What is JurisTemps?

What types of employees does JurisTemps offer?
How does JurisTemps stand apart from its competition?
With what trade and professional associations is JurisTemps affiliated?
We already have recruiters and HR managers, so why would we need JurisTemps?
How does JurisTemps recruit its talent?
How does JurisTemps implement its screening process?
What costs/fees are associated with the services of JurisTemps?
Can we hire one of JurisTemps' temporary employees?
Does outsourcing our legal professionals really save us money?
What is our next step? How do we contact JurisTemps?


What is JurisTemps?

JurisTemps is a full-service staffing company that provides high-quality legal professionals to law firms and corporate legal departments in and around the metropolitan St. Louis area, including the metro-East community.

What types of employees does JurisTemps offer?

Our employees include sophisticated corporate attorneys, experienced litigators, skilled paralegals and competent legal secretaries. We also offer legal administrators and office managers, as well as students, receptionists, file and data entry clerks, and other legal support personnel.

How does JurisTemps stand apart from its competition?

Since its inception in 1997, JurisTemps has set new standards of excellence in legal staffing with its client-tailored recruiting services, including temporary, temp-to-hire, and permanent staffing, on-site recruiting consultations, and out-placement programs. As a locally-owned and operated company, JurisTemps offers a unique approach to legal recruitment and temporary staffing. While implementing client-specific recruiting programs, our recruiters work hard to match job listings to specifically qualified applicants. All of our recruiting services are individually designed to accomodate specific client needs.

With what trade and professional associations is JurisTemps affiliated?

JurisTemps is a proud member of the AMERICAN STAFFING ASSOCIATION. We are also affiliated with the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL), the Gateway Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA), the American Corporate Counsel Association (ACCA), and the St. Louis Association of Legal Assistants (SLALA). Management welcomes other affiliations, as applicable, on a case-by-case basis.

We already have recruiters and HR managers, so why would we need JurisTemps?

As as professional staffing company, it is our job to maintain a constant stream of qualified candidates and potential job seekers. Through extensive networking and professional associations, JurisTemps is able to offer its employers the access to the passive job seekers who may not otherwise be found through countless online and classified advertisements. In addition, our in-house database, JurisSearch, enables our recruiters to stay on the cutting edge of legal staffing. With an unlimited capacity for both active and inactive candidates, JurisTemps may be able to find the specific match for your position in a matter of minutes. Thus, enabling our recruiters to respond quickly to your requests with qualified candidates. After all, legal staffing and recruitment is our full-time job.

How does JurisTemps recruit its talent?

JurisTemps utilizes a variety of recruitment mediums. In addition to direct recruitment, JurisTemps frequently advertises its positions in a variety of legal and non-legal publications, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Lawyer's Weekly, St. Louis Lawyer, and The St. Louis Bar Journal. We also recruit by means of personal referral, the internet, and professional associations. Our on-line resources, including our homepage and career resource portfolio, increasingly attract a number of out-of-state candidates interested in relocation.

How does JurisTemps implement its screening process?

Because our recruiters know that JurisTemps is only as good as its candidates, we take great care in our applicant screening and skill assessment program. In addition to careful resume review, each applicant spends roughly one hour with a member of our recruiting staff, and is contacted afterwards with follow-up questions as applicable. References and state licensure are extensively checked by professional recruiters, and specific testing is available for secretarial and paralegal candidates. All applicants are required to submit a list of three professional references, a driver's license and a social security card.


What costs/fees are associated with the services of JurisTemps?

JurisTemps makes life easy when you employ one of our candidates on a temporary or temp-to-hire basis. Each week, our employee will present a time sheet for signature and verification, and a weekly invoice will be sent, reflecting these hours, to your firm/corporation for payment. JurisTemps handles all payroll taxes, withholdings, and worker's compensation insurance. If you should wish to permanently hire one of our temporary or temp-to-hire candidates after employing them for a time in your office, JurisTemps will provide you with a discount off of the permanent placement fee.

Can we hire one of JurisTemps' temporary employees?

Yes, and at any time. Our temp-to-hire option makes it easy for you to convert an employee to your payroll. While many employers choose to extend their temp-to-hire positions for 3-5 months on a temporary basis, our clients may negotiate a salary and benefits package for a prospective employee at any time during his or her employment. The recruiters at JurisTemps will work with you to finalize this package and to officiate a start date and payroll conversion.

Does outsourcing our legal professionals really save us money?

Humor us with a brief calculation. Add together the cost of the average number of employment advertisements used per position, the cost of on-line web and job-board posting fees, and incorporate the value of your time spent reviewing resumes, interviewing prospective candidates, checking references, and negotiating salary and benefit packages.

Now, call JurisTemps. We can guarantee that our placement fees will be equal or less than the recruiting dollars you spend in-house. Let us take the stress out of recruiting. We'll provide the candidate screening, background and reference checks, salary information, and we'll arrange the interviews. We'll bridge the gap between employer and potential employee and negotiate the easiest benefit package you've seen. After all, effective recruiting is more about how you choose to spend your time, not your dollars.

What is our next step? How do we contact JurisTemps?

Call, fax, or e-mail our legal recruiters at your convenience. For contact information, visit the "Our Team" section of our website today. Requests can also be submitted online by requesting a candidate or posting a job listing for our internal staff. Our recruiting staff can be reached during the working hours of 8:30am and 5:00pm.