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Whether you’re actively looking for a job or just testing the job market waters, the rewards of a new job are often thwarted by the formidable task of job searching. To make the process easier, consider working with a legal recruiter like Momentum. When working with Momentum, you’ll be offered opportunities that match your experience and interest.

The legal market in Austin, like most other professions, is directly tied to the overall economy of the area. Austin is on fire…again! In the past 18 months – yes, during the pandemic – companies like Tesla, Oracle and Apple all made announcements regarding huge expansions of their smaller presence in Austin.

Like most big cities, the legal market in Dallas is fast-paced and highly competitive. If you’re a legal professional, rising above the pack sometimes takes a little creative networking. A good lawyer marketing strategy hinges on knowing how and where to network, all of which can make a huge difference when career success weighs in the balance.

With the continued growth of internal recruiters with law firms and corporations, is there still a need for an outside recruiting firm? Yes. Hiring through a search firm devoted to law firms and corporate legal departments is generally a great way to avoid harming any relationships you have with businesses you liaise with or causing friction with any competitors. Hiring people from the same talent pool becomes much simpler when working through an impartial third party.

A legal search firm brings expertise, confidentiality, and provides the luxury of only interviewing the best of the best.  Let us expound on some of these ideas.

Want to attract legal professionals for networking and/or possible job opportunities? Are you interested in building a legal practice or expanding your professional network?  Or, possibly looking for a new job? A strong push on social media is a great way to get involved in conversations and meet new people, employers, or influencers, expanding the opportunities you come across.

Like it or not, remote work is a part of our professional landscape for the foreseeable future. Although for several years it was commonplace for many companies to allow professionals to work remotely some or all the time, law firms have typically not been part of that group. Attorneys may work from home on occasion, but it was not the norm. Same with paralegals. Rarely did you hear about a legal admin, billing clerk or receptionist working from home. Now they are.

After an extremely active legal job market in 2019 and an equally great start to 2020, we hit a mammoth roadblock with the COVID-19 pandemic. Scheduled interviews quickly went from in-person to video or phone to being canceled altogether. Employees began working remotely and within a week, office buildings were empty and Zoom and other video platforms were commonplace.