Legal Recruiting Assistant Job at Thrive Legal Search in Longview

Location: Fully Remote from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area or Tyler/Longview/Texarkana Area

Type: Full-time (will consider Part-time)

Reports to: Founder / Principal Recruiter

About the Role

We are a boutique legal recruiting firm based in Dallas, Texas, and we place attorneys with law firms across Texas and beyond. We are seeking a detail-oriented, highly organized Legal Recruiting Assistant to support core recruiting operations, sourcing, and candidate management. The candidate MUST be based in Texas--ideally in DFW or northeast Texas (Longview/Tyler/Texarkana area).

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building structure behind the scenes, working in LinkedIn Recruiter daily, and helping a recruiting practice run efficiently and professionally.

Core Responsibilities

Market Mapping & Intelligence

• Create, update, and maintain market maps by practice area and Texas market
• Track firms, practice groups, headcount trends, and key attorney movement
• Ensure data accuracy and consistency across market-mapping documents

LinkedIn Recruiter Projects & Pipelines

• Create and maintain LinkedIn Recruiter projects
• Organize candidates by search, stage, and priority
• Keep pipelines clean, current, and searchable
• Tag and categorize candidates for long-term sourcing efforts

LinkedIn Job Postings & Initial Outreach

• Draft, post, and manage LinkedIn job postings
• Conduct initial outreach to prospective candidates
• Coordinate scheduling of introductory calls/interviews
• Track responses and follow-ups to ensure no candidate falls through the cracks

Research & Sourcing Support

• Research attorneys and prospects for active and future searches
• Identify candidates based on firm, practice area, geography, and experience level
• Support proactive sourcing and pipeline development

Contact Management & Follow-Up

• Maintain accurate contact records in the ATS and Google Sheets
• Assist with follow-up messaging and outreach sequences
• Help ensure consistent, professional communication with candidates

Required Experience & Skills

Experience

• 2+ years of experience working in a recruiting, staffing, or talent-focused role
• Hands-on experience with:
• LinkedIn Recruiter
• Google Sheets & Google Drive
• Dripify
• A recruiting ATS (law firm or professional services experience is a plus)

Skills

• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Comfortable managing multiple projects and pipelines simultaneously
• Strong written communication skills
• Ability to work independently and proactively
• Tech-savvy and comfortable learning new tools and workflows

Strongly Preferred

• Legal industry or professional services recruiting experience
• Familiarity with Texas legal markets

What We Offer

• Flexible work environment - fully remote with ability to meet in person weekly for first 90 days and then monthly
• Direct exposure to legal recruiting strategy and market intelligence
• Opportunity to grow with a boutique recruiting firm
• Collaborative, professional, and respectful work culture