news about law firm layoffs,» said Sachs, a lawyer and former recruiter who provides legal career consulting and technology training.

Joe Ankus, a legal recruiter with Ankus Consulting, said, «Holland & Knight is known as one of the most liberal, family - friendly firms.

With a smaller firm they can find more flexibility on rates, says Lawrence Mullman of international legal recruiter Major Lindsey & Africa.

The great Boomer exodus from the workforce isn't unfolding as dramatically as some predicted, but the legal recruiters I've talked with say it's a real issue.

Legal recruiter Art Gunther praised Mayer Brown's idea, saying that the displaced associates «are not going to find another $ 160,000 job out there.»

Two - thirds of 2,882 corporate counsel polled by legal recruiter Laurence Simons said the loss of income (representing about # 16,500 of an average # 82,500 salary) would be worth the extra day.

Adam Pekarsky, a founder of Canadian legal recruiter Perkarsky Stein, says that he has «never seen a period of volatility like the one we're seeing now.»

«It is an honor for us to top Corporate Counsel's list as best national legal recruiter for the second year in a row,» said Greg Richter, vice president, In - House Practice Group of Major, Lindsey & Africa.

Shekhar Parmar, director of the Calgary office at legal recruiter The Counsel Network, says Canadian firms may be particularly wary of overpaid rainmaking because of this country's own cautionary tale in the 2007 dissolution of Goodman and Carr LLP.

The Pacific Northwest has a «somewhat typical legal market in the sense that you'll find practice groups in all traditional legal sectors, including litigation, corporate, real estate and land use, taxation and IP,» says Paul Danielson, recruiter for BCG Attorney Search.

One legal recruiter, who says he has held discussions with several «major names» who are set to leave Linklaters, feels there will be no shortage of suitors — particularly among U.S. firms looking to bolster their U.K. law offerings.

Also, rather than recruit new talent, many large firms and multinational corporations are relocating current employees, says Mark Anderson, managing consultant of the Dubai office of U.K. legal recruiter Laurence Simons International.

Kim says his decision to fold Hensley Kim into Polsinelli Shughart came to be after they were introduced earlier this year by Marcus Ollig, a Denver - based legal recruiter with The Advocates, who had been advising both firms on their local strategic initiatives.

«The need for mortgage - backed securitization expertise has constricted dramatically,» says Carey Bertolet, a legal recruiter at BCG Attorney Search.

Despite the extra cash in their pockets, however, more than half say they are pessimistic about their earning prospects in 2012, according to a survey by legal recruiter Laurence Simons.

More than half of women working in the legal profession — 62 % — say their gender has hampered their career progress, according to research from specialist legal and compliance recruiter Laurence Simons.

«If you volunteer in a situation where you can utilize your day - to - day business skills, then I think it's a great idea and a great way to further your career because you're essentially doing a job and are not just sitting around,» said Rahul D. Yodh, an executive recruiter with Link Legal Search Group in Dallas.

But recruiters don't always have that information if the hiring company is reticent to disclose it for legal or other reasons, said Rosenberg.

Choosing the right role for your charity work is key to connecting volunteer work to full - time work, said Rahul D. Yodh, an executive recruiter with Link Legal Search Group in Dallas.

Six years ago when I was a legal recruiter, I remember my boss saying to me, «Oh, and by the way, if someone has a Yahoo or Hotmail address, they are not up with the times, so don't bother.»