Demand for lawyers & secretaries remains high despite slowing Eastern States market. Former Adelaide lawyer Paul Burgess is the leading specialist legal recruiter in Adelaide. He focuses on recruiting lawyers from junior to partner & general counsel levels across Adelaide private practice, in-house and government/NFP’s. After a busy start to 2025 Paul shares his thoughts
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November 28, 2023
Partners in 2023/2024:
Firms plan to continue hiring new partners into 2024. Get the full picture. Burgess Paluch is arguably the most successful Australian partner level recruitment consultancy. Over the past 10+ years we have established ourselves as experts with a significant number of partner placements, team hires and mergers. Covid shook things up and after 3 or
February 17, 2023
Grads’ salaries are currently inflated by 20 to 30%
Belinda Fisher, Partner at Burgess Paluch advises Lawyers Weekly on the state of the market for current graduate lawyers. Read the full article here
‘110% no’: Great Resignation not happening in-house
Paul Burgess shares his thoughts on the predicted ‘Mass exodus’ of lawyers from their roles with Lawyers Weekly. Click here to read the full article.
November 10, 2021
Kiwi/Overseas Lawyers – Move to Australia Now
Are you a New Zealand or other overseas lawyer thinking of a career move? Are you planning an OE? Now is the perfect time to hop the ditch and bring your talents to Australia. Borders are opening up, and we are in a very candidate-short market, with plenty of jobs around and salaries on the
2021: Year of the Career
2021 will be a very big year! Pandemics and recessions are generally not great for careers. 2020 was tough for many, although there did seem to be some roles floating around for lawyers with employment, insurance, construction, and litigation experience. Melbourne was hit hardest by Covid, but every state felt it to some degree. Coming
May 12, 2020
Finding the ideal job: The core values we all want
With community and the sense of belonging more important than ever to us, it is a good time to remind ourselves of the values that are most important to us in our work. Do our values still align with our employer? Did we agree with the way that our employer has handled COVID, and their
May 6, 2020
Lawyers give green light to download the COVID-19 App
Lawyers Weekly speak to some of the Partners, global heads and specialists in technology and privacy law who have signed an open letter in support of the COVIDSafe app. https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/biglaw/28209-48-lawyers-sign-open-letter-endorsing-covidsafe-app
April 30, 2020
Understanding your Career Options During COVID-19
It’s a time of rapid change and a new legal marketplace. While there is uncertainty in the recruitment market, there are also some extremely positive opportunities for astute lawyers with a range of backgrounds and skills to transition to new roles. Lawyers with quality experience, and those in certain practice areas are still in demand,
April 23, 2020
Should I stay or should I go? Making a career move during COVID
Are you a lawyer who had decided to start looking for a job this past January or February? You are probably wondering at this point, whether it is worth it to keep looking, or not take any risks and remain where you are until things blow over. We have seen a lot of lawyers in