Attorney Hiring Assistant

THE FIRM

As a leading international law firm we are dedicated to excellence through impactful communication collaboration and community involvement. Our company culture has earned us a spot on Fortune magazines 100 Best Companies to Work For for 26 consecutive years. This honor along with many others highlights our commitment to innovation and professional development. At Alston & Bird LLP our foundation is made of trust reliability and compassion.

JOB DESCRIPTION

In addition to daily administrative duties including data entry expense reports filing correspondence and preparation for hiring meetings the assistant will also have the added responsibilities of facilitating interviews helping with and attending summer associate and law school recruiting events diversity functions summer associate orientation and working on discreet projects for each office involving research lateral associate counsel and partner interview coordination database management and the like. The Attorney Hiring Assistant will report to the Director of Attorney Hiring and the Regional Attorney Hiring Manager.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Supporting the Partner Growth Team with firmwide lateral partner hiring efforts.
• Entering candidates monitoring applications and updating statuses in Flo Recruit.
• Creating/maintaining candidate folders in iManage.
• Corresponding with law student candidates regarding scheduling their screenings/callback interviews.
• Hosting virtual law school and lateral candidate interviews.
• Processing departmental expenses.
• Updating internal charts including firmwide and Atlanta callback tracking charts.
• Working with law schools to request resume collections as well as getting summer positions posted to job boards.
• Assisting coordinators with preparing for oncampus activities.
• Coordination of logistics related to inoffice and virtual candidate visits.
• Assisting with the summer associate program as needed.
• Assisting with lateral associate hiring as needed.
• Creating and requesting event invitations.
• Providing support during law student summer associate and oncampus social events.
• Supporting firmwide team in processing candidate application and interview materials.
• Maintaining firmwide search firm tracking chart
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Attorney Hiring and the Regional Attorney Hiring Manager.

SKILLS NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL

• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word Excel PowerPoint) required.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• College degree highly preferred.

If selected for an interview a representative from Alston & Bird will contact you. To make sure youre a good fit for Alston & Bird and were a good fit for you be prepared for an indepth interview process.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Alston & Bird LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer does not discriminate on the bases of any status protected under federal state or local law. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex race age religion color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition (associated with cancer a history of cancer or genetic characteristics) HIV/AIDS status genetic information marital status sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression military and veteran status or other protected category under the law on the basis of race color religion sex age sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression national origin veteran status or disability in relation to our recruiting hiring and promoting practices.

The statements contained in this position description are not necessarily allinclusive additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned and requirements may vary from time to time.

Professional business references and a background screening will be required for all final applicants selected for a position.

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Alston & Bird is not currently accepting resumes from agencies for this position. If you are a recruiter search firm or employment agency you will not be compensated in any way for your referral of a candidate even if Alston & Bird hires the candidate.