Most law firm owners approach hiring like they’re trying to put out a fire with a garden hose.

You’re busy, the cases are piling up, and suddenly you realize you needed help months ago. So, you do what most of us do when we're desperate: you hire based on a "good vibe" and a resume that looks decent enough.

The problem is that most lawyers aren't actually good at hiring because they do it so rarely. It’s an expensive skill to learn by trial and error.

In this session from the GLM Summit, Jay Henderson hits the reset button on that entire process. He looks at your firm through a very specific lens: people, tasks, and systems. You can spend all year building perfect systems, but if the people running them aren't the right fit, everything is going to feel a lot harder than it needs to be.

Jay gets incredibly practical here. He explains why you need a "superstar profile" before you even think about posting a job ad, and how to write that ad so you attract actual talent instead of just anyone with a pulse.

One of the best parts of this talk is when he dives into the "gut check." We’ve all had that feeling that something is off with a candidate, but Jay explains why your intuition shouldn't be your entire strategy. He brings in tools, score sheets, and structured interviews to help you stop "selling" the job to the wrong person just because you ran out of questions to ask.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why your firm’s growth is limited by your "people part" and how to fix it
• The exact steps to create a profile of what "good" actually looks like for any role
• How to stop hiring based on desperation and start using a consistent process
• Why your gut feeling is a great warning sign but a terrible hiring plan
• How to avoid the "bad hire tax" that drains your time and bank account

If you want to build a firm where you actually enjoy showing up on Monday morning, you have to stop letting hiring problems become your full-time job. This episode shows you how.

Connect with Jay:

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaysrealtalent

Company: www.RealTalentHiring.com

Email: [email protected]

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Brian Glass is a nationally recognized personal injury lawyer in Fairfax, Virginia.  He is passionate about living a life of his own design and looking for answers to solutions outside of the legal field.  This podcast is his effort to share that passion with others.

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