Gillman Strategic Group

08/24/2021

We’ve all got habits - bad ones we need to break (picking our nails) or great ones that keep us healthy and happy (writing a great to-do list for the next day or stretching before bed).

What habit have you put into place that has made your life - personal or professional - better?

08/23/2021

We’ve been working with firms and candidates with different feelings about returning to the office.

Some candidates want a firm that gives them the autonomy to decide where they can work the most effectively. Others want to get back to work, full-time, now.

How do you feel about it?

08/20/2021

Most times, potential candidates reach out to us because they are not happy or satisfied with their current job.

What lawyer would talk to a legal recruiter if they were completely happy?

On this first phone call, we learn the source of unhappiness or dissatisfaction. On subsequent calls, we learn that management has heard the complaints and has promised to make changes. Our potential candidate then informs us that all is good, and they are no longer interested in finding a new law firm.

Guess what? Most often, we get follow-up calls a year or more later.

The promises have not been kept and the partner remains unhappy.

You deserve better. Read more in our blog: http://ow.ly/AWux50FviDD

Are you good at keeping promises?

Law firm partners reach out to me because they are not happy or satisfied with their current job after the firm does not keep its promises.

08/19/2021

Law firms are stereotypically known to be “behind the times” - many still have a typewriter, regularly use a fax machine, and are not revered for cutting edge technology.

One thing that we have been seeing from many firms is an increased push for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

How is your industry handling DE&I?

08/18/2021

If you could ask for one thing in your professional life, and you wouldn’t be told no, what would you ask for?

08/17/2021

Would you give up some compensation to have more free time?

Many of the lawyers we speak to say that the pandemic has blurred the lines between free time and work time.

We all thought we’d have more free time with no commutes or office chitchat, but we are in fact working longer hours with no dedicated start or stop to the day.

08/16/2021

Jen recently wrote a blog about the difference between a legal recruiter and a law firm matchmaker.

The main difference is that the recruiters get notice of an opening at a law firm and they begin reaching out to attorneys to try and fill the position.

They set up the interview, and once the placement is made, the firm pays the recruiter.

End of story.

A law firm matchmaker works with a lawyer to find out why they are not happy with their law firm, does research, and performs due diligence, to present the lawyer with law firms that would fit their needs and wants.

The matchmaker does all the legwork - everything from helping with the LPQ to preparing a business plan to ask the firm tough questions and negotiating an offer.

A matchmaker does it all except going on the interview!

Once the placement is made, the firm pays the matchmaker.

But the story doesn’t end there.

The matchmaker stays in touch to make sure both parties are holding up their end of the bargain and helps if there is a roadblock or an impasse.

Which scenario sounds better to you?

08/13/2021

Google “kick the dog syndrome” and see the results. This is a real psychological thing where one displaces their frustration and anger onto other innocent victims.

While we cannot find statistics that show people actually kick their dogs (thank goodness), most of us know this expression.

Does anything about your job give you kick the dog syndrome?

Are you stressed and burned out?

Are you unhappy at your current law firm?

Is the grind impacting relationships with your clients, colleagues, family, and friends?

Are you lashing out against the people who mean the most to you?

If so, it is time to take stock of your situation.

Check out our blog for some tips on getting to the root cause and solving the problem - http://ow.ly/QUyw50FvisD

What do you do when you feel burnout coming on?

Are you unhappy at your current law firm? Is the grind impacting relationships with your clients, family and friends? Time for a change?

08/12/2021

When was the last time you had to work until 4 a.m., or miss another big event in your kiddo’s life, or turned away a big client because you couldn’t handle their needs?

When lawyers reach out to me it’s never the first time that they’re dissatisfied… there’s always that last straw moment - and that’s when they get in touch.

Have you ever experienced a “last straw moment” when you knew you needed to make a change?

08/11/2021

As a young girl, Jen fondly remembers her great-grandmother saying that there is a cover for every pot.

As a child, the saying did not have much meaning to Jen.

However, as she grew up, Jen realized that was her way of saying there is a significant other for each of us.

Jen also now understands that her dear Grandma Esther may not have been the originator of this phrase. She equates this to learning that the Tooth Fairy is not real.

Anyway, there is a book with a similar title. It is Every Pot Has a Cover: A Proven System for Finding, Keeping and Enhancing the Ideal Relationship by Michael J. Salamon.

At this point, you are probably asking yourself, what the heck does this have to do with legal recruiting? Find out in Jen's blog - http://ow.ly/BczW50FvioL

What age were you when you found out the Tooth Fairy wasn't real?

The is a cover for every pot - just like there is a law firm for every partner. Gillman matches successful partners with the perfect law firm.