St. Leger Brockman Legal Recruitment

Awesome new Senior Legal Counsel role with the award-winning in-house legal team at ResMed. #legalrecruitment #seniorlegalcounsel #lawjobs

Graduation from law school v one year in practice. ‘Oh yeah, I’m loving it! Nah, the hours really aren’t as bad as everyone makes out.’ #lawyers #legalcareers #lawschool #solicitors #lawfirm

‘How’s everything going at work?’ ‘Oh, really great. I always hated socialising and seeing daylight so it’s perfect for me.’ Find yourself spouting BS about how great your job is when your friends and family ask? It might be time we had a chat. #legalrecruitment #lawyers #lawjobs

If you spend your working week thinking ‘there must be some kinda way out of here’, get in touch. We’re currently working on a load of in-house and private practice roles in Brisbane and Sydney. For permanent positions, send your CV to [email protected]. For fixed term contracts and secondments, email [email protected]. #lawyers #legalrecruitment #secondments

Top tier firms do not have a monopoly on top tier talent. #lawyers #legalindustry #lawfirms

The AICD Essential Director Update in Brisbane this morning was excellent, especially the discussions around the business risks created by a poor culture. Another tool for identifying poor culture which didn’t make the slide below is the number of awards a company has suggesting that it’s a great place to work. Lots of places listed as Employers of Choice sound like bloody awful places to work and provide a steady stream of candidates for us. #aicd #companydirectors #corporateculture

I always spend a little extra time on the resumes of people who graduated around the same time as me (2008- grrrrreat year for job hunting in the UK) and contemplate what might have been if I’d stuck with a traditional legal career path. I caught up with a fellow class of 2008 lawyer the other day who has a gold-plated resume. Trained at a top tier firm and did a couple of secondments with high profile clients, moved to a very highly-regarded boutique in a more senior role and built up their management experience, and then started their in-house career. They’ve progressed through the ranks in-house, working with two businesses that 90% of the world has heard of, and they’re now perfectly placed to make the step up to a GC role. But they’ve got two kids under three, still get woken up several times a night, and being a present parent is more important than any legal role will ever be. Experience-wise, they’re absolutely ready to make a move up the ladder. But when they factor in everything else, the flexibility that they have at the moment is more important. Taking on a position that’s going to be all-consuming when you’re running on fumes probably isn’t going to end well. Timing is everything. #lawyers #generalcounsel #inhouselawyers

Love seeing a job share at a senior level! They thought their career aspirations were limited while needing to work part time - a continued reality in the legal sector (and many others). Now, Tala Prowd and Helena Kolenbet bring a combined three decades to the role, and two heads to the position that are less likely to succumb to burnout and more likely to be able to start the work week refreshed and with more energy to make critical leadership decisions. What a win for their employer. As Tala said, "It is almost unheard of for a woman to make partner at a law firm or General Counsel if they work in a part-time capacity. If you’re part-time, there’s a ceiling.” Job shares can help change this, as can more enlightened employers rethinking how roles are structured. Great to see this Wesley Mission Queensland https://lnkd.in/g3AbQep3

CV version 1: ‘I am a lawyer with nearly 15 years’ experience in the energy sector.’ CV version 2: ‘I am an accomplished senior lawyer with a wealth of experience in energy and resources gained from a leading international law firm and the in-house teams of global energy companies.’ Same lawyer, same experience. Put the tall poppy syndrome sh*t out of your mind and stop understating your achievements. If you’ve done things that will impress the people you want to work with, tell them. Or don’t be surprised when you don’t get a call back about a job you’d be perfect for because you didn’t want to appear big-headed. #lawyers #cvwriting #careers

I’m very particular about the use of the word team. There is a distinct difference between what should be considered a ‘team’, and what should be considered a ‘group’. Team is an earned title between a group of individuals who go beyond just working together. When you come together, being a team cannot be measured in hours, days, or time. It’s not something that is episodic and there are principles to consider: - How are we going to talk about ourselves? - How are we going to treat success when it happens? - Will there be a purposeful distribution of credit? A team isn’t about the most senior person taking credit for the success of a project or passing the blame when something goes wrong. A team is working with a group that makes working hard easy, failure tolerable and makes success a gift every day. That’s what you can have with a team, but it takes a lot of effort.