The Legal Recruiting Assistant will support the Legal Recruiting team with aspects of attorney recruiting, hiring and onboarding, including on-campus/recruitment and the summer associate program.
Client Details
An elite global law firm with world-class practices across the board. With more than 1,000 attorneys globally, they are considered the top 10 across the United States.
Description
- Liaise with law schools on aspects of recruitment, including registration for on-campus interviews and job fairs
- Coordinate recruitment events, and also attend and track specific recruitment events
- Schedule applicants for callback interviews, and track school-specific offers
- Assist in planning the summer associate program, including planning and attending specific summer events
- Prepare and track summer associate evaluations
- Prepare law school surveys and feedback forms
- Assist with law school presentations and programs
- Greet applicants upon arrival, provide office tours and escort applicants to interviews
- Additional projects as assigned by the department Chief and Managers
- Attend NALP and BALRA sponsored programs
- Assist with local office Affinity group events and collaborate with the firm's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion department
Profile
- Self-motivated, proactive, positive, team player
- Punctual, reliable, and flexible to work long hours as needed
- Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to interact collaboratively and effectively with attorneys and staff
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational skills, and a meticulous attention to detail including the ability to proofread for typographical, spelling, grammatical, and formatting errors
- Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a time-sensitive environment while maintaining the highest standards of work quality
- Good judgment and professional maturity including the ability to manage confidential information with the utmost discretion
- Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and other applications as needed
- Travel for recruiting events as needed
- Experience with viDesktop is a plus
Job Offer
- Highly competitive hourly rate + overtime
- Monday to Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm
- 4 day on site, Fridays work from home
- Medical, dental, vision benefits provided from day 1
- Highly collaborative team
- Fantastic company culture
- An entry level role for the right candidate looking to develop skills within the legal space.
- An wonderful opportunity to be part of Big Law.
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