7 Thoughts About The Lateral Hiring Process
Are you looking for advice about the lateral recruiting process? Look no further.
NALP 2014 ANNUAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE — PANELS ABOUT LATERAL HIRING
Help Me Help You: Building a Strategic Alliance Among Legal Recruiters, Law Firm Recruiting Personnel, and Hiring Partners
The lateral market is rebounding, and the pressure is on to fill positions quickly, efficiently, and with the right candidate. Once your firm has decided to utilize a recruiter, how do you ensure that they possess the knowledge and information to properly identify the best candidates? Better yet, how do you internally promote using a search firm as a partnership that can actually save money in the long run? Join us for an interactive and informative discussion on strategies to engage all parties in the process and learn how firms can educate recruiters on making successful hires in an economically efficient manner.
- Scott Hodes, Principal, Lateral Link Group, LLC
- Diana Ross-Butler, Manager of Talent Acquisition & Development, Paul Hastings LLP
- Darin Sands, Shareholder and Co-Chair of Electronic Discovery, Technology and Strategy Practice Group, Lane Powell PC
Making Your Laterals Sticky: Best Practices in Lateral Integration
We all know that two contradictory trends have emerged in lateral recruiting: one, a huge majority of firms want to grow by lateral hiring, and two, less than 30% of lateral hires work out to the satisfaction of both parties. What can firms do to make their recruiting proposition stronger than that of their rivals and then integrate new laterals so that they want to stay? We’ll examine both senior associate and partner lateral hires, along with some studies of lawyer effectiveness and job satisfaction. Then the panel will discuss what makes laterals “sticky” — both with their books of business and their contributions as incoming team members.
- David Cruickshank, Partner, Edge International
- Diane Downs, Director of Attorney Development, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Mike White, Partner, Edge International
Lateral Recruiting in Niche Practice Areas
Recruiting in niche practice areas is challenging for firms and recruiters alike. How do you identify A+ candidates in specific niche practices, such as tax, technology, and L&E, when the lingo sounds the same to you? How can you work with your firm’s partners in the practice area to identify the distinguishing factors for the search? How do you recruit in practice areas that tend to be populated by candidates who are not actively engaged in a search? If using external recruiters, how do you best partner with them and convey the specific knowledge and information needed to properly identify stellar candidates?
- Rachel Budgar, Lateral Recruiting Manager, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, Moderator
- Shannon Davis, Director of Legal Recruiting, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo
- Donna Hill, IP Recruiter, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Tricia McGrath, Senior Director, Lateral Link
2014 Annual Education Conference [NALP]
