Recruiting. Its Personal.
legal
For over five years, Wilmington group has been retained by leading law firms and corporate legal departments, both nationally and internationally, to exceed their recruiting needs and expectations in the areas of: Information Technology, Marketing, Communications, HR, and Finance and Accounting. We have successfully developed our influence in these markets by focusing our energies on building and developing strong relationships with legal professionals at all levels. Through a combined effort, our team attracts these talented individuals into our network, in addition to uncovering the passive candidates that firms and corporations seek. The interview and testing techniques we employ enable us to provide our clients with "best in class" candidates. In addition to finding those that excel in your industry we want to excel for you. We are dedicated to providing your firm or corporation with the most superb customer service available. We understand that being the best means having the best people working for you. To help you find them, trust Wilmington Group to deliver the right verdict for you and your team.
Current Trends:
Competition for law firm business and new clients has never been stronger. Firms of all sizes are in a rush to embrace marketing and business development techniques previously viewed as the province of the corporate world. An important and critical strategy for law firm management now includes locating and successfully hiring top professional talent to support their new business and client development initiatives. We have seen a rapid increase in demand for experienced legal professionals in many areas of both IT and Marketing, particularly in Litigation Support, Business and Practice Development, PR and Communications. As a result of this increased demand, law firms have become more creative and open to hiring candidates from outside the legal industry who bring fresh perspectives and often more sophisticated business development techniques to the firm.
Future Trends:
As competition for candidates with the proper mix of credentials, skills and attitude escalates, so have salaries. We have seen an increase of average salaries for legal professionals jump as much as 10% annually for the past 3 years. However, there has been some leveling off recently as salaries have caught up with the market. We expect demand to continue to increase for business development professionals, particularly within key practice areas such as M&A, Corporate/Capital Markets, Private Equity and Litigation. Within IT, there continues to be tremendous need for Litigation Support professionals at all levels.
