Attorney Recruitment Manager
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for an Attorney Recruitment Manager to join our Human Resources team. The successful candidate can be based in A&O Shearman's Houston, Menlo Park, or New York offices. The Human Resources team implements and supports the firm’s HR strategy and provides a first‑class level of service to the business for all strategic and operational aspects of HR.
Responsibilities
- Assist with the management of lateral recruitment for all US offices, Toronto, and São Paulo, including devising search strategies, managing relationships with legal search firms, pre-screening resumes and overseeing the coordination of interviews, offers and other feedback.
- Think strategically about recruiting initiatives and how to help the firm achieve its goals.
- Manage lateral associate and counsel hiring for the US offices, Toronto, and São Paulo.
- Establish and maintain relationships with legal search firms and obtain and analyze information regarding status of job market.
- Oversee all drafting of position descriptions and engagement with candidates.
- Lead candidate attraction efforts by developing and implementing innovative sourcing and marketing strategies to build engaged and diverse talent pools.
- Partner with internal and external stakeholders to identify innovative sourcing methods and expand the talent pool.
- Build expertise in the key markets that the team is hiring into to be able to quickly and credibly source top talent for our local offices.
- Stay informed about industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in recruitment and talent acquisition to ensure the firm remains competitive.
- Review candidate resumes, ensure circulation of appropriate resumes to practice group leaders; provide and obtain feedback regarding candidates; and oversee screening process.
- Manage lateral interview process, including but not limited to scheduling, greeting and communicating with candidates.
- Facilitate decision making process and follow-up, including offer letters and all procedures required before the start of a new lawyer.
- Act as a liaison to lateral candidates, as needed, through the interviewing process.
- Analyze recruiting data and results, compare to strategy and targets, communicate status to Director of Attorney & Staff Recruitment and firm management and determine resulting action plan.
- With the Director of Attorney & Staff Recruitment, help to develop and mentor junior members of the wider US Recruitment Team.
Qualifications
- Strong ability to balance independent thinking and collaboration and engagement with lawyers and business professionals.
- Creative problem solver, with a high level of self-confidence, maturity and excellent judgement.
- Demonstrated direct sourcing experience strongly preferred.
- Ability to maintain highly confidential and sensitive information.
- Exceptionally strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize a number of responsibilities, while maintaining accuracy.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills – including the ability to tailor the communication style to a specific audience.
- Strong client service orientation.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- Minimum of six years' of prior legal recruiting experience at a law firm.
- Knowledge of the legal market and current industry and a willingness to learn.
Benefits
We offer competitive compensation and benefits package which includes a discretionary bonus, paid leave, life, health, accident, and disability insurance; and a 401(k) plan.
Pay
New York: $150,000 - $175,000; Houston: $130,000 - $155,000; Menlo Park: $163,000 - $185,000 (estimated annualized base salary). Actual base salary offered will depend on the overall qualifications of the individual applicant for the position and other job‑related factors permitted by law.