Need Top Legal Talent?

James Search Partners (JSP) offers exceptional
Legal Recruiting,
Talent Sourcing &
Market Intelligence services
for our Clients

Here is a quick indicator to determine the strength of your current Legal Search strategy: If you cannot name the companies that bring great Talent to you (or take Talent away from you), your plan needs to be optimized.

Your plan challenges can compound when checking in with your current Talent Acquisition (TA) team to see if they conduct Talent Sourcing and gather Market Intelligence on searches.

• If they aren’t Talent Sourcing, you’re missing out on 70% of the viable talent market (as only 30% are actively job searching)
• If they aren’t gathering Market Intelligence, you have no visibility into what’s possible, no ability to determine your competitive advantage, and no way to optimize outreach to reduce the overall time investment in a search

All of the above reinforces that you cannot afford to “wait” for the right Talent to arrive as is done with traditional job postings by TA teams (in Talent Acquisition, we call this “post and prey”). 

Given that people are your greatest asset, knowing how they flow to you (or through you), where they reside, and how to find them is paramount to successfully filling your role.

For our Clients:
Why we created
“The Legal Search Master Key™”

Here at James Search Partners (JSP), we view the three (3) facets of a proper candidate search as the critical pieces of a Master Key. 

Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary defines a Master Key as a special type of key that is:

• designed to open any of a set of similar locks
• a crucial means of understanding or attaining something

The Legal Search Master Key™, comprised of the three (3) facets of a proper candidate search, is:

1. Recruiting = reactive approach
2. Talent Sourcing = proactive approach
3. Market Intelligence = strategic approach

Too often, in-house Talent Acquisition teams take only a reactive approach to filling a soon-to-be-open or currently open Legal role. They frequently lack the experience or skill sets to go out to the market to find the Talent needed and gather the data and insights necessary to guide or understand the complexities of a Legal Search correctly.

The risk of not finding Top Talent is that your role is still vacant months later or it’s filled with someone only among that 30% without consideration of the missing or unrepresented 70%. 

To have a holistic, long-lasting, and successful search, you must have all three (3) facets, also known as The Legal Search Master Key. 

At James Search Partners (JSP), we are honored to provide it to you. 

We’re always Talent Sourcing for our Clients,
they you don’t have to

We source, network, and connect with exceptional Corporate Legal talent daily. Therefore, there is an excellent chance that we may already connect with those you need most. 

The only way to mitigate time to fill (AKA how fast you fill your role) is to be connected directly with the network and people you need most. 

Yet despite our respectable Legal Talent database size, we continue to Talent Source within the open Talent market. We ensure no rock is left unturned and no Top Candidate is unreached or unconnected. 

Internal Talent Acquisition (TA) teams often need more bandwidth for daily sourcing and networking or developing a specialty practice in Legal Search to fill legal roles appropriately. We act as an extension to your existing team to provide the specialty, focus, and results you need. 

Together, we make the connections that matter.™ 

A la carte:
Client Legal Search Strategy
for Corporate TA Teams

Often, internal or Corporate Talent Acquisition teams are most impactful in the Recruiting portion of a Legal Search. They champion the Candidate Experience, design an engaging interview experience, and host conversations with candidates from application to offer. 

However, given their heavy workloads and limited team bandwidth, they can become more limited within the Legal Search specialty or proactive Talent Sourcing, especially with legal roles. 

James Search Partners (JSP) offers you, as the Hiring Leader, the choice of who leads your search. Agency partners are often the most costly because of their time running a search. It can also be seen as duplicative to internal Corporate TA teams because they are equipped to execute Recruiting (only 1/3 of The Legal Search Master Key) but are less seasoned in Talent Sourcing and gathering Market Intelligence (the other critical 2/3). 

We are honored to offer our Legal Search Strategy services a la carte, where your internal Talent Acquisition (TA) team can execute our built-out Legal Search strategy. We can also provide support if the lift becomes too cumbersome.

We invite you to read our article here to learn more about The Legal Search Master Key and its principles here.

Question: are you getting the results you need, or want?

From active candidate searches to individual and collective team performance, it relates to who.

Who is currently doing (not doing) what is needed now or in the future.
Who you need most. 
Who is bringing you the best Talent (or worst).
Who is taking your top Talent away (and why/where).

We offer a comprehensive suite of Client Services that instantly elevate and empower. Gain the visibility, market intelligence, and information to take a quantum leap ahead instead of a best-guess hire.