The hiring emails started arriving in Allison Skager’s inbox the first week of her first job after graduating law school. Now, more than a year since she started as an associate in Crowell & Moring’s Los Angeles office, the inbox deluge still shapes her morning routine. When Skager logs on […]
Talent
When I joined AIG — and the insurance world — in 2020 as global head of talent, the industry had already acknowledged that new and more diverse talent were necessary for its continued success. The challenge insurance organizations face is effectively reaching these candidates. One of the best ways to […]
Have you ever heard someone in your company say, “Let’s just cast a wide net to find candidates.” If so, job boards are your net, a bullhorn essentially for everyone on the internet to see. It’s a little bit of mass marketing and a little more like putting up a […]
As the legal industry’s red-hot talent market reaches a boiling point, some law firm leaders are desperate to hold onto the people they have, sometimes using tactics that could backfire. Stefanie Marrone, a legal marketing consultant, recently spoke with a firm that wanted to remove associates’ biographies from the firm […]
Some of Pennsylvania’s largest firms granted partner status to their largest cohorts of lawyers in recent history this year in another bid to retain talent by offering a clear path to partnership. Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Dechert and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, among others, promoted significantly more lawyers to […]
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Signage is seen outside of the law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis will be eligible for equity partnership after nine years Experts say move could aid recruitment […]