Businesses are outsourcing the staffing process to trained professionals with greater frequency. There are many reasons for this, but in essence, companies want to eliminate mistakes in the hiring process and in some industries it is difficult to even locate top talent. One industry that is experiencing a skills gap (a disconnect between the skills the company needs and the skills unemployed workers have) is the legal industry. Legal placement services organizations have stepped up to help firms with the hiring process. Firms that have never outsourced the hiring process before will undoubtedly have some questions about how it works. This article will answer some of the most frequently asked questions by companies who outsource the hiring of everything from attorney openings to court reporting jobs.
How do legal placement services work?
The legal firm with a job opening will provide details of the job to the staffing company so that the company can write a job description. The legal placement services company will then undertake a lot of the work that the organization would ordinarily have to do on its own. It will search for candidates on job sites like Monster and CareerBuilder, and even social networking sites like LinkedIn. Most companies will also have a database of potential employees from which they can pull candidates. The firm will even conduct preliminary interviews to weed out unqualified applicants.
What happens when the legal placement services company finds a good candidate?
The company will usually create a list of finalists, which will be presented to the hiring firm. That firm can then interview each of the finalists and make its own decision. To simplify, the staffing company will remove unqualified candidates but still leave the final decision up to the hiring firm.
How does a firm pay for legal placement services?
It depends on the staffing company, but typically the firm will pay the staffing company a percentage of the employee's first year salary once the position is filled. The employee will also be paid by the staffing company for a short, trial period so that the hiring firm can make sure that it made the right decision.
Are legal placement services used for part-time positions or full-time positions?
These services are actually used for both types of positions. A firm might outsource the task of hiring full-time positions like attorneys or secretaries to make sure that the hiring process is completed correctly by experienced professionals. However, a firm might also try to fill part-time or temporary positions like court reporting positions with these firms. The benefit of using a staffing service for a temporary position is that it saves a lot of time. It does not make sense for companies to devote so much time to filling a temporary position, especially when most need to be filled on short notice. Most staffing companies will have a list of court reporting professionals or other professionals ready, so that positions can be filled more quickly than if handled entirely by the hiring firm.
To have additional questions answered about legal placement services, reach out to a specialized legal staffing firm today.
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