Two weeks ago I spent three days in New York interviewing candidates for the position of the FT‘s first in-house US attorney. It was an eye-opening experience into the state of the US legal market and the sentiment of young attorneys who represent its future.
We barely advertised the position and certainly didn’t pay for advertising nor use a recruitment consultant. We used a combination of the FT‘s jobs website, a few Tweets and LinkedIn notices and word of mouth. Nevertheless, we received well over 100 applications in an approximate three-week period.
