Leading the Pack in Legal HR: How Human-Centered Strategies Can Boost Success

The employment market is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by a variety of factors such as changing workforce expectations, advances in technology, and the need for continuous learning. Organizations that are well-equipped to listen and implement strategies for a modern workforce will increase profitability and attract top talent. This is particularly true in the legal…

5 Tips for Making the Best Impression In Your Next Phone Interview

5 Tips for Making the Best Impression In Your Next Phone Interview Historically, prospective employers have reserved the phone interview for candidates who are relocating, where the interviewer is located in a different location or as a “last resort” format in interviewing candidates. In more recent weeks, with the Covid-19 crisis, this method has come into favor as an initial step in the recruiting process to avoid delay while still “flattening the curve.”    By no…

Virtually Perfect: Top Tips for Video Conferencing in the Age of Covid-19

Virtually Perfect: Top Tips for Video Conferencing in the Age of Covid-19  With Covid-19 now in our midst, many firms and companies are facing new challenges to continue to provide safe working environments for their employees and prospective lateral candidates. Due to these circumstances, remote work and meetings are quickly becoming the new normal. In the recruiting…

Evaluating Compensation Proposals: It’s Not What You Make, It’s What You Get to Keep

Evaluating Compensation Proposals: It’s Not What You Make, It’s What You Get to Keep Prior to joining Mestel & Company, I was a partner for 25 years at two Am Law 50 law firms. For several of those years, I was responsible for lateral-partner hiring and, in that connection, for formulating and negotiating compensation proposals…