by Molly McGrath | Aug 8, 2019 | Hiring, Leadership, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development, Team Empowerment, Team Training
You can hardly believe your eyes. The resume you’ve been dreaming about has finally popped up in your inbox. Graduated from a highly esteemed university? Check. Years of experience in the role you’re hiring for? Check. Used all the right buzz words? Plenty of...
by Molly McGrath | Aug 1, 2019 | Hiring, Leadership, Legal Staffing & Leadership Development, Team Empowerment, Team Training
Your people are your greatest assets. We say this all the time. Without amazing people, your firm doesn’t stand a chance at success. It’s that simple. Whether you’re on the hunt for new employees or tapping into the strengths of the ones you already have, your people...
by Molly McGrath | Jun 4, 2019 | Hiring, Team Empowerment, Team Training
We live in a hyper-engaged world. Media platforms of all stripes, from Facebook to YouTube, are shifting the cultural paradigm from transactional to participatory. No longer do we merely consume information, we participate in its production and diffusion. Those...
by Molly McGrath | May 29, 2019 | Hiring, Increasing Business, Leadership, Team Empowerment
It’s an employee’s market. Low salaries and minimum paid time off aren’t cutting it anymore, people are job hopping at a faster rate than ever…and it’s only getting worse, seemingly by the day. The way we see it, you have two...
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...