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hour to these women, and the company was able to hire some terrific
people using this approach.
Big-Firm Lawyers Who Don’t Want Big-Firm Hours
I work with a local law firm that has done a great job of building
an A-player team with women who are reentering the workforce.
This firm, made up of about 10 attorneys plus support people, has
created a part-time, flexible work arrangement for some of its attorneys.
The program has attracted several women who graduated
from elite law schools, worked for big-time firms, and then took
time off to have kids. They wanted to get back into law but knew
that the hours they used to work at their old firms would not fit
into their current lives. They are now very happy working for this
small firm, which in turn has built a staff with credentials that rival
those of vastly bigger operations.
The A-player women who work for these companies want the
same things most people want: challenging work, fair pay, and reasonable
hours. For many people, time is worth more than money. If
you can create flexible hours and work arrangements in your company,
you will be able to hire talent that you may have thought was
unattainable. It’s not easy for A-players to find great full-time roles,
much less a company for which they can do meaningful work and
have flexible or part-time hours. If you offer significant work, competitive
pay, and flexibility, you have a very strong value proposition
for an A-player. What are the specific slices of this fantastic talent
pool that would provide the best potential employees for you? Identify
whom you want to recruit, then get out there and promote your
opportunities to the best people you know.
A-Player Principle: There is a large pool of talented
women who want to keep a hand in their profession but
don’t want to work full time. This may be one of the best
pools of underutilized A-player talent available today.
Consider how to structure a role that attracts this kind of
employee.