Legal Recruiter

Summary

OpusLex Partners is a woman-owned boutique legal recruiting firm partnering with law firms and corporate legal departments nationwide. The Legal Recruiter will work in a 180/split-desk model focused on sourcing, engaging, interviewing, and placing attorney candidates, while guiding them through the recruiting lifecycle and partnering internally with business development.

Responsibilities

• Headhunt and engage attorneys through phone , video, and our full suite of digital tools
• Build and manage a pipeline of high-quality candidates
• Conduct in-depth candidate interviews and assess fit
• Guide candidates through the full recruiting lifecycle
• Advise and influence candidates on career decisions
• Partner internally with the business development side of the desk

Skills

• * 2+ years of recruiting or staffing experience (agency preferred)
• * Strong outbound sourcing skills (this is not an inbound role)
• * Proven ability to build relationships and close candidates
• * Comfortable managing multiple candidates and processes simultaneously
• * Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• * Comfortable with outreach and phone-based conversations
• * Competitive, driven, and resilient
• * Interest in a career in recruiting or sales
• * Confidence with **cold outreach** (LinkedIn, email, phone)
• * Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• * High level of organization and follow-through
• * Ability to influence and guide candidates
• * Motivation to succeed in a performance-driven environment
• Candidates must have a 4-year college degree, understand what it means to work for a small organization, possess exceptional writing skills and executive presence, and above all, be intellectually curious, have tremendous work ethic and team-oriented
• **You will be on the phone! If the telephone scares you, this is not the role for you.**
• * 2+ years of recruiting or staffing experience (agency preferred)

Qualifications

Must Haves

• * 2+ years of recruiting or staffing experience (agency preferred)
• * Strong outbound sourcing skills (this is not an inbound role)
• * Proven ability to build relationships and close candidates
• * Comfortable managing multiple candidates and processes simultaneously
• * Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• * Comfortable with outreach and phone-based conversations
• * Competitive, driven, and resilient
• * Interest in a career in recruiting or sales
• * Confidence with **cold outreach** (LinkedIn, email, phone)
• * Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• * High level of organization and follow-through
• * Ability to influence and guide candidates
• * Motivation to succeed in a performance-driven environment
• Candidates must have a 4-year college degree, understand what it means to work for a small organization, possess exceptional writing skills and executive presence, and above all, be intellectually curious, have tremendous work ethic and team-oriented
• **You will be on the phone! If the telephone scares you, this is not the role for you.**

Nice to Haves

• * 2+ years of recruiting or staffing experience (agency preferred)

Benefits

• Uncapped commission
• Frequent continuing education in the form of conferences and retreats
• Several choice benefit plans
• 401(k)
• Continuing education in the form of membership to various organizations
• Company travel and incentive programs
• Fully remote role
• Real growth opportunity
• Massive runway for growth for those who are interested in advancing a career in legal recruiting and staffing