Do Corporations Ever Use Headhunters?
Yes, but not very often when it comes to recruiting attorneys. Certain other professionals, such as chief financial officers, sales managers, and information technology professionals, are in great demand in the corporate sector, and typically obtain employment through headhunters. Attorneys, however, rarely find themselves in this enviable position, for the following reasons: * The market is glutted with lawyers. The United States has over 1 million attorneys. There are not, as you well know, a million mainstream attorney positions available. * Every law firm associate dreams of going “in-house.” This is not much of an exaggeration. Corporations are literally inundated with exceptional resumes from superb law firm candidates, and do not need to engage headhunters for the vast majority of legal positions. * Corporate legal hiring is relatively static. In the past 25 years, very few Fortune 500 legal departments have grown at all. Corporate legal jobs are usually created in two areas: sm
