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"Your
assistance was invaluable and made my job as recruiting coordinator
bearable, while I continued to practice law."
"Your calling card is [that] you know everyone - you get the top candidates - market that until the end of time. You should be telling everyone that you guys are that good. That is Shuart's strong point."
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Why
choose Shuart & Associates
Why
work exclusively with a search firm
What
about confidentiality and control
How
are candidates screened and tested
How
Shuart can help your firm
Responses
to inquiries
Why choose Shuart & Associates
Results! When it comes to finding the best legal talent, no search firm is better positioned to serve as your staffing partner than Shuart & Associates. We are the largest, most experienced, full-service staffing agency in Louisiana specializing in legal. Since 1989, we have placed hundreds of topnotch candidates establishing our reputation as the "go to" company for legal placement.
Better candidates! We actively and discreetly recruit qualified individuals for our clients. While we do some advertising and utilize technology such as the Internet to attract candidates, most of our placements come through our recruiting efforts and referrals from satisfied clients and candidates—any of whom will wait six months to a year for the "right" position to become available.
Time and money savings! Our experienced consultants spend a great deal of time each week talking with and listening to hundreds of individuals working in the legal field. We develop relationships with these potential candidates understanding their ambitions, expectations, and career goals. This knowledge, coupled with an understanding of our clients' needs, establishes our point of difference—matching the right candidates to the right jobs for the mutual, long-term benefit of both candidates and client firms.
Resources! Our extensive
and exclusive database contains information on thousands of attorneys,
paralegals, legal secretaries, and other legal support and administrative
candidates in Louisiana and throughout the Gulf South. We locate those
best qualified to staff your business in all areas—direct hire, temporary/contract,
and temp-to-hire. 
Why work exclusively with a search firm
The key to long-term success in hiring is finding one search firm that has a documented track record of hiring in the legal profession and knows your law firm, its environment, its needs, and its long-term goals.
It may appear that working with more than one search firm would increase the number of viable candidates for an open position; however, this practice can actually impede your success. No single recruiter can be held accountable; each recruiter presents the position differently causing potential misinformation in the marketplace; and top candidates can be contacted multiple times creating an unprofessional image of desperation or a perceived high turnover problem.
Shuart & Associates has the
experience and attention to detail to manage the hiring process for you. Based
on our track record, we can assure you that your interview time will be productive
and you will have a narrow field of highly qualified candidates from which
to choose.
What about confidentiality and control
Advertising open positions
directly to the public is fraught with complications. In addition to being
overwhelmed with under-qualified or non-qualified candidates, the entire
community is made aware of personnel changes. In this competitive marketplace,
confidentiality is essential. Working through Shuart & Associates
gives you the buffer of anonymity while giving you access to the most
qualified candidates.
How are candidates screened and tested
Through our proven processes, candidates are recruited, screened, pre-qualified, and personally interviewed by our consultants.
Our legal support candidates are tested using criteria specifically designed to test legal clerical and computer software skills. Attorney and management candidates' backgrounds are verified and appropriate evaluations made of their abilities and goals. Candidates' references are thoroughly checked and documented.
No candidate is presented to
a client without having first passed our rigorous evaluations.
How Shuart can help your firm
Staffing your business is our business! Your time is valuable and limited—and we help you make the most of it.
Working with Shuart will minimize the time you spend identifying qualified candidates and help you maximize your interview time. We interview every candidate we present, so we know you will be provided with appropriately skilled individuals who are interested in joining your firm.
We monitor the placement process through frequent communication with our clients and our candidates. We locate talent, present opportunities, arrange interviews, provide feedback, facilitate negotiations, answer questions, and, throughout the process, ensure that discretion and confidentiality are maintained at all times.
Because we are confident in
our ability to make the best matches between employer and employee, we
offer a replacement guarantee! Ask about this when you call us!
Responses to inquiries
We respond to all client and
candidate inquiries whether received via e-mail, postal mail, fax, voice
mail, or telephone. If you have sent correspondence or other communication
and have not received an acknowledgment, we may not have received it.
Firewalls may block e-mail; postal mail can be lost or delayed; faxes
and voice mail may appear to have been received but may be "lost"
due to technical problems. Your inquiries are very important to us! If
you do not receive a response within a reasonable time, please call us
at (504) 836-7595.
