I’ll let you in on a little recruiter secret. We miss reliable directories. Not so long ago, a recruiter could count on Martindale-Hubbell and Directory of Corporate Counsel to identify and contact “on-point” attorneys who met almost any search request. But as legal departments and law firms eliminate fringe expenses, these pay-to-list directories are quickly becoming obsolete. Good recruiters supplement directories with proprietary databases capturing years of networking and information gathering, but it would still be a big mistake to assume that we all know who you are and how to find you.
So the burden lies with you to create an online presence that, at a minimum, will be accessible to recruiters and corporate decision-makers. More importantly, you also have a tremendous opportunity to stand out and build an online imprimatur that will be far more helpful to your career than a standard directory profile.
