Strong Legal Sector Growth Intensifies Quest for Legal Talent in Australia

The strong market for legal jobs in Australia is set to continue, according to legal recruitment website totallylegal.com.au.

(PRWEB) May 2, 2007 -- The strong market for legal jobs in Australia (http://www.totallylegal.com/legal/locations/australia.html) is set to continue, according to legal recruitment website totallylegal.com.au.

A buoyant Australian economy and increased M & A activity have resulted in a high demand for legal professionals.

"Recently we've seen a large increase in the number of law jobs (http://www.totallylegal.com) in Australia, particularly in the area of Corporate Law." commented Nicci Zive from totallylegal.com.au. "At the moment we have around 450 corporate legal jobs being advertised on the site across Australia, and we also have many legal jobs in the Middle East and Europe."

A survey carried out by Hudson Legal showed that 55% of employers within the Australian professional services sector planned to increase their headcount over the coming months -- a rise of 7.4% over the same period last year. With unemployment in Australia at its lowest level for three decades, recruiters are looking outside traditional media to attract legal candidates.

"As employers are struggling to find suitable candidates, and audiences for print-based media are getting smaller, recruitment websites such as totallylegal.com.au are going from strength to strength" said Nicci Zive. "Searching for legal jobs online has become the norm and is much more efficient than wading through the pages of a newspaper hunting through jobs that may not be relevant."

As the quest for talent intensifies, recruiters are also finding themselves looking to distant shores to find suitable candidates to fill their legal vacancies. "Advertising jobs online gives recruiters a global reach as opposed to trade press which tends to be quite local." observed Ms Zive. "Our clients are interested in attracting qualified lawyers from overseas in addition to cultivating home grown talent. As the legal world becomes more global, firms are seeking to attract employees with international experience and different skills sets. Along with our sister site in the UK, totallylegal.com, totallylegal.com.au is able to bring recruiters and candidates together from all over the world."

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