{"id":1079,"date":"2022-08-11T15:06:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T03:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insourcerecruit.com/?p=1079"},"modified":"2024-07-05T15:30:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T03:30:54","slug":"law-firms-snap-up-recruitment-technology-in-face-of-chronic-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insource.mynewsite.nz\/law-firms-snap-up-recruitment-technology-in-face-of-chronic-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Law firms snap up recruitment technology in face of chronic shortage."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Story from National Business Review<br>Tuesday 2 August 2022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Law Firms snap up technology\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/739478150?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The founder of online legal recruitment software Insource says the chronic shortage of<br>lawyers in New Zealand has driven strong demand for monthly subscriptions to the<br>platform, as firms change how they fill roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently there are over 1180 advertisements for lawyers on Seek New Zealand with a<br>third of them placed in the past two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Insource is a searchable database which law firms and in-house legal teams use to<br>identify and carry out their own search recruiting, rather than relying on traditional<br>recruitment firms to fill vacancies. It contains the profiles of more than 30,000 lawyers<br>holding a practising certificate for New Zealand or Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founder and former legal search recruiter Jenn Little launched Insource to the New<br>Zealand market in March 2021. The tech is now being used by 24 New Zealand law firms<br>including 17 of New Zealand\u2019s 20 largest, employing more than 2,500 lawyers between<br>them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Insource subscription ranges from $750\/month up to $2,500\/month for New Zealand\u2019s<br>largest firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Little says this is considerably cheaper than paying a traditional percentage based<br>success fee for recruitment, which can range upwards from $10,000 per candidate placed<br>by a recruitment agency. She says the market has never been this tough, with a desperate<br>shortage of available lawyers with more than three years\u2019 experience to attract to<br>vacancies. This is forcing law firms to take a more proactive approach to recruitment and<br>retention. Insource\u2019s own analysis of talent movement among New Zealand\u2019s six largest<br>firms, indicated that 60% of the experienced lawyers recruited in the June quarter 2022<br>were returning from overseas and re-joining their previous law firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamilton based law firm, Tompkins Wake has been using Insource for over 12 months.<br>CEO Jon Calder says Insource is a powerful tool that has completely changed how the<br>firm locates and identifies talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInsource allows us to scan the market and filter by any number of criteria, creating<br>shortlists of potential candidates to support our growth and turnover. It has accelerated<br>our recruitment process and shortened the time to fill roles,\u201d says Calder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The subscription growth has enabled Little to more than double Insource\u2019s team of<br>developers and researchers. In 2022 Insource has added all registered legal executives in<br>New Zealand and is currently working to populate profiles for every lawyer in Australia. By<br>the end of 2022 Insource will have profiles for more than 100,000 lawyers holding either a<br>New Zealand or Australian practising certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the success of Insource release with New Zealand\u2019s largest national and<br>provincial law firms, Little is now focusing on reaching deeper into the regions to ensure<br>all practices and in-house legal teams are aware of the power of the technology.<br>\u201cMy goal is for Insource to be available to law firms of every size.\u201d An Insource subscription<br>is a substantial saving from the cost of traditional recruitment on commission. The cost<br>saving is even greater for small law firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late 2021 Little successfully completed a $500,000 capital seed raise among friends and<br>family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Law firms snap up recruitment technology<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information or to arrange an interview please contact Jenn Little:<br>Phone: 021 611 416<br>Email: jenn@insource.nz<br>www.insource.nz<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Insource is used:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u2022 Have immediate visibility of whole talent sectors of registered professionals<br>\u2022 Generate a list of relevant talent in seconds and start connecting with the talent<br>straight away.<br>\u2022 Access up to date pipelines of talent for future hiring needs eliminating the need<br>to engage recruitment agencies<br>\u2022 Get up to date data analytics on the talent composition and talent movement to<br>make better hiring decisions<br>\u2022 Share talent pools easily between hiring partners and HR teams using different<br>permission levels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>About Jenn Little:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Jenn has more than twenty years\u2019 experience working with the legal sector, most recently<br>searching and placing lawyers into many of New Zealand and Australia\u2019s top-tier, mid-tier<br>and boutique law firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After seven years building and managing her trans-Tasman search and recruitment<br>business to include key national executive appointments, Jenn LIttle entered the tech<br>sector in 2019 having built the Insource bespoke technology platform for law firms and<br>other professional service sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jenn is also a classically trained professional opera singer, with an extensive network<br>across business and the arts on both sides of the Tasman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more about<a href=\"https:\/\/insource.mynewsite.nz\/team\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"10\"> Jenn and the Insource team here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">National Business Review (NBR)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The article and supporting video interview &#8220;Law firms snap up recruitment technology in face of chronic shortage.&#8221; originally appeared in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbr.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> NBR.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story from National Business ReviewTuesday 2 August 2022 The founder of online legal recruitment software Insource says the chronic shortage oflawyers in New Zealand has driven strong demand for monthly subscriptions to theplatform, as firms change how they fill roles. 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