Legal Assistant Recruitment Agency

For clients requiring standout Legal Assistant recruitment and for candidates looking for the perfect Legal Assistant jobs in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane

Legal Assistant Recruitment

What is Legal Assistant Recruitment?

Legal assistant recruitment matches experienced professionals with firms needing reliable legal support. At MJD Recruitment, we are experts in placing high-performing legal assistants across Australia.

Are you a candidate actively or passively in the job market, looking to secure or be informed about new opportunities that would complement your experience as a Legal Assistant, Legal Secretary or Legal EA? Are you an employer looking for one of the top Legal Assistant recruitment agencies that can represent you proficiently in sourcing the perfect next addition to your team?

MJD Recruitment is a specialist recruitment agency with dedicated offices in Sydney and Melbourne who effectively recruit for and assist job seeking Legal Assistants across Australia. With 80 years of combined experience recruiting in the legal support market, we understand just how imperative it is to engage high performing individuals in this role.

Our team are regarded as recruitment experts across the professional services sector and have a particularly in-depth understanding of legal support roles, with exceptional networks across well regarded firms and with candidates. Our Managing Director has an ongoing ‘soft spot’ for legal support recruitment, having specialised in the sector for over a decade.

Many of our highly experienced Consultants continue to choose a specialisation in office support recruitment because they understand just how business critical these roles are. The right support staff provide a level of comfort to their teams that allows focus on more strategic matters.

Hiring, Made Simple

How can our streamlined recruitment process maximise efficiency for you and your team?
Save time and resources with our simple 3-step process:

1

Consultation

After ensuring that we are the right fit provider for you, as well as learning more about your goals and hiring requirements, your dedicated MJD Recruitment Specialist Consultant will brief you on our process.

2

Sourcing

We dive into our extensive candidate networks across multiple channels to approach, screen, interview, assess both soft and hard skills and reference check ensuring you only view the best options for selection.

3

Hiring

We coordinate interviews & feedback from both parties, handle offer or contract negotiations and post placement care, support and advice for clients and candidates.

What We Know About Legal Assistant Recruitment

Understanding the short and long term career goals and motivations of a Legal Assistant is key to ensuring the right hire for now and for the future.

For Clients

Seeking The Perfect Legal Assistant

We dedicate time and resources ensuring that we are across the ‘best of the best’ Paralegals in the marketplace. Many of the roles that we recruit for are filled with candidates that come via referrals, our networks across the legal industry at so many different levels keep us informed about stand out talent.

Regarded as trusted & knowledgeable advisors, we go beyond recruitment support for our network of candidates. The candidate experience starts with the recruitment agency and receiving career advice from specialists with over 80 years of experience in legal support, builds immediate trust and respect for your brand.

We are incredibly proud to be working with some of Australia’s top tier firms and respected organisations who regard our invaluable insight and real market knowledge when hiring Paralegals. 80% of the clients that we work with are a result of personal recommendations from existing business and career partners. With an adaptable, consultative approach we work alongside internal HR teams and run the entire recruitment process for others.

For Candidates

Seeking The Ideal Legal Assistant Jobs in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane

Working alongside accomplished Office Managers and supporting them with career goals, is a genuine privilege and one that we take seriously – but we also endeavour to ensure that there is an element of enjoyment in the process too! So many of the Office Managers that we have supported over the years have become long term friends, candidates and even clients of the MJD team.

We have long standing relationships with employer of choice style organisations and 80 years of collective knowledge about the Office Manager market – which means we can share with you an intimate knowledge as to why certain organisations or roles might be the right fit for you. We are known for our confidential and proactive introductions on behalf of our candidates, we don’t wait around for a role to be called in, we professionally source suitable opportunities with existing & new prospects.

Our Legal Assistant bnetwork is first to hear about new opportunities before they go to advertising stage, keeping our valued candidates ahead of competition.With Consultants that are highly experienced and knowledgeable, possessing great business acumen and a thorough understanding of the career paths available in the legal sector, we are confident working alongside Legal Assistants when they need confidential career advice.

