East Coast Attorney Recruiting Specialist

Fisher Phillips LLP; Tampa (FL); Híbrido; USD 83 000 - 95 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Fisher Phillips LLP is seeking an Attorney Recruiting Specialist to manage full-cycle lateral hiring for East Coast and Southeast offices, and to support law student recruiting. You will partner with partners and hiring attorneys to devise search strategies, build pipelines, and provide market insights while handling multiple searches independently.

You will also support onboarding and contribute to process improvements across recruiting operations, with travel as needed and a flexible

Qualificações

• Four or more years of law firm lateral attorney recruiting experience.
• Strong track record leading full cycle recruiting from intake to acceptance.
• Proficient in direct sourcing using LinkedIn Recruiter and similar tools.
• Ability to assess candidate fit against defined hiring needs and provide clear recommendations.
• Excellent relationship management with attorneys, candidates, search firms and stakeholders.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication with discretion handling sensitive information.
• Organizational, project, and time management skills in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems; viGlobal/viRecruit and iManage preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Execute full cycle recruiting for associate and of counsel searches across East Coast and Southeast offices.
• Partner with leadership to understand needs, develop search strategies, and provide updates.
• Build pipelines through sourcing, referrals, networking, and approved search firms.
• Evaluate candidates, prepare summaries, and guide hiring teams to decisions.
• Manage candidate communications throughout the process, including offers.
• Coordinate offer negotiations and acceptance with leadership and administration.
• Support onboarding and transition activities with HR, PD, IT, and offices.
• Support law student recruiting and Summer Clerk Program across offices.

Conhecimentos

Full cycle recruiting

LinkedIn Recruiter

Candidate sourcing

Relationship management

Interview coordination

Communication

Time management

Multitasking

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree

Ferramentas

viRecruit/viGlobalviRecruit

iManage

Microsoft Office

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Overview

Division Associate Counsel and Law Student Recruiting Location Hybrid or Remote; candidate must reside on the East Coast or in the Southeast within reasonable travel distance of a Fisher Phillips office Primary Market Focus East Coast and Southeast offices Schedule Full time; flexibility required during peak recruiting periods Reports To East Coast Regional Recruiting Manager

Fisher Phillips is seeking an Attorney Recruiting Specialist to handle full cycle attorney recruiting for assigned East Coast and Southeast offices. This role is an integral part of the Associate Counsel and Law Student Recruiting team and under the leadership of the East Coast Regional Recruiting Manager will have primary responsibility for lateral associate and counsel hiring across assigned markets. The Specialist serves as a recruiting partner for assigned offices and searches partnering with Regional Managing Partners office leadership practice group leaders and other hiring attorneys to assess hiring needs develop and execute search strategies and provide regular market and pipeline guidance. This position is designed for an experienced recruiting professional who can independently manage multiple searches build candidate pipelines provide market insight and move recruiting activity forward with sound judgment and limited day to day direction. The Specialist will also support law student recruiting and the Summer Clerk Program across assigned offices.

Key Responsibilities

Lateral Attorney Recruiting

• Execute the full cycle recruiting process for assigned associate and of counsel searches across East Coast and Southeast offices with support for other offices as business needs require.
• Partner with Regional Managing Partners office leadership practice group leaders and other hiring attorneys to understand current and anticipated hiring needs develop search strategies and provide regular recruiting updates.
• Build and maintain robust candidate pipelines through direct sourcing LinkedIn Recruiter referrals networking internal leads and approved search firms.
• Source screen and evaluate attorney candidates against defined hiring needs and prepare concise candidate summaries and recommendations for hiring teams.
• Handle candidate communications throughout the recruiting lifecycle including outreach interview coordination follow up offer stage engagement and post acceptance communication.
• Coordinate offer preparation negotiations and acceptance activity in partnership with recruiting leadership and firm administration.
• Manage relationships with approved search firms including submissions communication search status and adherence to Firm recruiting policies.
• Monitor recruiting pipelines identify stalled searches or market constraints and proactively recommend adjustments to sourcing strategy search criteria or outreach approach.
• Provide market intelligence regarding candidate availability compensation expectations competitor activity and other developments affecting assigned searches.
• Support onboarding initiation and transition activities for new attorney hires in coordination with Human Resources Professional Development IT Office Administrators and hiring attorneys.

