by Molly McGrath | Nov 4, 2019 | Hiring, Hiring & Firing, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development
Almost every time we send a Big Law resume to a small firm looking to hire, we get the same bewildered responses: We can’t compete with that salary. They have high billable hour requirements. They’re worked to the bone—they don’t care about the things our firm can...
by Molly McGrath | Sep 30, 2019 | Hiring, Hiring & Firing
Bringing new talent aboard is stressful. After all, you’re wagering time and money in the hopes that a new employee will offer a return on investment once properly trained. Determining which candidate is the surest bet is fraught territory, often leading employers to...
by Molly McGrath | Apr 30, 2019 | Hiring, Hiring & Firing, Leadership, Team Empowerment, Team Training
The unemployment rate is about as low as it’s ever been, holding steady at 3.8% throughout February and March. For employees, this is great news! For the U.S. economy, even better! But for your boutique law firm? Scary. In an economic climate that is so conducive to...
by Molly McGrath | Apr 16, 2019 | Hiring, Hiring & Firing, Increasing Business
“This resume is totally unqualified, why are you sending me this candidate?” In our 20+ years in the legal recruiting and staffing industry, we’ve heard this question a lot—most recently about a week ago. The attorney we were working with wanted to hire a paralegal...
by Molly McGrath | Jan 23, 2019 | Communication, Hiring, Hiring & Firing, Leadership, Team Empowerment, Team Training
No two leaders are the same. Two leaders can be equally amazing, even though they have completely different sets of personality traits and professional talents. In fact, being an amazing leader isn’t derived from personality traits or professional talents (though...
by Molly McGrath | Nov 14, 2018 | Communication, Decreasing Stress, Hiring, Hiring & Firing, Increasing Business, Leadership, Systems, Team Empowerment, Team Training
If you are micromanaging your employees, please stop! Now. It is literally debilitating to your law firm or business. Micromanagement prevents your business from evolving with the times. It thwarts innovation. It pushes strong team members out the door, hinders...
