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3rd Quarter Law Firm Focus Group
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
BNKJ Building - Lobby Conference Room
Subject: Finding, Hiring and Retaining Top Talent
Free Lunch & Learn Program
Finding, Hiring and Retaining Top Talent
Should you take the call from the next legal headhunter who telephones? Significant change in the economy and workforce demographics calls traditional methods of finding, hiring and retaining top talent more challenging today than at any time in the past, especially for today’s law firms. Talent comes in all shapes and sizes, so join us on Tuesday, August 17 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. as BNKJ’s third quarter Law Firm Roundtable explores hiring and retention practices for the legal professional.
Like any employer, Law firms must find a match between their needs, and the talent of applicants. But frankly, talent is only one dimension. Every firm has its own culture and the trick is to find applicants who can do that job, but more broadly fit the culture of the firm. As most hiring managers will tell you, it’s a lot easier said than done, and every one of them can tell you horror stories associated with mishires.
Law firms must match their needs to the skills of their applicants. This informative session includes an overview of traditional and modern hiring tools, do’s and don’ts, things to remember about retention, tales from the trenches, timesaving tips and checklists to help you determine what type of associates they need, where to find that particular type of associate, and how to have success in hiring them.
Our special guest, David Deviney, P.HD with Executive Psychology, Inc, will share his insights as to best practices associated with topics such as:
- Matching talent to your strategic plan
- Getting honest about what your firm’s culture is
- Who will and who will not be a “fit” to your culture
- Techniques for assessing talent, including interviewing and testing
- Getting honest about what your culture is
- Examining past failures for lessons learned
- The multi-generational phenomenon
- The importance of succession planning and ongoing talent development
The problem of hiring and retaining personnel is not contained to only the lawyers. In our current market, law firms of all sizes are finding it increasingly difficult to hire and retain qualified professionals in all support areas. Professional staff now too finds their service skills at a premium on the open market.
We promise an informative and enlightening session that includes handout information with reference materials that should help with future selections.
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