Anyone a legal recruiter?

[hollyhop]

Hello

I'm currently on maternity leave with my first child and am considering moving from private practice fee-earning legal work and becoming a legal recruiter instead. I dislike fee-earning for lots of reasons (too many to name here) and won't be returning after ML whether or not I find something new. Recruiting appeals for lots of reasons too (like the idea of relationship-building, the autonomy, the fast-paced nature of it etc etc), but I'd like some first-hand honest experience of what it's like.

Could anyone out there tell me whether it's full of cut-throat, money-obsessed wide-boys (as some of my friends are claiming), or whether it's actually a great career with good long-term prospects and interesting work (as I'm hoping is the case). I appreciate that each consultancy is very different, but any advice would be appreciated...

Thanks

I looked into this and I think it very much varies from company to company. Where are you based? A regional office will probably be less cut throat than a London one. As I understand they all operate in different ways - Chadwick Nott have candidate ownership rather than client ownership, Michael Page are team based so maybe less fierce and sales driven than you imagine. I decided not to go for it in the end as I worried how easy it would be to get back into pp if I changed my mind later. Have you thought about PSL work, legal publishing, training, in house..?