Lead Recruiter

Robert Half
Houston, TX

Job Posting: Legal Recruiter

About the Role

At Robert Half, Legal Recruiters own the full hiring journey from recruiting available professionals to delivering high-quality talent to our customers.

This is an inside, revenue-generating role with the following duties: candidate sourcing, recruiting, and placement, while acting as a consultative advisor to clients and candidates. You will build new relationships, expand existing accounts, and drive revenue through successfully placing candidates with clients, using industry-leading technology and data to prioritize opportunities and deliver the right talent, not just more resumes.

What You’ll Do

  • Build relationships with prospective legal candidates
  • Source, interview, and place highly qualified professionals with clients
  • Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from intake to placement
  • Use Salesforce, AI and data insights to manage pipelines, prioritize work, and drive results
  • Advise clients on hiring strategies, market trends, and talent availability
  • Negotiate compensation, fees, and drive revenue outcomes

What Success Looks Like

  • You generate new business and create opportunities, not just staff existing roles
  • You consistently deliver high-quality, well-vetted candidates in a competitive, AI-driven market
  • You use technology to work smarter while maintaining a personal, consultative approach
  • You build lasting relationships and become a trusted advisor to clients and candidates
  • You consistently achieve placement and revenue goals

What You Bring

  • Experience in recruiting, staffing, business development, or another client-facing role
  • Experience working in a legal department
  • Legal experience is a strong plus such as paralegal certification, law degree
  • Strong communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills
  • Comfort using CRM systems and working in a fast-paced environment
  • A results-driven, entrepreneurial mindset

// // //