Location
Austin, TX | United States
Job description
Position Overview
The Recruitment Assistant provides administrative support to Directors, Managers and Local Recruiting team members in all areas of Recruitment, including recruiting of entry-level attorneys and summer associates. In addition, the Recruitment Assistant supports special projects, including human resources, communications, special events, and intranet/extranet maintenance.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Entry-Level Recruitment
- Support firm's strategies and coordinate efforts for attracting and hiring summer associates through the resume review process, student outreach efforts, on-campus, virtual, and in-house interviewing, candidate evaluation, and offer decision-making process
- Coordinate development and advancement opportunities for summer associates through effective integration, training, mentoring, career development, pro bono, experiential learning, and other development initiatives
- Organize and execute recruitment and summer associate events and activities for the local office
- Assist with the new attorney onboarding process, as needed
- Lateral Recruitment
- Support regional lateral associate recruitment efforts, including reviewing applications, responding to legal recruiters, scheduling lateral candidate interviews, processing diligence paperwork, drafting offer approval emails and offer letters, and maintaining candidate statuses in the applicant tracking system (ViRecruit)
- General Recruitment
- Work with the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion team to advance their goals with respect to recruitment of diverse entry-level and lateral candidates
- Prepare and maintain reports, as necessary, to carry out the recruitment functions of Talent Management for both entry-level and lateral candidates
- Law School Engagement & Student Outreach
- Manage law school engagement efforts at assigned law schools, including registering for on-campus interview programs, job fairs, and events.
- Suggest new and innovative ways to strengthen ties with key schools and student groups.
- Manage law school donation requests and on-campus recruiting event expenses for assigned schools.
- Partner with Events Department on large-scale recruiting events that require logistics support.
- Coordinate strategy and execution of outreach events for select law schools.
- Support social media campaigns targeting law students.
Secondary Duties and Responsibilities - Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Working Conditions - Occasional travel and ability to work late hours.
- Job is subject to time pressures and constraints.
Education - Bachelor's degree in related field required.
Experience - 0-2 Years
- Previous law firm experience in recruiting or other professional services firm is preferred.
Special Knowledge: - Knowledge of local city restaurant and event scene preferred, but not required.
Technical Skills - Knowledge of firm computer software; aptitude to learn and become proficient quickly in a variety of software/systems. Experience with recruiting and human resources systems such as ViDesktop, Flo Recruit, and Oracle is preferred, but not required.
Attributes - Motivated, self-starter, eager to take initiative; exceptional communication and organizational skills; ability to work with a team of highly-skilled professionals in situations that require diplomacy and confidentiality; detail-oriented; technical and statistical reporting skills; relationship building skills; people and project management skills; ability to maintain a good rapport with various personnel at all levels.
Other Qualifications - Ability to handle sensitive and/or confidential documents/information and see projects through to completion.
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