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The low down
The constraints of the pandemic have changed the way we all work for good. Flexible working has enabled many to break free of the strongholds of the office, the commute and city living. For recruitment, the geographic freedom that flexible working enables should mean more choice, both for law firms and candidates. Taking the long view, how many pandemic-related changes are here to stay? Firms say they are looking ever closer at candidates’ character and values, while lawyers considering a move want intelligence on firm culture that goes beyond the official version.
When the pandemic hit 13 months ago, many law firms imposed a recruitment freeze and shed jobs in vulnerable sectors such as corporate, as deals ground to a halt. Although it is tempting to draw comparisons between the economic shock of Covid-19 and the dip after the global economic crisis of 2008, there are important differences.