What We Understand About Legal Assistants

Legal Assistants often enjoy complex, varied and challenging work and seek opportunities that allow them to demonstrate their capabilities, utilise their skills and progress in their career.

Find The Right Legal Assistant to Fill Your Vacancy

Sourcing talent is a challenge within the legal sector, and it can often feel as though finding the right fit for a legal assistant position is nigh on impossible. Ideally, both the organisation and the candidate want something long-term, not temporary solutions. MJD Recruitment is proud to be the person in the middle, connecting highly qualified, experienced professionals with organisations in which they fit perfectly.

We’re here to help businesses looking for a talented legal assistant find the right person for the role, and we have a few tips to make the process easier for everyone involved.

Why Search For Candidates Via A Legal Recruitment Agency In Melbourne, Sydney, Or Brisbane?

While you can easily put out a legal assistant job description, if you’re looking for someone with talent and experience, you’re better off turning to a legal recruitment agency in Sydney, Melbourne, or Brisbane.

We won’t fill the role with just anyone.

We’re not just dedicated to finding something to fill your job vacancy; we’re committed to finding the right person to fill the role. We have an extensive network of candidates, and we won’t stop searching until we’ve found the ideal person for your organisation. When you’re ready to hire a legal assistant, we ensure your unique job requirements are met every time.

We want to find the right culture fit.

At MJD Recruitment , we understand that a workplace is a rich environment of personalities. Therefore, we want to make sure the person you hire meets all your professional requirements and has a personality that will fit the office culture well.

Save yourself time.

Recruitment is a lengthy, time-consuming process. You’ll need to sort through resumes and cover letters, do some head-hunting, organise interviews, screen references, and work out all the internal logistics of bringing on a new person. So let us take the majority of that stress off your plate so you can focus on making your new recruit welcome.

We’re here when you need someone fast.

If an executive or senior officer has stepped down or retired, you’ll likely need someone to fill the role quickly. That’s where legal recruitment agencies in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, like MJD Recruitment, come in. We’ll search our extensive network of candidates for someone to step up and take on the role quickly and professionally.

Why Work With MJD Recruitment?

There’s a reason why many prestigious organisations and top-tier candidates turn to MJD Recruitment as a leading recruitment partner.

Top Tips to Land Legal Assistant Jobs in Brisbane

If you’re serious about landing a position as a legal secretary in Brisbane, try following these tips from MJD Recruitment’s consultants.

Common Mistakes When Looking for Legal Admin Jobs in Brisbane

If you’ve found yourself applying for dozens of legal admin jobs in Brisbane but finding little to no success in landing interviews, you might be wondering where you’re going wrong. MJD Recruitment is one of the leading legal recruitment agencies in Brisbane, and our consultants are experts in helping qualified, experienced legal support professionals find the perfect career opportunities.

We’re here to help you identify whether or not you’re making some of the most common mistakes that could be standing between you and your dream legal admin job.

The Top 4 Mistakes People Make When Looking For Full Time Legal Assistant Job Roles

There are a few commonly made yet easily avoidable mistakes people make when looking for and applying for legal admin jobs in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Why Choose With MJD Recruitment?

The consultants at MJD Recruitment are the experts at connecting candidates with legal assistant jobs in Brisbane, and there are a few reasons why more people are turning to us for recruitment advice.

If You’re Looking For Legal Admin Jobs In Brisbane, Contact MJD Recruitment

At MJD Recruitment, we have over 80 years of experience in recruitment. We take great pride in our role as a genuine partner to prestigious organisations throughout Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, providing them with the highest quality referrals and recruits for their vacant positions. Likewise, we make sure our candidates feel valued and supported in their journey to find the position that allows them to flourish. So if you’re looking for legal admin jobs in Brisbane, MJD Recruitment can help you make the right connections.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does the Team & Admin Assistant Recruitment process take?
At MJD Recruitment, we understand that time is of the essence when it comes to finding the perfect Team or Admin Assistant for your business. Let’s face it, it’s generally one of the main reasons that a recruitment agency might be engaged, so efficiency is at the forefront of our minds. Upon commencement of an assignment our Consultants and Talent Coordinators work diligently and cohesively with our extensive networks, innovative technical resources and well-connected database to deliver asap results. On most occasions we are able to deliver results within a 2-3 week timeline, but can often deliver within days.

