Posts Tagged ‘associate retention’
Why Counteroffers Fail More Often Than Firms Expect
When a valued employee resigns, the instinctive response from many law firms is immediate: make a counteroffer. The logic seems sound. If the issue is salary, adjust it. If the concern is title, accelerate progression. If the risk is losing a high performer, act quickly and retain them. And yet, counteroffers fail far more…
Read MoreWhy Career Security Now Looks Different Than It Did Five Years Ago
For a long time, career security in law was defined by continuity. Stay with the same firm. Progress steadily. Avoid gaps or lateral movement that might raise questions. Stability was visible, linear, and often tied to tenure rather than adaptability. That definition is quietly breaking down. Across the Australian legal market, both lawyers and legal…
Read MoreThe quiet skills law firms are hiring for, before they appear in job ads
Every week, we speak with law firm Partners, HR managers and team leaders across Brisbane and Queensland about their hiring plans. What’s interesting is this: The roles they advertise are rarely the same as the problems they’re actually trying to solve. The real hiring decisions are being driven by a set of “quiet skills” –…
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