Lateral Recruiting Assistant (Legal)

Location: Hybrid; primary location in Palo Alto, with additional U.S. locations listed

Salary: $24.52–$33.17 per hour in Palo Alto, New York, and San Francisco; $22.07–$29.86 per hour in Washington, D.C. Overtime and a discretionary year-end merit bonus may apply.

Company

hirify.global is a legal advisory firm serving technology, life sciences, and other growth companies worldwide, with approximately 1,100 attorneys across 17 offices.

What you will do

• Support lateral attorney recruiting, onboarding, and integration activities.
• Review resumes, calculate GPAs, perform high-volume data entry, and maintain accurate candidate records.
• Coordinate conflicts checks, ethical-wall confirmations, supplemental reviews, and background checks.
• Manage Lateral Link assignments and communicate with hiring partners, candidates, recruiters, IT, and the conflicts team.
• Collect onboarding documentation, coordinate phone orders and orientation schedules, and track progress against key start-date checkpoints.
• Support recruiting events, reporting, candidate tracking, and documentation of recurring new-hire questions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in high-volume data entry and documentation.
• Strong organization, communication, interpersonal, and prioritization skills.
• Ability to manage confidential and sensitive candidate information appropriately.
• Ability to work independently, adapt to changing priorities, and track multiple deadlines.
• Proficiency with MS Office and applicant tracking systems; Workday, viRecruit, and HireRight are preferred.

Nice to have

• Administrative, coordination, or recruiting experience in a law firm or professional services environment.
• Understanding of unconscious bias and its effect on recruiting and hiring.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule.
• Growth potential in legal recruiting.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Collaborative work with recruiting, onboarding, IT, conflicts, and firm personnel.