Myth 1: If you seek a legal job through Major Legal Services®, you must sign a contract committing you to some financial responsibility should the position in which you are placed not work out within a specified time period.
Fact: There is no cost to candidates in the legal recruiting and hiring process. In that rare instance when a match between a client and candidate does not work out as anticipated, MLS incurs the cost and responsibility of securing another candidate.

Myth 2: If you register with Major Legal Services®, you enter into an exclusive legal recruiting relationship and cannot conduct an independent search.
Fact: While MLS legal recruiters work with you to establish a mutually beneficial relationship based on good service and on-point introductions, we do not expect you to suspend your independent search.

Myth 3: Professional legal recruiters only work with large law firms. I must pursue other legal job opportunities on my own.
Fact: Major Legal Services® works with large, mid-sized and smaller firms as well as with corporations and non-traditional legal employers.

Myth 4: Legal recruiters will forward your resume to prospective employers without your permission.
Fact: Major Legal Services® operates on a consent basis. Prior candidate consent is required before resumes are forwarded to a prospective legal employer.

Myth 5: A legal recruiter will manipulate you into interviewing for positions that are not appropriate for you so the recruiter can secure their fee from the client.
Fact: Major Legal Services® legal recruiters interview each candidate who registers for a legal job search. This interview is an opportunity for the candidate to get to know the legal recruiter who will act as their representative as well as an opportunity for the legal recruiter to gather accurate information regarding the candidate’s experience, needs and goals. An MLS legal recruiter’s goal is to meet the needs of both the employer and the candidate so the employment relationship is successful, rewarding and on-point to both party’s goals.

Myth 6: Contract attorney work will have a negative impact on your resume and prospects for obtaining other long-term legal employment.
Fact: In a challenging market, it is more likely that a gap in legal employment will negatively impact your job search than a period of contract attorney employment. You can continue your independent search while gainfully employed on a contract basis and these opportunities may add practical experience with an excellent law firm or corporation to your resume.

Myth 7: A legal recruiter will not maintain contact with you during negotiations with the employer and will fail to follow-up.
Fact: A Major Legal Services® legal recruiter matches a candidate with an employer who has a need and position that meets the candidate’s employment goals. In order to achieve this efficiently and effectively, the legal recruiter will keep both the candidate and the client appropriately informed throughout the interviewing and hiring process.


It is clear from looking at the facts, rather than the myths:

• The potential for hiring a better caliber candidate is greater when the service of a legal recruiter is involved.
• Clear, precise and regular communication between the candidate, the legal recruiter and the client is the key to a mutually beneficial relationship.