War for Talent, part four

Janet Ellen Raasch wrote a wonderful summary of the LMA session on recruitment last month.  It is worth the read.  Here are some high points:

• 62% of associates will leave their firm by the end of their fourth year.
• Associates are looking for work/life balance more than ever before.
• Associates look for constant feedback and mentoring.  They want to know where they stand. Often, they leave not because of poor feedback, but none at all.
• Associates, and all attorneys, are looking for meaningful work that makes a difference to clients, and to them.
• Although the majority of students from the University of Denver and Colorado University do not come from Colorado, 86% of them decide to stay in-state.  Must be those 300 days of sunshine a year.

Janet gives great pointers for law firms looking to recruit the cream of the crop in here article here.