Need someone urgently? Why not consider a temporary candidate in the meantime, whilst we expedite our search for the perfect permanent fit? Our temp team are ready to assist at the drop of a hat. An added benefit – you can sometimes try before you buy so to speak. We cannot tell you how often our temporary candidates are offered permanent opportunities from Reception right through to EA to CEO positions.
What process does MJD Recruitment use to match the perfect candidate with client?
At MJD Recruitment, we want to connect you with a Team or Administration Assistant that meets your needs, and we have fine-tuned a detailed process to make sure we put only the right people forward for consideration. The more specific you are in both your job description and our briefing meeting, the easier it is to match you with the right candidate. We aim to source people with the right skillset for the role, as well as the right ‘fit’ ’for your organisation. Fit means finding someone that suits your workplace culture with the right motivations for being and wanting to stay there.

1. We search our extensive networks of candidates across multiple channels including LinkedIn, Seek and our own exclusive database. Some of these candidates are active in the market and some are passive, asking us to contact them only with very specific job opportunities.

2. Our team of Consultants and Talent Coordinators liaise and nurture relationships with these individuals daily and are across the best of the best talent in the office support market and exactly what is attracting them to be open to a move. As the largest specialist office support recruitment agency in Australia you can be assured that our networks are unrivalled and extensive.

3. We also place advertisements on multiple channels to ensure that we are attracting anybody new in the market that might be interested. Our networks are attracted to our advertisements as they know the calibre of clients that we work with and quality of job opportunities that we seek to represent them to.

4. Our referral program has us reaching out to high quality networks in similar positions who are well connected and ensure that your job opportunity is seen by an even wider audience.

5. Once our screening process is complete we conduct interviews using the behavioural based interviewing technique, allowing us to assess talent by considering past experiences to predict likely future behaviour and competency in your role. Our reference checks are conducted in a similar manner cross referencing details discussed at interview.
What should I look for in the best Recruitment Agency?
Are you an employer looking for a recruitment agency that will represent you proficiently in sourcing a Team or Administration Assistant that will make a genuine difference in your support function?

The first thing to consider is if the recruitment agency is a specialist in the sector that you are recruiting within, its all about who you know in recruitment, as well as what you know about how they are driven to perform.

Recruiting the role of Team Assistant or Admin Assistant requires particular focus on ensuring that the candidate has the right motivators for each individual role, as well as the right fit for the culture and team they will be supporting. The MJD Recruitment team are trained to know that when office support recruitment is managed with care for fit as well as skillset, its results in greater longevity and stronger productivity. Our Consultants have strong business acumen and have a continuous learning program that ensures they can add value as advisors to your business, not just fill vacancies. They are industry specialists who can advise on things like salary, market trends, competitors, employee value propositions that attract high quality talent, interview techniques, handling counter offers and what it takes to win over a candidate at interview.

A brand representative. Remember once you hand your vacancy over to a recruitment agency they become the first representative of your brand. Consider the way that they represent themselves and if this is reflective in the way you want your candidates to view your organisation. Are they professional, knowledgeable, influential, well connected and savvy? What are their google or independent reviews saying about their service, their professionalism and their genuine care factor for the recruitment process?

Finally, remember that working exclusively with an agency unlocks multiple advantages. When you work with MJD Recruitment exclusively we are able to dedicate a stronger focus on a quality process rather than a quick one, the candidate experience is better as they like working with agencies who have strong business partnerships with their clients, you have control over your brand representation and information about your business going out to the market and it makes it possible for us to reduced our fee.
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