How to Get Better Results from Your Contingent Recruiter in the NW Legal Market

Overview:
A great contingent recruiter can save your firm time, reduce stress, and keep your support teams operating at full strength. But the best results don’t happen by accident they happen when the partnership is tight, clear, and collaborative. Here’s how to get more from your recruiter in the NW legal support market:

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1. Give Clear Job Briefs (Not Just Job Titles)

 “Legal secretary” can mean 20 different things. A detailed brief system, fee-earner styles, pace, drafting expectations helps your recruiter deliver candidates who actually fit.

2. Be Transparent About the Real Need 

Is this hire urgent? Efficiency-driven? Covering an upcoming departure? Recruiters prioritise based on urgency, so clarity speeds everything up.

3. Offer Realistic Salary & Hybrid Options 

If the market says £28–35k and you offer £26k, you’re invisible. If competitors offer 2–3 days from home and you offer none, you’re losing the race. Your recruiter can advise them.

4. Move Fast on Good CVs

The best candidates in the NW legal support market get snapped up in days.
 Delays kill momentum, motivation and acceptance rates.

5. Treat Your Recruiter Like a Partner, Not a Vendor

Share feedback. Give updates. Ask for market insight. The more information your recruiter has, the better your results will be.

About Us

At HST Hiring Group, we work as partners to NW law firms delivering fast, accurate, high-quality contingent hires across all legal support roles.

 

About The HST Group

We find the best talent, across all sectors

Hiring well is simply a process, which can span a whole range of sectors. This winning process is  one we like to think we’re very good at!

We have unique technology offerings

Our bespoke technology enables us to get your job ads in front of the very best talent out there, which in turn enables us to give brilliant ROI to our clients.

We have an excellent track record

We’re incredibly proud of our track record, and the fact that 80% of our clients are repeat or ongoing customers!