FAQs

Employer FAQs

    No. We are a job board that allows law firms to post job openings and receive applications.
    Option to post unlimited jobs. Proactive outreach 'outside of our database' to over 150,000 attorneys at Large, Midsize, Boutique firms, driving candidates directly to your jobs. Increased visibility of your firm and open jobs. Candidates apply directly.
    We do not offer a free trial as the recruiting life-cycle does not lend itself to one. Our platform is intuitive to use and even if you make one hire in a year, the annualized cost of Lateral Careers compared to a traditional legal search firm is significantly less.
    We are a niche job board for law firms and reach outside our database of candidates. Only law firms are permitted to post on our site. No 3rd parties. No clutter. In addition, our powerful outreach proactively invites both active and passive candidates to apply to your jobs instead of waiting for job seekers to search for your jobs.
    Your team spends less time sourcing candidates and more time building candidate relationships.Instead of your team spending hours sourcing candidates, we reach out to attorneys and legal professionals and drive them directly to your openings.
    Becasue of our outreach, thousands of legal professionals at over 650 firms will learn about your firm and about your jobs. We cannot measure how powerful this impact will be, but we can still measure the number of views your jobs receive, how many emailed applicants you receive, and how many redirects to your website.
    Lateral Careers doesn’t want to stand in the way of your recruitment efforts, and therefore candidates might also bypass all links and visit your webpage directly. We can’t provide information on this metric.
  • Go to My Account > My Profile.
  • On the Employer Profile Builder page, begin filling in the details. Note you may leave any field blank. Blank fields will not be shown.
  • Click Upload to upload your Employer Logo.
  • For the Describe your organization... box, use the tools to edit the text. You can edit the format, font, and color. You can also add links.
  • Continue filling the information boxes in the Facts & Figures section, the Custom Facts section, the Social Networks section, the Images section, and the Videos section.
  • Select Yes to Make Profile Active.
  • Click Save to save and publish the Profile.
  • Click Preview to preview the Profile.
  • Click Delete to delete the Profile.
  • Click Cancel to cancel any updates to the Profile page.
  • There are two ways to navigate to the Jobs page.
    • Go to Dashboard, then click View & Post Jobs.
    • Go to Activity > Jobs.
  • On the Jobs page, click Add Job.
  • On the Add Job page, begin filling in the details.
  • For the Description box, use the tools to edit the text. You can edit the format, font, and color. You can also add links.
  • For Location, select Yes to show the job location on the map. You can fill in the exact street address or simply fill in the City and State.
  • For Options, Automatically Repost sets the job to automatically repost after the closing date. ***Your subscription will still automatically renew even if you choose not to repost a job automatically. Please cancel your subscription if that is truly your intention. Thank you. 
  • Assigned To is useful for organizations with multiple users handling job postings.
  • List the destination email address for Send Application to Email or choose Redirect Applicant to URL (i.e. link to your firm's career page or the specific job posting).
  • To embed a YouTube or Vimeo video into your job posting, paste in the video embed code.
  • Click Add Questions to insert Screening Questions.
  • Click Post Job to make the job active.
  • Click Save Only to save it for a later date. Note the job will not be posted.
  • Click Preview to preview the job posting.
  • Click Cancel to cancel the job posting.
  • There are two ways to navigate to the Jobs page.
    • Go to Dashboard, then click View & Post Jobs on the Employer Dashboard page.
    • Go to Activity > Jobs.
  • On the Jobs page, you will find the list of all job postings.
  • You can click on the job title to edit/close/pause/delete the job posting.

*Only applicants who applied to your email address will be listed here. Applicants who were redirected and applied on your website will not be listed here.

  • There are two ways to navigate to the Applicants page.
    • Go to Dashboard, then click Applicants.
    • Go to Activity > Applicants.
  • Go to the Jobs page to view the job status.
  • If the status is New it is not live on the job search page.
  • Under 'Title' click on the job title to edit the job.
  • Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Post Job.
  • Your job will now be listed on the Search For Jobs page.
    • On the navigation bar, go to My Account > Users.
    • Click the Add User Account button.
    • Type in the user information and click Save.
    • To edit/delete users, simply click on their email to open the Edit User page. From here you can edit info and save or click the delete button.
    • On the navigation bar, go to My Account > Payment Settings.
    • Under 'Recurring Packages' click the Edit button.
    • Click Delete.

    Job Seeker FAQs

    • On the navigation bar, go to My Profile > Account Info to navigate to the Account page.
    • On the Account page, click an Edit button to change your account information.
    • On the navigation bar, go to My Profile > Contact Info to navigate to the Contact Information page.
    • On the Contact Information page, click Edit My Contact Info to change your account information.
    • Update your account information, then click Save to save your changes or click Cancel to cancel without saving.
    • On the navigation bar, go to My Profile > Profile & Resumes to navigate to the Profile page.
    • Update your profile, then click Save Profile to save your changes or click Cancel to cancel without saving.
    • To add a resume, click Add under Resume.
    • On the navigation bar, go to My Jobs > History to navigate to the Application History page.
    • On the navigation bar, go to My Jobs > Alerts to navigate to the Job Alerts page.
    • On the Job Alerts page, click Set-up Job Alert.
    • On the Add Job Alert page, fill in the applicable details.
    • Click Save the alert.
    • Click Cancel to cancel the alert.
    • You can create a blank alert to receive an alert for every Job posted.
    • Yes, you can have more than one resume on your account.
    • On the navigation bar, go to My Profile > Profile & Resumes to navigate to the Profile page.
    • On the Profile page, click Add under Resume.
    • After uploading a resume click Finish or Save to complete and/or save your changes. Or click Cancel to cancel your changes.
      • Yes, you can add a new resume after clicking Apply.
      • On the Apply to Job page, click Create/Upload under Resume.
      • On the Create Resume page, you have options to Upload Resume, Build Resume or Paste in Resume Text.
      • After uploading or building a resume, or pasting resume text, click Finish or Save to complete and/or save your changes. Or click Cancel to cancel your changes.
      • You will be returned to the Apply to Job page.
      • Under Resume, select a resume with the Select Resume dropdown.
        • Under My Profile / Profile & Resumes, you can add Attachments.
        • On the Apply to Job page, you have two options for a Cover Letter, and one for a Transcript.
          1. Enter Cover Letter text directly into the Cover Letter text box.
          2. Choose/Upload a Cover Letter under Attachments.
          3. Choose/Upload a Law School Transcript under Attachments.