Why Legal Hiring Is So Difficult (And So Important) Legal hiring has unique challenges that don't exist in other functions:

You posted a job for a "Marketing Manager." You received 247 applications. Your recruiter sent you 12 candidates to review.

Your company just raised Series B. Headcount will double in 12 months. Your solo "HR person" (who's really an office manager doing HR on the side) is...

Your VP Finance just gave notice. Your audit starts in six weeks. Your internal recruiter is already managing 12 open reqs, and your CFO is asking...

The Friction You just got an email from your AI hiring vendor with their quarterly "success metrics."