Reading Time: 5 minutesSearch Engine Optimisation (SEO), Content Marketing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Exclusive Article from Nick Jervis, Author of “The Law Firm Growth Formula”
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the current legal recruitment market, finding quality permanent candidates is harder than ever. Yet time and again, firms are overlooking a valuable and ready-made pool of talent; locums.
Reading Time: 5 minutes10 business lessons learnt in our 25 years of trading – usually the hard way! Article by Jonathan Fagan, Founder and MD of Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
Reading Time: 3 minutesReferences – Are They Obsolete? Article from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment, specialists for the permanent recruitment of solicitors and legal staff in the UK.
Reading Time: 3 minutesHow to Overcome Difficulties Recruiting Permanent Staff in the Current Job Market, an article by Jonathan Fagan, MD of Ten Percent Legal Recruitment and Interim Lawyers.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWorking Hybrid, Remote and Office Based – The Clash of Cultures – Employees want hybrid & remote, employers like office based – differing attitudes between the two.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSalary Guide for Solicitors & other Legal Staff from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment – May 2025.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe destruction of classic CVs by AI – the removal of an assumption that employers can rely on a CV to decide whether to recruit a candidate – article by Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhere Do We Source Quality Candidates – is there a ‘Secret Place’ where recruitment consultants go to find amazing job applicants? Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs recruiters we regularly see references of all shapes and sizes. From the “we can only confirm that Joe Bloggs has worked for us for these dates and have nothing else to say” through to “Joe Bloggs was more than an employee – he was a friend and confidante and we cried when he left our firm.”
Reading Time: 5 minutesPricing strategies for law firms – article from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment on the different ways of considering pricing and alternative suggestions.
Reading Time: 3 minutesToxic Cultures in the Workplace, an article on identifying and preventing the problem, by Ten Percent Legal Recruitment, specialists for permanent and locum legal recruitment in the UK for solicitors.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEmpowering Employees Drives Productivity – an article about giving employees the chance to take ownership of their work in order to increase productivity. There is a theory that empowering employees to take ownership of their work can significantly enhance productivity. The concept is supported by studies from institutions such as Harvard Business School, which highlight…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew approaches to recruitment – studies showing low eligibility plus high suitability better than other types of candidate. Ten Percent Legal.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat do legal recruitment consultants do, article of advantages and disadvantages of using a legal recruitment consultant from Ten Percent.
Reading Time: 3 minutesPsychometric testing for solicitors – a good idea? Article from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment based on anecdotal evidence.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis article explores the key trends in legal recruitment for the upcoming year, referencing global influences and focusing on their implications within the UK. We also highlight how platforms like www.ten-percent.co.uk and www.interimlawyers.co.uk are pivotal in navigating these shifts, offering robust solutions in permanent and locum legal recruitment, respectively.
Reading Time: 4 minutesDeal structure v valuation which is more important for law firm valuations? Article from Jonathan Fagan MD Ten Percent Legal.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIs now a good time to sell? Article on timing the sale of your business from Jonathan Fagan Business Brokers, specialists for law firms and accountants.
Reading Time: 7 minutes4 day working weeks – how do they work, what are the key considerations. Article from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment on 4 day working weeks.
Reading Time: 7 minutesHorrible bosses cause an exodus of staff every January, which is easily preventable by not being a horrible boss! Top tips for being a nicer person, a horrible bosses test and advice on not losing staff in January each year.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSalary guide for solicitors and legal executives for October 2023 from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment. Salary levels updated monthly.
Reading Time: 4 minutesHow does the economic cycle affect locum & permanent work? Article from Jonathan Fagan, MD at Ten Percent Legal Recruitment on the typical annual economic cycle and its effect on recruitment.
Reading Time: 3 minutesCan you help me set up a law firm to change the legal profession? Article from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment and Jonathan Fagan.
Reading Time: 5 minutesEffective Interview Techniques for Employers, a guide by Ten Percent Group of Legal Recruitment Websites for solicitors and legal executives.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat is a reasonable pay rise? Article from the Ten Percent Group, specialists for solicitors and legal executives.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUsing LinkedIn for recruitment – any good? Article from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment on our experiences.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat can I do to recruit an unaffordable candidate? Article by Ten Percent Legal Recruitment for law firms and employers.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat things can you do to make that new candidate feel like this has been the right move for them? Article by Jonathan Fagan MD of Ten Percent Legal Recruitment.
Reading Time: 4 minutesOne of the key issues in relation to offering flexible hours and remote working is the attitude of well established law firm owners, particularly in the smaller sized SME sector, where the recruiting partner or manager is very often the owner of the practice.