East Coast & Southeast Attorney Recruiting Specialist (Remote)

Fisher Phillips LLP; United States; Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Fisher Phillips LLP is seeking an Attorney Recruiting Specialist to manage full cycle attorney recruiting for East Coast and Southeast offices, with hybrid or remote work options and residency on the East Coast or Southeast. You will partner with office leadership and hiring attorneys to understand needs, build pipelines, and drive searches from intake to offer.

Law student recruiting and Summer Clerk Program support are also included, with periodic travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Full cycle recruiting

LinkedIn Recruiter sourcing

Relationship management

Excellent communication

Organization and project management

Independent multi-search handling

viGlobal/viRecruit familiarity

Microsoft Office Proficiency

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

viRecruit

iManage

Applicant Tracking Systems

Job description

Fisher Phillips LLP is seeking an Attorney Recruiting Specialist to manage full cycle attorney recruiting for East Coast and Southeast offices, with hybrid or remote work options and residency on the East Coast or Southeast. You will partner with office leadership and hiring attorneys to understand needs, build pipelines, and drive searches from intake to offer.

Law student recruiting and Summer Clerk Program support are also included, with periodic travel as needed.