Foley Hoag is hiring: Legal Recruiting Specialist in New York

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$88,000.00/yr - $110,000.00/yr

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We are seeking a Legal Recruiting Specialist with exceptional organizational skills, professionalism, and drive to join our Legal Recruiting Team. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Legal Recruiting and the Associate Director of Lateral Recruiting and Strategic Growth, the Legal Recruiting Specialist will play a crucial role supporting processes for recruiting and onboarding lateral partners, counsel and associates, as well as law students and other legal professionals firm-wide. The ideal candidate will bring initiative, sound judgment, and a strong client service mindset to accurately represent the firm to candidates, and further the legacy of attracting and recruiting top-tier legal talent.

Responsibilities

• Support lateral partner, counsel, and associate recruitment efforts, including processing new candidate materials, reviewing and assessing submissions and business plans, scheduling interview meetings, greeting candidates, collecting feedback on candidates, developing candidate recruitment plans, maintaining various tracking documents, and regularly communicating with candidates, search firm and agency representatives, and Firm partners.
• Assist with market research and developing candidate target lists for strategic lateral hiring priorities, and track candidate outreach and due diligence efforts.
• Drive onboarding process to ensure a smooth transition to the Firm for legal hires, including, among other things, developing and executing onboarding efforts and orientation programs in consultation with Firm leadership and other stakeholders, liaising and collaborating with colleagues in business services departments such as HR, Operations, Conflicts, Professional Development and Business Development, and serving as a resource to new hires during their transition.
• Plan and attend various recruitment activities (such as offer dinners, campus recruiting events, etc.) for both law student and experienced lateral candidates.
• Collaborate on updates to social media and other marketing materials related to lateral and on-campus recruitment, and facilitate updates to the legal recruiting webpage.
• In collaboration with the Senior Manager of Legal Recruiting, assist with planning and execution of the New York office summer associate program, including coordinating law student interviews, tracking and reviewing summer associate assignments and evaluations, planning and attending summer associate events and training sessions, and preparing materials for summer associate reviews and offer decisions.
• Alongside Senior Manager of Legal Recruiting, act as the Firms liaison with law school career services offices and student groups in the New York area.
• Maintain candidate recruiting data and metrics, and prepare reports and analysis as needed.
• Handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
• Represent the Firm in local and national legal recruiting organizations.
• Keep abreast of key market issues and trends. Track information and analyze competitive data, best practices and trends to provide strategic recommendations to recruiting team and Firm leadership in alignment with the Firms strategic recruitment goals.
• Other projects and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3+ years of legal recruiting/talent management experience in a law firm, recruiting agency, or other professional services setting, preferably with partner or executive-level recruiting.
• Strong client service mindset and skills, with proven organizational and time management skills.
• Attention to detail, and ability to prioritize and multi-task effectively in a fast-paced environment in order to meet deadlines.
• Ability to closely follow established protocols as well as recognize when circumstances require a more flexible and creative approach.
• Excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Strong research skills, with ability to analyze and synthesize research findings.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with people at all levels, using initiative, diplomacy and tact.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently with minimal supervision and collaboratively with others across departments and functions.
• Ability to accommodate a flexible work schedule that will occasionally require travel and extended hours.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and to recognize and keep confidential information, observations or viewpoints in a professional manner.
• Proficiency in the use of computer programs, including Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), communication platforms (Zoom, Teams, Cisco), document management systems (e.g., iManage), and applicant tracking system/database programs (e.g., LawCruit, FloRecruit).
• Aptitude in utilizing AI in a professional, ethical and responsible manner.

Compensation range is $88,000 to $110,000 commensurate with related experience and qualification. The salary of the candidate selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to internal equity, experience, specialty, and training. The above salary range (or hiring range) represents the firm's reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Search firm submissions are not requested or considered for this posting.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources and Business Development

• Industries

  Law Practice

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