Legal Recruiting Coordinator Job Chicago Illinois USA,HR/Recruitment

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At Benesch we pride ourselves on exceeding expectations and building trust not only with our clients but with our employees – Benesch's #1 asset. Committed to providing not only the highest level of legal service to our clients, Benesch also aspires to create a positive work environment for our employees. Our firm continues to earn placement on Chicago and Cleveland's Top Workplaces list, along with Cleveland's North Coast 99 Top Workplaces rankings.

We also continue to advance on the AmLaw 125 list, placing us among the top 125 law firms in the country.

Benesch is proud to be recognized for being a firm that attracts and retains top talent – making Benesch a great place to work. We offer a hybrid schedule, career development and growth, transparent and visible leadership teams, and a place where diversity, equity and inclusion is celebrated. In addition, the firm offers a full array of benefits which can be viewed at

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We are one of the fastest growing firms in the nation, and have offices in Chicago, Columbus, San Francisco, New York City, and Wilmington. We continue to expand our geographic footprint and value the talent that comprises each of our locations. If you are someone who champions a First in Service approach and are ready to be part of an exciting and growing firm, we would invite you to apply to join our team.

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Benesch is proud to announce the opening for a Legal Recruiting Coordinator in our Chicago office! This position is hybrid and has work from home flexibility.

Position Summary

Do you enjoy working with a team and supporting a group to help them achieve their lofty goals? Do you have a passion for being part of the team that finds amazing talent to help build an organization from the ground up? Then you may be interested in our Legal Recruiting Coordinator position. This role is perfect for the assistant with prior law firm or law school legal recruiting experience who excels in being the glue that helps hold the department together and working in a fast-paced environment to help get matters across the finish line.

Join Benesch and play a pivotal role in shaping the recruiting success of our organization.

The Legal Recruiting Coordinator is responsible for supporting the functions of the Legal Recruiting team related to lateral attorney resume collection and management, interview scheduling, candidate and recruiter communications, and other administrative support functions.

Essential Legal Recruiting Functions

Coordinates interview schedules, including sending calendar appointments, reserving conference rooms, making travel arrangements, distributing materials, ordering food and collecting/distributing evaluations; communicates schedules internally, and to recruiters and candidates as appropriate.

Assists candidates with travel arrangements and expense reimbursements as needed.

Greets candidates in a professional and client-service manner and manages interview experience to provide a positive interview experience for each candidate and the interview team.

Tracks all lateral resumes received through ViRecruit and , and performs preliminary due diligence/school and work background information gathering on candidates, as instructed by the legal recruiting team.

Processes expenses and placement fee invoices.

Coordinates appointments for recurring department meetings; takes notes in One Note and follows up on action items.

Manages ViRecruit platform and (i.e. resume upload, candidate data management).

Provides support to the Legal Recruiting Manager(s) to coordinate and manage the associate, of counsel, patent agent and staff attorney recruiting and interview experience.

Provides support to the Director of Legal Recruiting to coordinate the partner recruiting process.

Assists with compiling department statistics and reports.

Maintains up-to-date recruiting collateral materials with Marketing Department.

Maintains all placement agreements as they pertain to timekeeper hiring, tracking payment terms and expiration dates.

Assists in the development of a quarterly newsletter for placement firms.

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