After a whirlwind 2018 Nick and I wanted to pen one last blog to say thanks to our clients, candidates and the team.
January 2019 will be Thornton Legal’s third birthday and we are proud of what we have achieved in a relatively short amount of time. It certainly hasn’t been easy (far from it sometimes!) but we go into the new year with bucket loads of confidence and positivity. I’m sure it will be a challenging 12 months for different reasons but Thornton Legal is well placed to not just survive but to grow further and achieve even more.
We have some amazing clients who we do regular work with and we are very thankful to them for trusting us to recruit the right people for their legal teams. Alongside existing business, we have good success with new clients as well, with 30% of 2018’s billings coming from firms we have never recruited for, this will be a key focus for the Thornton Legal team next year too.
Our candidates come from lots of different places, sometimes where we least expect to find them! 2018 has shown us the importance of longevity in the legal recruitment market, with candidates choosing to use recruiters they know and trust, luckily for us the message from the market is that this includes Thornton Legal. Candidate generation will be more of a challenge in 2019, but we know we have the right team and tools in place to continue to find the hard to find ones!
Lastly to the team. This year the team has more than doubled with plans to recruit further in 2019. But while we are ambitious, we want to grow the right way meaning we would prefer to take our time getting the right consultants on board than make costly hiring mistakes that take time and effort to fix. Having said that Nick and I think we have done a pretty good job so far!
In January Jade Ivory came on board as our marketing and recruitment administrator and she has transformed our on-line presence with the minimum of fuss. She is a reliable, trustworthy and creative member of the Thornton Legal team who has helped me focus on other recruitment and business matters.
Alex Daniel joined us in March as a trainee consultant and has taken to recruitment like a duck to water. He understands what is needed to be successful in what is often a tough job! Alex has had a brilliant first year in recruitment, and we are confident 2019 will be even better for him.
Finally, Laura-Kate Davies started with Thornton Legal in October and she is working out exactly as we hoped she would. Nick and I worked with Laura-Kate previously, so we thought we knew what we were getting but so far she has exceed out expectations. We’re sure 2019 will be an excellent year for Laura-Kate!
So that’s it from us until January so to everyone who knows us, have a brilliant Christmas and New Year and we look forward to working with you in 2019 and beyond.
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