Why are internal recruiters so unresponsive? I understand that they get a lot of emails and are very busy, but it’s so discouraging for those of us that work really hard and find amazing candidates and then get ghosted by the firm. I have at least 5 candidates with amazing credentials that I’m unable to place because no one responds. And I have no idea what to tell the candidates because I haven’t heard from any of the firms for more than a month. It’s becoming really difficult to do this work.

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I have a "Do Not Recruit" list. If the internal recruiting folks at a firm are not responsive or excessively waste my time, I put them on the list and I won't recruit for them anymore. The firm could be stellar but if they waste my time, I'm done. Time is the only currency a contingency fee recruiter has so one must draw the line. It is amazing how many firms hire such unprofessional staff for something as important as lateral recruiting.

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I bet our list is similar!!! If the partners only knew where these ghosted candidates end up - at all the peer firms. And, if we aren’t recruiting for you, guess where we are pulling from. But, I’ll say this, the firms and internal legal recruiters that are good / are really good!!

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Unfortunately it’s a firms market - no doubt HRs will respond in an instant if theirs a lateral boom in a few years.

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I think we’re all experiencing the same thing. It’s a buyer’s market and firms know it. Pair that with the fact that many internal recruiting teams are understaffed and you get a lot of ghosting. I would hope that many of these firms realize they may be shooting themselves in the foot once the market turns towards employee power… but immediate priorities are a thing I’m sure. I know a lot of great candidates who have a real bad taste in their mouths now from firms ghosting them with no explanation or insight.

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Exactly! I’m turned off from so many of these law firms too. You post an opening for a top IP litigator, I find one and send the materials to you and get ghosted. Next time there’s an opening at your firm, I won’t bother to send anyone. But I guess they don’t give a f*.

I hear you. It's so annoying. Just tell me no. I have a candidate offer from a big firm and they moved very quickly. But otherwise crickets.

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They usually only respond when they are interested

I get that. But if they posted an opening and you send them a candidate that perfectly matches their needs, it’s very unclear why they show no interest.

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