The Associate Pirate

My candidates rock so hard they make everybody else look like pebbles.
Same-day offers make me happy (and they also speak volumes about a firm, because it takes serious coordination and commitment to have paperwork ready before the candidate even leaves the building).
Congrats guys!

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Wounded feet aside, I love it when my candidates get offers, too.
Congrats guys!

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I’m sure there’ll come a time when I won’t bounce around the office every time my candidates land an interview . . . but it hasn’t happened yet.
I love this job.
But my feet are killing me. I’m going to need a much softer carpet if my candidates are going to keep kicking so much […]

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I hope you guys have a decent holiday (even if quite a few of you reported plans to work this week).
If your New Year’s resolution is to find a new job, then now’s a good time to take a breather and put a little effort into your resume.  January is traditionally the start of a […]

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I don’t think I realized until my sixth or seventh year out of law school that there were legal recruiters out there who had actually been practicing lawyers first. This is a profession largely populated by sales folks, many of whom have never set foot in a law school, much less a courtroom or a […]

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One of my colleagues at Lateral Link likes to point out that we’re not “headhunters”, we’re “legal search consultants.”
It’s a valid distinction.
The typical “headhunter” approach to legal recruiting is to find a need at Big Firm X and then cold call associates at other firms around town until the right associate for the job (or […]

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The Associate Pirate (Arr is for Resume!) is a blog about law firms, lawyers, and legal recruiting. Specifically, it’s about my experiences and views as a legal recruiter.
Although legal recruiters tend to blog anonymously, I just don’t think there’s much point to having a secret identity. Sure, I’m a placement superhero, but it’s not like I have […]

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