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Work life balance

March 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment

In the 2007 Legal Business Assistant Survey  By Stephen J Doggett,  they find that:

With assistants in short supply, firms must be more scientific about how they attract and retain the best. 

It goes on to identify that the law firms when trying to attract  Britain’s brightest assistant lawyers have generally followed three paths.

  1. Some put out vague messages about the importance of work/life balance.
  2. Others tout the introduction of new career paths to hint at career progression.
  3. And some simply throw money at the problem in the form of dramatic salary increases or bonuses (usually accompanied by the condition that the assistant works harder).

It concludes:

However, if the 2,225 assistants responding to this year’s Legal Business Assistant Survey are correct, firms would do better to concentrate most of their energy on the first, work harder on the second and largely leave the third alone. 

Once again this sits right in the middle of the space that ItsMyLaw works.   more


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