WITH THE EVER-CHANGING DEVELOPMENTS IN EMPLOYMENT LAW, IT IS WISE TO CHECK EACH YEAR TO MAKE CERTAIN YOUR FIRM IS COMPLIANT WITH CURRENT LAWS. CONFIRM THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES YOU NEED TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT SUCCESSFUL H.R. PRACTICES THAT WILL ENSURE COMPLIANCE IN 2016! First, review all of your policies and [...]
Happy New Year from all Legal Recruiters at Momentum Legal Staffing. New Year Resolutions are a 4,000 year-old tradition in which a person makes a promise to do an act of self-improvement. Many of us are still making resolutions today, often making 2 lists - our personal resolutions, as well a business list. What is [...]
http://www.attorneyatwork.com/five-quick-steps-auto-handle-email-outlook/ Surely there are no jobs more email-focused than those the legal industry. What attorney, paralegal, or legal assistant doesn’t sit at their desk for several hours each day, sending and replying to the dozens (if not hundreds) of messages they receive ach day? We think this article from Attorney At Work provides some excellent [...]
Law firms and companies partner with Momentum Search Partners to assist in finding the right team to effectively analyze the complex and voluminous data – the backbone of the case. Do you have what it takes to be part of the Momentum Legal Staffing Document Review team?
This is a good article by Mary Sherwood Sevinsky about how to cultivate, choose, and request a reference. In the legal industry references are often requested and desired, especially for legal staffing positions, but candidates often don’t put enough thought in to who they ask to be a reference. We don’t necessarily agree with Ms. [...]
http://www.careerealism.com/3-of-the-biggest-resume-mistakes/ We agree with two of the sections in this article on resume-drafting by Sara Lynch at Careerealism, but disagree with her section on “Irrelevant Data.” Sara’s comments about making your resume consistent with other information publicly-available about you - like your Linked in Bio - is absolutely spot-on. Your resume must especially match what [...]
After several years in which paralegals and legal assistants for transactional practices were in greater demand, we're now experiencing an uptick in requests for support for litigation practices. See below for our new openings: A company in Dallas is seeking a paralegal with litigation experience in the area of collections and consumer finance (Position 3090); [...]
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