| Topic Name: |
Legal Recruiters |
| Message Name: |
DC |
| Date Posted: |
07/19/2001 |
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If you are going for a big firm as a lateral (younger associate), do they help or hurt your chances, especially in this particular business climate? |
| Message: |
It seems like the bigger firms in DC only go through headhunters, which involves a lot of pre-screening and saves the HP a lot of time. Plus a smaller HR department is cheaper.
A bad headhunter can really screw up the lateral's marketability with oversaturation. You can grill them on their knowledge and relationship with the firm/partner area, etc.
Remember, some HH are in the volume business (they'll hire one of many candidates) which stinks for the lateral cause their resume fodder, and some HHs are in the quality and good fit business, and know their clients really well. Work with them.
If you have a specialty and experience, but a mediocre pedigree and/or questionable record, HHs can be the only (normal) way into a big firm as a lateral in DC, unless you target a specific partner and hook them. Smaller and mid size firms might not like the HH fee.
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