About Focus

For any legal services provider its product is its people.

The primary competitive advantage which clients expect of their lawyers has always been, is now and will forever remain – the legal talent.

Organisations generating traction around this significant and primary competitive advantage are acutely aware of the imperative nature of accessing, recruiting, developing and retaining the best lawyers.

In our experience, these better lawyers are time poor from being of service to clients and colleagues; they’re aware of the close proximity of associations existing within the profession; are confidentiality conscious; are risk averse and consequently less inclined to be making direct applications to ‘a career with us’ type portals on firms’ websites, applying directly to advertisements on job boards; and understandably won’t entrust their career to just anyone let alone the faceless people or subordinates to the hiring decision makers.

The potential risk and exposure which comes from online applications made by the better lawyers having most at risk by being potentially compromised or jeopardised during a direct application process is too significant to underestimate nor entrust to just anyone.

At FOCUS, we’re frequently advising lawyers with the most at risk and who prefer making objective, strategic, considered, unbiased and fully informed career decisions. Ours is an authentic, confidential, market informed and established service which has been developed and refined over the last 30 years.

Here at FOCUS we’re connected with and trusted by risk conscious lawyers who prefer to have a career move managed responsibly, confidentially, ethically, objectively and respectfully. The lawyers with the most to offer are often those with most at risk. If they have a choice, and they usually do, they opt to be advised on a career move and receive a service committed to: transparency; objectivity; comprehensive market knowledge; being respected during the referral/investigation process with the internet de-humanizing and potentially compromising the process; as well as accountability for the ultimate suitability and success of the placement outcome.
This is what defines us at FOCUS – giving our clients exclusive access to the better lawyers. Lawyers who rely on us to be their trusted career advisor for making astute career moves. These lawyers don’t need a job as such – their motivation is making an informed, successful and confidential career move which ticks the right boxes for them.

For 30 years FOCUS has been partnering with/advising the calibre of lawyers required to contribute to the competitive advantages and services offering of those clients instructing FOCUS.

In doing so, FOCUS facilitates lawyers achieving their career goals, aspirations and ambitions. It’s no coincidence the FOCUS retention rate, promotion rate of placements and career success rate are the best in the business. Quality of placement and what follows is the ultimate recruitment success performance metric at FOCUS along with the professional recognition which comes from the many business referrals and recommendations.

At FOCUS we derive immense personal and professional gratification from seeing many young lawyers we’ve believed in and placed over the years become a Partner at a firm or In-house Legal Counsel at an ASX Listed Public Company or at a Multi-national corporation as well as the professional fulfilment which comes from advising career stifled lawyers on making a strategically astute lateral transition to maximise their professional potential and minimising or removing their opportunity costs.

It’s witnessing these ultimate promotional outcomes, career milestones or pinnacle events which are evidence of where “the rubber meets the road”.

Sincerely,

Ian Dhu
Executive Director
FOCUS Legal Recruitment & Executive Search

Ian invites you to contact him directly to discuss your legal talent requirements on:
Email: ian@focusrecruitment.com.au
Mobile: 0414 328 864
linkedin.com/in/iandhufocuslegalrecruitment