Showing posts with label clayton Legal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clayton Legal. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

CLAYTON APPEAL FOR LEGAL TEMPORARY WORKERS

Clayton Recruitment are launching an appeal to make local people aware of the current vacancies that they have available and are waiting to fill. The Clayton Group are attempting to abolish the myths that surround working on a temporary basis and explain why working for a recruitment agency as a temporary worker can fit in with a persons lifestyle and give them the flexibility they crave.

Clayton Recruitment place temporary workers into roles that are right for their profession and works closely with the candidate and employer through every stage. Clayton Recruitment provide positions into all different sectors including Legal. A recruitment agency places temporary staff in organisations and charges the employer. The worker is then paid by the agency. A temporary worker can be placed for different periods of time depending on the requirement of the company and the type of position that they need filling.

The Clayton Group has a dedicated Temporary Workers Consultant, Tracy Bolan, who aims to create an awareness of the need to recruit valuable temporary workers to place with the companies that are currently waiting for a candidate.

Tracy commented, “Temping, as it is commonly known, is an increasingly popular choice for employees and the demand is so high at the moment that we cannot place people quickly enough. Due to the high calibre of our personnel, it is often difficult to move the candidate to another company as they fit in so well wherever they are placed!! We want to promote the diversity of professions that are available to temporary workers and focus on the skills that individuals possess. Temporary work is so diverse, and an individual can gain so much from the different environments and roles that they will be covering.

Temporary staff enjoy the flexibility that a role offers, which includes the ability to work when they want to, with the added bonus of new experiences encountered from working within different organisations. Temporary workers can be used to cover holidays, illness or maternity leave and may only be required for a short period of time.

Lynn Sedgwick, Managing Director of The Clayton Recruitment Group concludes, "It is fantastic that demand for our services is so high and our extensive database of temporary workers is now at a stage where most of our candidates are placed with companies for the interim period. We are actively seeking more temporary workers available for an immediate start. We pride ourselves on providing, an efficient service, ensuring cover can be provided as and when required. We take care of all administration issues, allowing companies the freedom to carry on with their work day without any disruptive issues."

To view all of Clayton Recruitment Group's Jobs, please click here: www.simplylawjobs.com/jobs/current/clayton_legal/?client_ID=57

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

SALARY SURVEY SHOWS SURPRISING RESULTS

Clayton Legal have conducted a regional salary survey to demonstrate the diversity that stems from many local, cultural and professional variations within the North West region, which demonstrates surprising results for regional law firms.

Clayton Legal, part of the Clayton Recruitment Group is very much aware of the current diversity within the legal market. The report is aimed to help law firms understand the importance of scales of remuneration. Law firms can now have access to a report that they can refer to for guidance.

Although, in the past, there have been regional salary surveys, Clayton Legal have gone to the next stage and produced a survey that breaks down the individual scales of remuneration as they are reflected within each regional area of the North West.

Lynn Sedgwick, Managing Director of Clayton Legal, “We want to show law firms the differences in remuneration, benefits and incentives that are particular to each regional area within the North West. Our legal division have built a reputation for attracting and placing all levels of solicitors, legal executives and legal support staff. It is imperative that we can demonstrate that our experience and research will help negotiations for all our clients. Our recruitment consultants are of the highest calibre and that has been demonstrated in our success rate in recruiting legal personnel in 2007.”

Clayton Legal worked with over 500 law firms in the North West when conducting the research for the survey. The law firms varied in size and turnover.

More than 48% of firms that responded to the survey put their recruitment requirements in a medium or high category. Only 3% of firms said that they would not be recruiting more people. Recruiting legal secretaries continues to be a problem with 52% of law firms reporting facing a shortage. 15% of law firms also seemed interested in recruiting senior associates or salaried partners. Legal recruiters continue to source staff for 67% of law firms.

Law firms in the North West stated that their recruitment requirements as ‘robust’ over the last year.

Manchester continues to lead on the salary scale for junior or less experienced positions. Senior positions however, show almost no difference in salary levels compared with the rest of the North West, with many companies willing to match Manchester salaries, if it means finding the perfect candidate for their position.

Lynn continues, “Many law firms strive to find the perfect candidate and our legal recruitment process is often lengthy and time consuming. Our dedicated legal recruitment team continue to work with law firms, taking the pressure out of the process. The City of Preston has seen major investment from law firms over the last 12 months, resulting in Preston now boasting some of the leading law firms in the North West region. The Preston city status has been a major turning point, thus encouraging many lawyers to relocate to the City.”

Concluding the theory behind the success of Clayton Legal, Lynn summarised, “Our philosophy is, we strive to find the right people, for the right job, at the right time. Our growth plan is strong and having just secured key personnel on board for this coming year, 2008 is proving to be a fantastic year for Clayton legal”.

Clayton Legal is confident that the data collected by the survey is accurate but the trends shown may not apply to firms on an individual level. All data and conclusions are for guidance only. For individual research focusing on specific aspects of the survey, please contact Lynn Sedgwick at Clayton Legal.

To receive a free salary survey, please contact Lynn Sedgwick,
Managing Director of Clayton Legal at: ls@clayton-legal.co.uk