Legal Recruiter

Direct Recruiters, Inc.; Ohio; Remote; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote flexibility

Uncapped earnings potential

Established legal practice

Training & resources

Room to grow

Established brand

Job summary

Direct Recruiters, Inc. is seeking an experienced, relationship-focused recruiter to join our Legal Solutions Group. This role emphasizes legal recruiting with strong emphasis on sourcing, outreach, and guiding legal professionals through career moves.

Remote flexibility is offered, with a preference for Ohio or Midwest-based candidates. You will identify attorneys, develop relationships, manage active searches, and collaborate with the Practice Leader to advance searches from kickoff to

Qualifications

• Must have experience in legal recruiting.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in a professional setting.
• Ability to build and manage relationships with attorneys and clients.

Responsibilities

• Identify and engage attorneys and legal professionals through outbound calling, sourcing, networking, referrals, email, and targeted outreach.
• Build trusted relationships with legal professionals and understand their career goals.
• Own the candidate-side execution of active searches, including pipelines, priorities, follow-up, and interview coordination.
• Continue building network and knowledge across law firms, corporate legal departments, and the broader legal market.
• Take on account management and client interaction based on experience and interests.

Skills

Legal recruiting

Candidate development

Relationship building

Outreach

Search & project management

Market knowledge

Job description

DRI is looking for an experienced, relationship-focused recruiter to join our Legal Solutions Group. This is an opportunity for someone who already understands legal recruiting and enjoys the candidate side of search - sourcing, outreach, relationship building, and helping legal professionals navigate the right career move.

What We Offer

• Remote Flexibility: Work remotely, with a preference for professionals based in Ohio or the Midwest and aligned with Eastern Time.
• Uncapped Earning Potential: Flexible, performance-driven compensation with commission upside; structure can be tailored based on experience and preferred mix.
• Established Legal Practice: Join a specialized legal recruiting team with active client relationships, existing searches, and a strong reputation across law firms and corporate legal departments.
• Training & Resources: Access recruiter development through Next Level Exchange, DRI’s established recruiting tools and resources, and direct support from an experienced Legal Practice Leader.
• Room to Grow: Focus on recruiting first, with the opportunity to expand into account management, client development, and a fuller desk as your interests and experience grow.
• Established Brand: Join a relationship-focused executive search firm with more than four decades in business and the resources of the broader Starfish Partners organization.

Legal recruiting is relationship-driven and highly proactive. Your day will include identifying legal talent, making outbound calls, building relationships with passive candidates, learning what motivates them, managing follow-up, and partnering closely with the Practice Leader to move searches from kickoff through placement.

The Role

• Legal Recruiting: Identify and engage attorneys and legal professionals through outbound calling, sourcing, networking, referrals, email, and targeted outreach.
• Candidate Development: Build trusted relationships with legal professionals, understand their career goals, and connect them with opportunities that make sense.
• Search & Project Management: Own the candidate-side execution of active searches, including pipelines, priorities, follow-up, interview coordination, and search timelines.
• Market Expertise: Continue building your network and knowledge across law firms, corporate legal departments, and the broader legal market.
• Client-Facing Growth: Take on account management and client interaction based on your experience and interests.

Who We're Looking For

• Legal experience/knowledge required.
• Ideally 1+ years of recruiting experience; agency/search experience preferred, but strong in-house or law-firm recruiting backgrounds will be considered.
• Comfortable with proactive, phone-driven recruiting and reaching out to passive candidates.
• Organized and consistent, with the ability to manage multiple searches and follow-up without losing momentum.
• Polished, professional, and relationship-focused when communicating with attorneys, partners, legal leaders, and clients.
• Motivated by performance, commission upside, and the opportunity to build within an established legal practice.
• Ohio or Midwest location preferred

About Direct Recruiters, Inc.

Direct Recruiters, Inc. is a relationship-focused executive search firm providing contingency, retained search, and staffing solutions across specialized industries. Since 1983, DRI has partnered with organizations throughout North America to recruit and retain high-impact talent for mission-critical positions.

Our Legal Solutions Group partners with law firms and corporate legal departments to recruit attorneys and legal professionals across private practice, in-house, contract, and leadership searches. The team combines deep legal-market knowledge with a highly personal, relationship-driven approach to search.

Learn more about DRI’s Legal Solutions Group: https://directrecruiters.com/practice-areas/legal-solutions-group/