SERVICE
Direct-Hire Placement is when a legal professional introduced to you by APL works for you, the Client, and you pay the APL Lawyer directly.
 
PROCESS
APL operates under a team approach so you are assured of the fruits of co–ordinated efforts rather than of competition. Once we have discussed your needs, including those intangibles which often make or break the right fit, we spring into action. We provide in-depth searches of our comprehensive database of legal professionals (7500+ resumes and growing) based on the key variables discussed with you, as well as drafting and running complementary ads in the Ontario Reports and in various career websites. We then review those candidates who meet our stringent requirements, doing both preliminary phone screening plus face-to-face interviews. Only then do we send you reports and resumes on the most suitable candidates.

Once you have decided to meet with a candidate, we assist in helping to set up interviews, debrief both you and the candidates, and help to answer any questions you may have. In addition, if requested, we can even assist in the offer process and perform reference checks on your behalf.

BENEFITS
As a result, after 19 years of legal recruiting, we have developed an extensive data and contact and knowledge pool as well as a finely honed team approach, assuring you of confident recruitment services.

Through the use of our recruitment services targeted specifically to your needs, we will save you the time and expense of lawyer advertising, resume review, interviewing, and reference checking. We will free you up to work on your core business - satisfying your clients - and we will take care of all your legal professional staffing needs. As both lawyers and professional recruiters, we can help you avoid costly hiring errors.

Our clients enjoy the superior comprehensiveness of our screening procedures, including our detailed candidate evaluation forms.

FEES
Our fee is a percentage of the legal professional's annual monetary compensation in the first year of employment. We do not include discretionary commission payments, allowances, car or pension benefits. This compensation will be agreed upon prior to work-start date.

CONFIDENTIALITY
At APL, we value our client’s privacy – we never, unless requested, advertise our clients’ names and only reveal them to those candidates that are deemed a good fit. As a result, we ensure that you are not bombarded with unsolicited resumes. In addition, because of our respect for privacy, we never forward an unsolicited resume to you. If you have further questions, our Privacy Policy further outlines our responsibilities and practices.