Market Update: How can we Retain Talent in 2022?
If there is one common theme that all law firms share it is “how do we retain talent and hire the best people in the market?”
Inclusivity in the Legal Profession: In Conversation with Rachel Reese
The Ardent team had a training session with Rachel Reese of Global Butterflies to improve our understanding of the LGBT+ trans and non-binary space. Rachel shared her thoughts on how the legal profession has changed.
Home or Away? Job Locations and Working Practices in 2022
Ardent consultant Jon Kennedy reviews the impact of the pandemic on job locations and working practices in the legal industry.
In Conversation with Sharpe Pritchard
We support better mental health and wellbeing across the legal profession. We spoke to Karen Senior, HR Manager at Sharpe Pritchard about their approach to mental health.
Finding your Next Role
When we tell friends and family that we work in legal recruitment, quite understandably they imagine our working days are spent helping law firms find great candidates for existing vacancies. But the reality is often more complex. We actually spend a high percentage of our time advising legal professionals about their career. They discuss with us if it is the right time to move, which firms will suit them in terms of culture and remuneration, and which potential opportunities might be attractive. This is often before any actual vacancy is identified.
Paying Attention to the Present Moment
A couple of months ago the team at Ardent sat down with James Scholfield, a mindfulness/awareness teacher, to hear his story about how being more mindful helped unveil peace during his everyday tasks.
Ardent Team welcomes Kat Jones as Operations Manager
Kat has 20 years’ experience in the legal recruitment industry, joining a major firm as a new graduate in 2000 and working up to an associate director role. Kat’s former agency reduced in size during the first lockdown. Since then she has been providing a careers advice service for a secondary school. With this new position she is coming back to her recruitment roots.
Consultant Matt Parsons Talks About His First Year at Ardent
Having had just over 9 months out of work, through a combination of gardening leave and Covid, getting back into a regular working pattern was a challenge. I’d compare it to going back to school after the summer holidays – I was exhausted in those first couple of weeks!
Taking a Team Approach to Mental Health Awareness
This year the Ardent team has been focussing on the issue of mental health. Our consultants have been through Mental Health First Aid training as a team. On World Mental Health Day we wanted to share our thoughts on mental health in the legal profession in 2021.
Mental Health in the Legal Profession: In Conversation with Travers Smith
At Ardent Legal Recruitment, we are continuing our pledge to support better mental health and wellbeing across the legal profession. Recently, we had the pleasure to speak to two senior HR professionals at Travers Smith about their approach to mental health.
Ardent Supports Building Malawi
A couple of years ago we worked with a candidate who is a trustee of the charity and we were keen to get involved. At that time we contributed to a school building project. Now that building is complete and the Ardent Centre of Excellence is in use by secondary students. We wanted to offer further support. Our new substantial donation has paid for over 300 text books across a range of subjects.
Boosting Mental Health for Legal Professionals Returning to the Office
We are always mindful of the impact stress has on the mental health of those in the legal profession. Over the summer the Ardent team has trained in Mental Health First Aid. We asked Mental Health First Aid Instructor James Capell-Abra of Stress Matters, who trained the team, to share some thoughts on mental health in the legal profession.