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Law Firm Members Newsletter
Good afternoon and welcome to the first newsletter from Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment for members of our new (not so new now!) £60 legal recruitment service. It has been a very busy end to the year and we now have a large number of firms signed...
Family Panel and Resolution Accredited Specialists
One of our senior candidates has been in touch this morning to point out a slight issue that keeps coming up in adverts both on our site and job boards.
“I have been looking at family vacancies on the web and noticed that some vacancies...
Taking Up References
The decision to give references is sometimes quite complicated.
Firms have requested references before second interviews, including requests to speak to current employers (!) and colleagues. Alternatively some firms ask for references prior...
Making Low Job Offers
Some firms seem very pleased at times when a candidate accepts an offer that is considerably below the market rate but we think this is a false economy.
I can think of two firms in recent times who have been aware of a candidate’s limited...
Lawyers returning to work after children
It is apparently the case that mothers returning to work after starting a family suffer the highest employment penalty of any group (Equalities Review).
Mothers with children under 11 are 37% less likely to be offered a job than equivalent males.
Single...
Lack of Quality Candidates or Just Low Pay?
Firms who regularly complain that there is a lack of quality out there and no candidates applying for their jobs, are often the same firms who offer rates of pay so low a solicitor cannot get a mortgage above £60k!
I regularly read about the...
How to be a Nice Boss at Christmas
1. Don’t throw things at your staff. Particularly the Law Society Conveyancing Handbook – it hurts!
2. Don’t get drunk at the Christmas party – this always leads to consequences remembered for decades afterwards. Whether...
Improving Conditions to Retain Staff
“I want to move because my current office is affecting my health – damp on the walls, mould on the ceiling, and freezing cold. No pay rise for anyone at the firm in 5 years.”
Another firm yet to wake up to the realities of...
Is a Job Interview the Best Way of Assessing a Candidate?
In a recent article a senior recruiter argued that a better approach to recruitment would be as follows:
(1) give full specifics of your post prior to interview – this can sometimes be very frustrating in legal recruitment – firms...