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Cherry-Picking Talent

A new, more proactive ' if tedious ' hiring strategy has emerged that mid-market firms are adopting. Rather than target highly sought-after rainmakers or hope for a ready-made practice group to shake loose from a large firm, these practices are building their offices piecemeal by cherry-picking young guns from the biggest and best firms, enticing them with flexible billing rates, shorter partnership tracks, oodles of support and a free rein.

24 minute read March 01, 2006 at 08:34 AM
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Petra Pasternak
Cherry-Picking Talent

Norman Cruz was stuck at a big firm with no place to grow.

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