Strategic Legal Talent Acquisition Lead

Axiom Talent Platform; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Life and disability coverage

401K with company match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Axiom seeks a Legal Talent Recruitment Manager to join our North America Talent team in Chicago. You will drive innovative recruitment strategies to attract top-tier legal professionals and support the growth of our North America practice.

In this hybrid role, you will manage full-cycle recruiting, build a robust network of candidates, and advise stakeholders on market trends while promoting Axiom’s unique approach to legal services.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional recruiting experience.
• Legal industry experience required.
• Highly persuasive verbal communication skills, and excellent written communication skills.
• Poise, confidence, and maturity to interact and build relationships with candidates; strong interpersonal skills are essential.
• Innate ability to build relationships with sophisticated candidates as well as internal stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and a tremendous amount of initiative, multi-tasking, and organizational abilities.
• Genuine interest in the Axiom model and our place in the changing legal landscape.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school.
• Legally eligible to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Executing against our North America Talent Acquisition strategy, including identification, assessment, and attraction of top-tier legal talent through traditional and creative recruitment channels.
• Serving as the primary point of contact for lawyers and legal professional candidates; managing individuals through full cycle recruiting while ensuring a positive, informative, and efficient candidate experience.
• Assisting others on the team to advise key company stakeholders and leaders across North America on industry talent trends, candidate pipeline updates, and recruitment activity levels.
• Assisting the leaders of the function to develop customized and strategic recruitment plans to attract lawyers and legal support professionals to work with our highly innovative and impressive list of clients.
• Building and maintaining a robust network of legal talent and consistently acting as a strong promoter of our brand. Staying current on recruiting issues and trends in the legal industry to inform ongoing recruitment strategy.

Skills

Recruiting

Legal industry experience

Verbal communication

Written communication

Relationship building

Time management

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Axiom seeks a Legal Talent Recruitment Manager to join our North America Talent team in Chicago. You will drive innovative recruitment strategies to attract top-tier legal professionals and support the growth of our North America practice.

In this hybrid role, you will manage full-cycle recruiting, build a robust network of candidates, and advise stakeholders on market trends while promoting Axiom’s unique approach to legal services.