It’s that time of year again – the time of year when we give thanks… and companies hire a ton of seasonal workers! If you think Macy’s and Amazon are the only companies ramping up volumes of contract and seasonal workers in...more
ESI Sales Recruitment – The Game Is Back On -
In 2020, TRU placed fewer business development professionals and received the least inbound interest in representation from e-discovery sales talent since 2010. 2020 also marked...more
The number one trend TRU predicted in January’s “Top 10 Job Market Predictions in Legal Technology” is becoming prominent to the point of hyperbole: 1. Speed Wins War for Talent. ESI vendor hiring cycles have been...more
While August largely remained a candidate’s job market, important new trends are emerging related to the war for talent in the e-discovery job market!
First, mid-market candidates (i.e., project managers, coordinators,...more
A few things have changed since June. What hasn’t changed is the speed of hire for ESI professionals—it has not slowed down at all. The hiring timelines seen in May and June (three to six days from resume sent to offer...more
The month of June was a record-setting month for TRU in several categories. These milestones expose a narrative for the current e-discovery job market that everyone—employees and employers—needs to understand....more
First and foremost, the job market continues to favor candidates. There is simply not enough qualified talent to respond to all the work to be done in e-discovery. We are seeing this expressed in several ways:
Inflation: TRU...more
The biggest ESI news of the month was the announcement that Consilio and Xact are merging. The big companies in this industry are continuing to get bigger, but so are the little ones. Based on distribution of hiring seen in...more
February 2021 was TRU’s best February in company history for one simple reason: more jobs are open in legal tech now than at any point in the last twelve months—or longer. The e-discovery industry is in full recovery from the...more
Since the onset of COVID-19, contract staffing has been the primary solution to headcount challenges throughout the data privacy, e-discovery, and cybersecurity ecosystem. TRU’s 2020 analysis found that 56% of all placements...more