Law Student Recruiting

• Support law student recruiting initiatives for assigned East Coast and Southeast offices including on campus recruiting first year hiring callback interviews recruiting events and the Summer Clerk Program.
• Coordinate candidate and attorney communications interviews offers and follow up activity for law student candidates as assigned.
• Partner with Recruiting Managers and team members to deliver a consistent high quality candidate and summer clerk experience across offices.
• Participate in planning and execution of office specific law student recruiting strategies based on hiring needs market conditions and program objectives.

Recruiting Operations Reporting & Team Support

• Maintain complete and accurate candidate requisition source and hiring information in viRecruit and other recruiting systems.
• Monitor recruiting activity pipeline status hiring metrics source effectiveness and time to fill and prepare reports that support team and leadership visibility.
• Use recruiting data and market information to identify opportunities to improve sourcing effectiveness candidate conversion workflow and overall recruiting outcomes.
• Contribute to recruiting process improvement technology adoption and firmwide recruiting initiatives and special projects.
• Provide guidance and workflow support to Recruiting Coordinators as appropriate and help reinforce consistent recruiting practices and data quality standards across the team.
• Process recruiting related expenses and provide administrative coordination as needed.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required.
• Four or more years of law firm lateral attorney recruiting experience required.
• Demonstrated experience leading full cycle recruiting and independently advancing multiple searches from intake through acceptance.
• Strong direct sourcing capability including experience using LinkedIn Recruiter and other tools to identify engage and build relationships with passive candidates.
• Ability to assess candidate experience and qualifications against defined hiring needs and provide clear concise recommendations to hiring teams.
• Strong relationship management skills and the ability to build credibility with attorneys candidates search firms and internal stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with sound judgment and discretion in handling confidential and sensitive information.
• Exceptional organization project management and time management skills with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment.
• Experience working with applicant tracking systems required.
• Experience with viGlobalviRecruit and iManage preferred.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite; experience with recruiting analytics reporting and data quality strongly preferred.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a geographically dispersed team.
• Curiosity about recruiting technology and a willingness to adopt tools and processes that improve sourcing reporting candidate experience and recruiting effectiveness.

Location & Work Arrangement

Candidates must reside on the East Coast or in the Southeast within reasonable travel distance of a Fisher Phillips office to be considered.

The position may be performed fully remotely or in a hybrid arrangement with the option to work from a Fisher Phillips office two to three days per week.

Periodic travel may be required for recruiting events office meetings or law student recruiting activities.

Compensation

This position offers a competitive annualized salary range of 83000 95000 for the Atlanta Charlotte Tampa and Nashville markets and 90000 110000 for New York Boston and Washington DC markets. Actual base pay within the applicable range will be determined by several factors including location relevant experience internal equity skills qualifications and other job related factors permitted by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Fisher Phillips is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race ethnicity religion sex including related medical conditions gender sexual orientation national origin citizenship status veteran status marital status pregnancy age disability or any other protected status in compliance with all applicable laws.

Why Join Us

At Fisher Phillips exceptional talent is the foundation of our success. Joining our team means collaborating in a professional dynamic environment leveraging cutting edge technology. Our leadership fosters professional growth and provides opportunities to challenge yourself.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes health dental and vision insurance; a 401k plan with profit sharing; 18 days of vacation; 10 accrued sick days per calendar year; and 10 paid holidays per benefit year.

We also offer wellness programs and 247 telehealth services to support your overall well being. Visit wwwfisherphillipscom to learn more.

Additional Notes

The statements in this position description are not necessarily all inclusive. Additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned and requirements may vary from time to time.

As part of our initial screening process we may use AI to compare the skills and job titles from your resume with the job description. This is NOT an Automated Employment Decision Tool AEDT and will not be used to make selection decisions. It is only used occasionally in addition to manual screening.

If you are a resident of New York City and would like to request an alternative evaluation process or reasonable accommodation please email staffrecruitingfisherphillipscom.

Relocation costs are not covered. We are only accepting direct applicants; third party recruiters or agencies will not be considered. No phone inquiries please.